Portland, OR- Domonique Latrice Williams, 33-years-old, will spend the next 19 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 13 year old girl then grooming and pulling her into a life of prostitution for nearly three years. The child was given drugs, sexually abused and experienced horrific acts at the hands of her traffickers and buyers . Williams will also serve 36 months post prison supervision and be required to register as a sex offender.
Williams is convicted on 15 felonies including:
Five counts of Compelling Prostitution, four counts of Promoting Prostitution, three counts of Sex Abuse in the First Degree, Using a Child in Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct, Unlawful deliver of a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance to a minor, Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
Kai’Leif Newcomb, 23-years-old, trafficked the same 13 year old during the time she was away from defendant Williams.
Newcomb will serve 15 years in prison for his crimes then spend three years on post prison supervision and be required to register as a sex offender.
Newcomb is convicted of four felonies including two counts of Compelling Prostitution and two counts of Promoting Prostitution.
Focused efforts by Portland Police and the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office Human Trafficking Division identified frequent buyers for the child. Three were prosecuted and convicted.
James John Alfonsi, 67-years-old, was convicted of:
Sex Abuse in the First Degree, Rape in the Second Degree, Purchasing Sex with a Minor, Using a Child in a Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct.
His sentence is pending but will be a minimum of 80 months in prison.
Vladimir Ivanovic Tishenko, 59-years-old, was convicted of:
Sex Abuse in the First Degree, Purchasing Sex with a Minor, Using a Child in a Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct.
His sentence is also pending and he faces a minimum of 60 months in prison.
Cameron John Caulfield, 35-years-old pled guilty to:
Purchasing Sex with a Minor and Commercial Sexual Solicitation.
His sentence is also pending.
It is expected to include no jail time but 24 months of bench probation, reporting to Judge Christopher Marshall, and a variety of restrictions and requirements including paying a $2,500 dollar fine.
Multnomah County Senior Deputy District Attorney JR Ujifusa. prosecuted the cases for the state. He said:
“I am extremely proud of this brave young woman for coming forward to relive and report some of the most violent and traumatizing events of her life. Her courage led to holding 5 dangerous men accountable for some of the most awful crimes in our community-buying and selling children for sex. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Human Trafficking Team is committed to protecting victims and holding offenders accountable. It is awful to think that our community creates a demand for a 13 year old girl. As such there are individuals out there, traffickers, preying on children to financially benefit by manipulating and forcing them to be sold for sex.”
The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office would like to thank the Portland Police’s Human Trafficking Unit, specifically Detective Jordan Zaitz, for their excellent work on these cases.
The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office would also like to thank MCDA Victim Advocate Alie Aguilera for their compassionate work with the victim in these cases.
THE FACTS:
Defendant Domonique Williams met the victim when she was 13 years old in the Spring of 2021. He was 28 years old. They met near the Walgreens on SE 82nd in Portland. He smoked marijuana with her and had sex with her soon after meeting her. Within a month he was sex trafficking her to buyers in the Portland area. He engaged in sex acts with her, fed her drugs, and groomed her to engage in prostitution. As common in these cases, and following his rules, she turned over every dollar she made to him. The victim was sexually assaulted frequently and was sex trafficked by Williams for almost 3 years. Defendant Newcomb, an associate of Williams, trafficked the victim when she was separated from Williams. Both defendants knew that she was a minor. The victim was trafficked exclusively in Multnomah County on the street. She was identified during a street level sting by Portland Police and MCDA. Two of her frequent buyers were identified, investigated and ultimately charged – Defendants Tischenko and Alfonsi. Through the investigation it was determined that both men, around the age of the victim’s grandparents, purchased sexual acts dozens of times. Defendant Caulfied was observed with the minor victim during the PPB sting and was charged with purchasing sex with a minor as she was a minor of 16 years old at the time.
Portland Police also issued a release on this today. Here is a link to their release: