COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – On November 6, 2018, Richard John
Massey, age 68, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was arrested by agents of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation on charges of sex trafficking of a minor, coercion and
enticement of a minor, and traveling in interstate commerce to facilitate
prostitution, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum and FBI Special
Agent In Charge Randall C. Thysse. The arrest followed an indictment on these
charges returned by a federal grand jury sitting in the Southern District of
Iowa on October 30, 2018. These offenses are alleged to have occurred between
October 2017 and April 26, 2018.
Massey was arrested at the Dallas-Fort Worth International
Airport as he entered the United States on a flight originating from Mexico. On
November 7, 2018, Massey made an initial appearance before a United States
Magistrate Judge in Dallas, Texas, and was ordered to appear in the Southern
District of Iowa on a subsequent date. Massey remains in custody pending
proceedings in the Southern District of Iowa.
The public is reminded that an Indictment is merely an
accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless he is proven guilty.
This matter is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the Council Bluffs Police Department, and the Omaha Police
Department. The case is being prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office
for the Southern District of Iowa.
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