FILE: Two gates have been placed on part of Bissonnet Street in southwest Houston where prostitution has historically been commonplace. The gates block off part of the street between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m ...

Violent crime is down by 22% and robberies by 36% along the Bissonnet Corridor since Houston police began blocking roadways every night to curb human trafficking and prostitution, officials said. At ...

Houston man Jonathan Smith-Byrd is facing up to life in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of running a sex trafficking operation, involving both adults and minors.

HOUSTON – A federal jury has convicted a 47-year-old Houston man of sex trafficking four women by means of force and of taking three women across state lines to engage in prostitution, the United ...

Bissonnet Street (KPRC, Copyright 2023 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) HOUSTON – Local leaders, including Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg ...

HOUSTON — A man who called himself the "king of Bissonnet" has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for sex trafficking four women by force and traveling across state lines for prostitution, ...

HOUSTON — Houston city officials are calling the permanent gates blocking the side streets of the "Bissonnet Track" a success. The permanent gates went up about a month ago after police were using ...

Used condoms and discarded underwear used to litter the ground along the Bissonnet Track where scantily-clad women and the motorists seeking them out for anonymous sex once roamed, employees of a ...

A Houston federal jury has found a 47-year-old man guilty of sex trafficking four women using force and coercion and of taking women across state lines to engage in prostitution. Larry "Lavish" Lewis ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A 47-year-old man self-proclaimed as the "King of Bissonnet" faces up to life in prison after being convicted of sex trafficking four women. The video above is ABC13's 24/7 ...

Two Houston Public Works employees are without a job after KHOU 11 Investigates caught them on camera in a prostitution hotspot the same day officials announced a crackdown on crime in the area. We ...