Some defendants face additional charges including sex trafficking through force, fraud, and coercion; sex trafficking of a minor; and conspiracy to launder money; Raybould said. Six of the eight suspects were arrested on Friday, July 24, and 21 guns were recovered during the operation, federal authorities said.<\/p>\n
Adult bookstore rented rooms for commercial sex, feds say<\/p>\n
Paris Adult Bookstore, at 11118 Harry Hines Blvd. in Dallas, operated as a sexually oriented business. The front of the store had shelves to sell novelty items, but the back consisted of locked hallways and rentable rooms used to facilitate commercial sex acts and human trafficking, Raybould said.<\/p>\n
The store allegedly rented out the rooms and charged additional fees for access. Commercial sex workers would go on what were called \u201cdates\u201d outside the building and pay the fees to enter Paris, authorities said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmployees allegedly sold commercial sex workers condoms, sanitary wipes, as well as pregnancy tests,\u201d Raybould said. \u201cThey referred to the pimps as money managers and commercial sex workers as queens or ladies of the night.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Ryan Raybould, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, speaks during a press conference on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, concerning the raid on Dallas\u2019 Paris Adult Bookstore that resulted in federal grand jury indictments against eight defendants. Elvis Martinez-Cartagena FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM <\/p>\n
According to the indictment, inside the two private locked hallways are individual \u201carcade\u201d rooms for customers to watch pornographic movies and engage in acts of commercial sex. The amount paid for the rooms varied and was broken down as $10 to unlock the first door, $5 inserted to a machine activating the in-room video system, and $5 that was used to purchase condoms or wipes, and a remaining amount that would go to tips for employees of Paris, authorities said.<\/p>\n
The store is located in an area of Dallas commonly referred to as \u201cthe blade\u201d or the \u201cthe track,\u201d where commercial sex workers solicit customers by walking along the street, often wearing limited clothing, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n
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The Paris Adult Book Store is closed in Dallas on July 28, 2026. Elvis Martinez-Cartagena FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM <\/p>\n
\u201cThey avoided the words pimp and prostitute, but according to the allegations they did not avoid facilitating exploitation and trafficking,\u201d Raybould said. \u201cParis employees ignored obvious warning signs of the commercial sex workers, some of whom were battered and bruised.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rose and Osorio-Avelar used Paris as a hub to traffic commercial sex workers, officials said, and Osorio-Avelar is accused of trafficking three juveniles, while Rose allegedly trafficked an adult victim and gave her a black eye.<\/p>\n
Operation Midnight Paris<\/p>\n
\u201cThese arrests are part of Operation Midnight at Paris, a complex HSI Dallas-led investigation that, over the past three years, exposed one of the longest-running commercial sex trafficking operations in North Texas,\u201d Special Agent in Charge of HSI Dallas Travis Pickard said. \u201cFor more than two decades, the Paris Book Store in Dallas allegedly operated under the guise of a legitimate business, while functioning as an illicit property.\u201d<\/p>\n
Investigators determined that at the store \u201chuman beings were treated as commodities\u201d and over the course of the business\u2019s existence thousands of adults and minors were sold for commercial sex, Pickard said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile today\u2019s arrests are significant, it\u2019s important to remember what this case is truly about. It\u2019s about the victims \u2014 investigators identified dozens of victims whose lives were forever changed by those who allegedly chose greed over human dignity,\u201d Pickard said. \u201cSome survivors had begun the difficult journey toward healing. Others continue to carry the physical and emotional scars of their exploitation.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Special Agent Travis Pickard speaks during a press conference on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, concerning the raid on Dallas\u2019 Paris Adult Book Store that resulted in federal grand jury indictments against eight defendants. Elvis Martinez-Cartagena FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM <\/p>\n
One of the victims Pickard referred to who did not survive was Caleigha Zangari, a 25-year-old U.S. Army veteran who had become a victim of sex trafficking. She was kidnapped from the Paris Book Store parking lot<\/a> in August 2024 and murdered by Naasson Hazzard, the Star-Telegram previously reported.<\/p>\n Hazard was sentenced to life in federal prison without parole in June 2025 for the abduction and murder of Zangari. He drove her to East Texas, killed and left her body in a wooded area in Pittsburg, authorities said.<\/p>\n \u201cHuman trafficking is not a victimless crime. It destroys families, devastates communities, and it strips people of their freedom, of their dignity, and \u2014 in the most tragic cases \u2014 their lives. This investigation also sends another important message: Criminal organizations can\u2019t hide behind storefronts, business licenses, or the appearance of legitimacy,\u201d Pickard said.<\/p>\n \u201cOur agents carefully traced and documented the financial operation and identified how the defendants allegedly worked to conceal and disguise illicit funds by utilizing a point-of-sale system that gave the appearance of legitimate transactions. Cash deposits were commingled with legitimate business income,\u201d Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation Christopher J. Altemus said.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no longer a Paris Book Store, and we\u2019re going to make sure that Paris Book Store does not come back,\u201d Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you\u2019re thinking about committing crimes in Dallas, you might want to go someplace else because we will catch you,\u201d Comeaux said. \u201cWe will put you in jail, and we have individuals and officers that will prosecute you and keep you in jail.\u201d<\/p>\n This story was originally published July 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n![\"Special](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FTW_0727sextraffickingpresser.JPG\" "\\"FTW_0727sextraffickingpresser.JPG\\"")
Special Agent Christopher J. Altemus speaks during a press conference on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, concerning the raid on Dallas\u2019 Paris Adult Book Store that resulted in federal grand jury indictments against eight defendants. Elvis Martinez-Cartagena FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM <\/p>\n![\"Daniel](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FTW_0727sextraffickingpresser-5.JPG\" "\\"FTW_0727sextraffickingpresser-5.JPG\\"")
Daniel C. Comeaux, Dallas chief of police, talks during a press conference on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, concerning the raid on Dallas\u2019 Paris Adult Book Store that resulted in federal grand jury indictments against eight defendants. Elvis Martinez-Cartagena FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM <\/p>\n