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TEMPERATURES BY TEN MIDNIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, BACK TO YOU. MORE BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. THREE PEOPLE CHARGED IN A HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION IN OMAHA TAKE PLEA DEALS, COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW KEVIN KUMAR PATEL, SUMEET CHAUDHARI AND MICHAEL MARTINEZ-GONZALEZ ARE PLEADING GUILTY TO A FEDERAL CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING CHARGE. POLICE ARRESTED THEM IN JANUARY 2025 AT THE AMERICAN NEAR 13TH AND SPRING STREETS. DOCUMENTS SHOW THE STATE PLANS TO DISMISS ITS CASE AGAINST PATEL BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL PLEA DEAL. THREE OTHER PEOPL
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Three people charged in a human trafficking investigation in Omaha agree to plea deal
Three of the suspects accused in a possible sex trafficking operation at an Omaha hotel agreed to a plea deal in the case.Kavankumar Patel, Sumit Chaudhari and Michael Martinez-Gonzalez pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a minor, according to court documents. The other charges against them will be dismissed at sentencing.Court documents show prosecutors plan to dismiss state charges against Patel due to the federal plea case.What we know: 5 men, 1 woman accused of sex trafficking 2 juvenile girlsThe six suspects were arrested in January 2025 after Omaha police were called to the AmericInn near 13th and Spring streets for a report of a theft. Police said two juveniles, 15 and 16 years old, were seen in the hotel related to the theft.The minors were taken to Project Harmony to be interviewed, and during that process, it was found they were transported from Denver to Omaha multiple times.According to court documents, the juveniles were brought to Omaha by Eduardo Perdomo and Alfredo Zambrano-Hurtado for the purpose of selling them for sex. They got a hotel room for them and placed an ad on a website.Perdomo, Zambrano-Hurtado and Vishal Goswami are scheduled to go to trial in April.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
Three of the suspects accused in a possible sex trafficking operation at an Omaha hotel agreed to a plea deal in the case.
Kavankumar Patel, Sumit Chaudhari and Michael Martinez-Gonzalez pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a minor, according to court documents. The other charges against them will be dismissed at sentencing.
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Court documents show prosecutors plan to dismiss state charges against Patel due to the federal plea case.
What we know: 5 men, 1 woman accused of sex trafficking 2 juvenile girls
The six suspects were arrested in January 2025 after Omaha police were called to the AmericInn near 13th and Spring streets for a report of a theft. Police said two juveniles, 15 and 16 years old, were seen in the hotel related to the theft.
The minors were taken to Project Harmony to be interviewed, and during that process, it was found they were transported from Denver to Omaha multiple times.
According to court documents, the juveniles were brought to Omaha by Eduardo Perdomo and Alfredo Zambrano-Hurtado for the purpose of selling them for sex. They got a hotel room for them and placed an ad on a website.
Perdomo, Zambrano-Hurtado and Vishal Goswami are scheduled to go to trial in April.
Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.
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