A North Texas woman was arrested Tuesday in a prostitution scheme tied to a former police chief, and her husband faces additional charges, records show.
Ashley Ketcherside faces a charge of racketeering/unlawful debt collection, according to Johnson County jail records. Her bond is set at $200,000.
A search warrant was executed on March 31 at the home of Michael and Ashley Ketcherside, where investigators found electronic communications and storage devices containing evidence of a prostitution conspiracy with “numerous clients” over the past five years, the district attorney’s office has said.
Investigators also found evidence that the Ketchersides collaborated with former Godley Police Chief Matthew Cantrell and other officers to compile information on Godley public officials and private citizens that they “perceived as adversaries,” according to the DA’s office.
Michael Ketcherside, who was arrested on April 2 on a charge of continuous promotion of prostitution, now faces an additional charge of racketeering. His total bond is set at $450,000, according to jail records.
In an interview with KDFW-TV before her arrest, Ashley Ketcherside said that she was not a prostitute and her husband, Michael Ketcherside, never trafficked her.
“He’s a great husband, an amazing father to my three kids and I believe in the justice system. “I’m absolutely no victim of my husband or anybody else,” Ashley Ketcherside told FOX 4.
Former police officer Solomon Omotoya was arrested in the case on April 2 and faces a charge of soliciting prostitution.
Cantrell was arrested on April 7 and faces a charge of continuous promotion of prostitution.
This story was originally published April 15, 2026 at 12:04 PM.
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