7/31/2015 – The customers of a Oklahoma City woman accused of child sex trafficking have been identified. As JohnTV previously reported, 42-year-old Tonya Gay Gum has been charged in federal court with conspiracy to commit child sex trafficking and child sex trafficking.
Four of Gum’s alleged male customers (aka, ‘Johns’) have also been federally charged with the same crimes and have been identified as;
- Trung N. Duong, identified as a resident of Oklahoma City. Said to have contacted Gum on more than one occasion between Oct. 8 and Oct. 27 of 2014 and that on more than one occasion one of the juveniles was transported to him at his residence in the 3300 block on N. Walker Ave. in OKC. It is also alleged that an adult human trafficking victim was also provided to Duong for commercial sex.
- William M. Baker, identified as a resident of Oklahoma City. Said to have contacted Gum on Oct. 18, 2014 and that on one occasion one of the female juveniles was transported to him at his residence in the 4000 block of NW 33rd Street in OKC. It is also alleged that an adult human trafficking victim was also provided to Baker for commercial sex.
- Russell D. Ehrens, identified as a resident of Oklahoma City. Said to have contacted Gum on Oct. 15, 2014 and that one of the juveniles was transported to his apartment in the 14100 block of N. Rockwell Ave. in OKC.
- Curtis A. Anthony, identified as a resident of Oklahoma City. Said to have contacted Gum on Oct. 25, 2014 and that both juvenile females were transported to a commercial location at 4455 Woods and Sons in Edmond, OK. Prosecutors allege that Anthony paid for both juveniles to take off their clothes in his presence. It is then alleged that Anthony paid to engage in sex with one of the juveniles.
According to the federal indictment, all five defendants;
“knowingly combined, conspired, confederated, and agreed with each other and with others known and unknown to the Federal Grand Jury, to knowingly, in and affecting interstate commerce, recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, obtain, and maintain, by any means, a person or persons, minor(s) who had not attained the age of 18 years, and benefit, financially and by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture which recruited said person(s), knowing and in reckless disregard of the fact that such person or persons had not attained the age of 18 years and having a reasonable opportunity to observe such person or persons would be caused to engage in a commercial sex act…”
You can read more details regarding the charges against Gum and the four male defendants in JohnTV’s original article. LINK
Prosecutors allege that Gum’s recruitment of two girls – ages 14 and 15 – and the ‘Johns’ sexual contact with the girls all happened in Oct. of 2014.
No information in the court records shows that the alleged Johns requested an underage girl from Gum nor knew that the girls were under age.
Federal prosecutors have announced that they plan to seize the homes and/or commercial properties of the ‘Johns’ where these alleged child sex trafficking acts took place.
This alleged case of child sex trafficking came to light after two Oklahoma scum bag child traffickers were arrested and began providing information to federal authorities in hopes of reducing their sentences after recently pleading guilty to similar crimes. Those child traffickers have been identified as convicted felon and registered sex offender Maurice Morlee Johnson and convicted rapist Hiram Mitchell III.
According to publicly available court records, Johnson and Mitchell made contact with Gum and offered the two juveniles for prostitution services. After Gum agreed, it is alleged that Gum would take the calls from her customers and then contact Johnson or Mitchell. Johnson and/or Mitchell would then transport one or both of the juveniles to the ‘Johns’ so that the juveniles could engage in prostitution with them. Johnson and/or Mitchell would then collect the girls and meet with Gum or one of her associates to drop off Gum’s portion of the proceeds.
JohnTV will continue to follow this case.