Press Release

Former Junction City police officer indicted for soliciting sexual favors from informant

Thursday, September 17, 2026

TOPEKA, KAN. – A federal grand jury in Topeka returned an indictment charging a former police officer demanding sexual favors from a victim.

According to court documents, Troy Dwayne Watson, 55, of High Point, North Carolina, was indicted on one count of bribery. 

Watson formerly served as a police officer with the Junction City Police Department. Between October 2021 and April 2022, Watson is accused of soliciting sexual favors from a confidential informant under the guise that he would in turn provide the victim with favorable resolutions with the government on then-pending criminal matters. 

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara Walton is prosecuting the case.

An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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 Press Release

Arizona Man Charged with Enticing and Transporting a Minor to Kentucky to Engage in Illegal Sexual Conduct

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Arizona., man was indicted by a federal grand jury with charges related to enticement of a minor. 

Dustin A. Hill, 22, of Florence, Ariz., was charged with attempted enticement of a minor, travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, transportation of a minor to engage in sexual activity, and transfer of obscene material to a minor. Hill had his initial appearance today in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo.

The indictment alleges that between September 6 and Sept. 20, 2025, Hill, using a means of interstate commerce, attempted to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. Hill traveled from the State of Arizona to the state of Missouri and then transported the minor from Missouri to the state of Kentucky with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. The indictment further alleges that Hill transferred obscene materials to the minor. 

The charges contained in this indictment are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Teresa Moore. It was investigated by Atchison, Missouri Sheriff’s Department, the Evansville, Indiana Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

Project Safe Childhood

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc . For more information about Internet safety education, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc and click on the tab "resources."

DHS Issues Statement After Activist Court in California Orders Illegal Alien MS-13 Member Released from ICE Custody

 News Release

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Office of Public Affairs DHS Issues Statement After Activist Court in California Orders Illegal Alien MS-13 Member Released from ICE Custody A Department of Justice Immigration Judge already labeled this illegal alien as a flight risk and a danger to the community WASHINGTON – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after an activist court in California ordered an illegal alien and MS-13 gang member to be released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. On November 4, 2025, ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested David Eduardo Mejia-Martinez, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador and a documented member of the terrorist organization MS-13, during a targeted enforcement operation in Sherman Oaks, California. His criminal history includes a prior arrest for disorderly conduct: prostitution. David Eduardo Mejia-Martinez On March 9, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued a temporary restraining order and a no-transfer order after Mejia-Martinez filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On April 30, a Department of Justice (DOJ) Immigration Judge denied Mejia-Martinez’s request for release on bond, labeling him as a flight risk and a danger to the community. On August 7, the Immigration Judge denied all of Mejia-Martinez’s applications for relief and ordered him deported to El Salvador. On September 8, the District Court granted Mejia-Martinez’s petition and ordered his release, with ERO releasing him the next day. “This criminal illegal alien is a documented member of the terrorist organization MS-13 and was ordered deported back to El Salvador by an Immigration Judge,” said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “But because an activist court in California demanded his release before he could be deported, this dangerous criminal is back on the streets and is free to continue threatening American lives. When partisan actors have taken over our courts and start putting the concerns of illegal aliens over the safety of the American people, we have a serious crisis on our hands that needs to be fixed immediately before any more innocent lives are lost.” Mejia-Martinez illegally entered the United States at an unknown date and location. # # #