Ex-Cops, Wife Arrested in Prostitution Probe

0:00It's April 9, Dallas News. Today starts now, AI-powered and ready. I'm Cory with the story. Three former godly police officers and one civilian got hit with arrests in a prostitution conspiracy probe run by the Johnson County DA in Texas, DPS. Michael Ketcherside faces continuous promotion of prostitution charges. ex-chief Matthew Cantrell is charged with promoting it and former officer Solomon Omitoya was soliciting. Ketcherside's wife Ashley is named be co-defendant, but hasn't been charged yet. Investigators raided the Ketcherside's home back in March, grabbing Ashley's burner phone loaded with client lists. That point is straight to Omitoya, who traded favors like yard work for sex. He flipped and led them to Cantrell, who spilled that Ashley's going raid hovered around $1,000, matching the phone data. This town's no stranger to the mess. Ashley got booted from a godly school district sex ed committee in 2023 after her prostitution convictions

1:02from 2012 and 2016 came out. Court docs from back then even noted Michael fully backed her line of work and she was still posting on escort sites while volunteering. Ashley fire back hard, telling reporters, she's no prostitute, never trafficked and her husband's a stellar dad to their three kids. She flat out denies any hookups with Cantrell or Omitoya or pushing cops to dig dirt on city council foes and school board members. One local voice cheered the DA for finally stepping up after years of drama. Bonds are steep. Michael's holding at $250,000. Cantrell's at $100,000 while Omitoya posted $20,000 and Walt. More rest loom as the case heats up in this small Texas town.