A federal jury in Miami has found a Michigan man guilty on five counts of traveling from Florida to Haiti to engage in sexual activity with minors.

The jury also found Matthew Andrew Carter guilty of one count of attempting child sex tourism.

The jury deliberated for about 90 minutes Thursday before convicting Carter.

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Carter was accused of sexually abusing children who lived at the residential center he operated in Haiti from 1995 through his 2011 arrest at Miami International Airport.

Former Morning Star Center residents testified during the three-week trial that Carter forced them to perform sexual acts on him when they were children.

Carter denied those allegations when he testified Tuesday. His attorney said in closing arguments Thursday that no physical evidence supported the allegations.

A Noble woman who faces 20 charges relating to child sex abuse was formally arraigned Thursday in Cleveland County District Court.

Michelle Danae Walker, 44, entered a formal plea of not guilty. An announcement docket was set by District Judge Tracy Schumacher for 10 a.m. Aug. 7 to decide whether Walker will request a jury trial, non-jury trial, change her plea or enter into a blind plea.

Walker was originally charged in September with three counts of forcible oral sodomy, first-degree rape by instrumentation and the production of juvenile pornography. Fifteen charges were added earlier this month after a preliminary hearing was held in district court.

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The charges were changed to the following: three counts of first-degree rape, four counts of rape by instrumentation to a victim under the age of 14, four counts of procuring child pornography, eight counts of lewd acts with a minor and one count of soliciting sexual conduct or communication with a minor by use of technology.

Walker was part of a fugitive trio arrested in Vancouver, Wash., in August after search warrants for her home and a Moore couple’s home were issued in relation to sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl.

The other two involved were Joseph and Danyale Siford.

The Sifords: Joseph Siford, 40, waived his preliminary hearing earlier this month and is bound over for trial on a waiver. His trial is set for 8:30 a.m. May 9 in front of Judge Schumacher.

He is currently facing nine charges, including four counts of first-degree rape by instrumentation, two counts of first-degree rape with a victim under the age of 14, two counts of lewd acts with a child under 16 and one count of first-degree attempted rape.

Danyale Siford, 35, was charged with a misdemeanor of failure to report child abuse. She entered into a blind plea in January and was sentenced to one year in county jail with credit to the time she had already served.

The trio was arrested Aug. 29, charged in Cleveland County District Court Sept. 6, and Danyale Siford bonded out Sept. 21.

Background information: Walker reportedly introduced the 13-year-old girl to the Sifords after she “met them through a Facebook site called ‘Party Friends,’ which she later learned was a meeting spot for ‘swingers,’” according to the affidavit filed with charges against the three.

Walker and the Sifords allegedly engaged in sexual contact with each other in the child’s presence. One encounter between Joe Siford and the girl was video-taped, the affidavit stated.

The crimes allegedly occurred multiple times in Noble at Walker’s residence, in Moore at the Sifords’ residence and at Lake Thunderbird in Norman.

Search warrants filed Aug. 21 in Cleveland County District Court show that the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office seized 24 items from the Sifords’ home and 19 items from Walker’s home for evidence in the case.

The items consisted of numerous electronic devices ranging from phones and laptops to camera devices and hard drives, as well as several CDs and DVDs.

A Price woman will spend at least 10 years in prison after she pleaded no contest to several counts aggravated sexual abuse of a child.

Amanda Romano, 26, was originally charged with five counts of object rape of a child, five counts of sodomy upon a child, four counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child — all first-degree felonies — and class A misdemeanor child abuse.

On Monday, she accepted a plea deal and pleaded no contest to three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child. She also pleaded guilty to the class A misdemeanor child abuse.

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Seventh District Judge Douglas Thomas sentenced Romano to 10 years to life in the Utah State Prison on each sexual abuse count, but ruled the sentences could run concurrent. He also sentenced Romano up to one year in jail on the child abuse charge, but ruled that time could be served at the prison, also concurrent to the other sentences.

Romano’s husband, Timothy Lee Romano, 25, was also charged in connection to sexual abuse of several children. He was sentenced earlier this week to a maximum of five years in prison. Timothy Romano pleaded no contest to two charges of third-degree felony attempted sexual abuse of a child.

According to prosecutors, there was conflicting evidence about Timothy Romano’s involvement in the sexual abuse, which police have said involved at least six children, from toddlers to teens, over a three-year period.

A friend of the couple’s, Tyler James Barney, has also been linked to the abuse and is charged with two counts of sexual abuse of a child, a second-degree felony.

Barney has pleaded not guilty to the charges. He will back in court on May 6, and a trial has been scheduled on May 30.

Amanda Romano’s competency was initially in question, according to court documents, but it was determined that she could proceed with the case.

The aggravated counts denote a position of trust between the adults and their alleged victims, such as that of a teacher or babysitter. Prosecutors have not publicly discussed what relationship the Romanos had with the victims, but have said they were not babysitting the victims during the alleged crimes.