Officers have begun blocking the streets in the area of southwest Houston known as the Bissonnet Track in an effort to tamp down on sex trafficking, according to police officials. The Bissonnet Track ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

HOUSTON – A federal jury has returned a guilty verdict against a Houston man on charges of conspiracy and sex trafficking of children as well as forcing and coercing adults to engage in commercial sex ...

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 — 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 ...

HOUSTON — "Transformational change" -- that's how city leaders are characterizing a crackdown on the Bissonnet Track, an area of town once known for widespread prostitution. On Wednesday, city leaders ...

HOUSTON – The Houston Police Department is investing time, money, and manpower in shutting down the streets that have had historically high rates of sex trade activity. The initiative started last ...

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 ...