Prosecutor release
Three Owners of Notorious Prostitution Website Backpage Sentenced
United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, August 28, 2024. Sentences for Lacey, Spear and Brunst; Ferrer and Hyer pleas; Larkin death; agencies.
- Source type
- Prosecutor release
- Published
- August 28, 2024
- Research grade
- P1
- Used in entries
- 11
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- United States Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs
- Published
- August 28, 2024
- Source type
- Prosecutor release
- Research grade
- Source grade P1
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Official publication
- What it supports
- Sentences for Lacey, Spear and Brunst; Ferrer and Hyer pleas; Larkin death; agencies
- Dataset id
- src_doj_backpage_sentencing_2024
How this source is used
Cited 11 times across 3 record types.
The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.
Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 21, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.
Cited by
Takedown records
1 citation
Cited on the takedown record itself.
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Backpage.com seizurePrimary source
Trafficking and exploitation, April 2018
Organization roles
4 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationPrimary source
Investigator, Backpage.com seizure
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Internal Revenue Service Criminal InvestigationPrimary source
Investigator, Backpage.com seizure
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United States Postal Inspection ServicePrimary source
Investigator, Backpage.com seizure
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United States Attorney's Office for the District of ArizonaPrimary source
Prosecutor, Backpage.com seizure
Legal actions against people
6 citations
Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.
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Michael LaceyPrimary source
Sentenced, Backpage.com seizure
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Scott SpearPrimary source
Sentenced, Backpage.com seizure
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John “Jed” BrunstPrimary source
Sentenced, Backpage.com seizure
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Carl FerrerPrimary source
Pleaded guilty, Backpage.com seizure
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Dan HyerPrimary source
Pleaded guilty, Backpage.com seizure
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James LarkinPrimary source
Deceased, Backpage.com seizure