Three men, including two former policemen, have been arrested in Texas for the alleged roles they played in a prostitution ring.
Investigators claim the prostitution ring was operated out of a Godley home that is owned by Michael and Ashley Ketcherside, according to court documents shared with Us Weekly.
Michael has been arrested for racketeering and running a prostitution ring along with Matthew Cantrell and Solomon Omotoya, who were charged with promoting prostitution and soliciting prostitution, respectively.
Cantrell is the former chief of police in Godley, and Omotoya is a former member of Godley’s police force.
The suspect’s ages were not provided.
The couple have already publicly declared their innocence.
Ashley has not been arrested or charged in connection with the operation but is identified as a codefendant in court documents. Police also emphasized the investigation remains ongoing.
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The court documents allege that Godley police officers and their spouses would often spend time at the Ketchersides’ house.
Investigators searched the Ketchersides’ home in March and seized a burner phone belonging to Ashley. The court documents contend the phone was loaded with the numbers of clients.
That list included Omotoya, who is said to have solicited Ashley for sex in exchange for doing yard work and other chores.
Omotoya eventually led investigators to Cantrell, who said Ashley’s common rate for sex was roughly $1,000, a number that investigators say supports details they found on her burner phone.
It was unclear why, but officials also discovered that the Ketchersides and Cantrell had conspired to compile information on people they perceived to be adversaries, including members of the Godley City Council, the Godley Independent School District’s board and Godley Police officers.
The Ketchersides did not respond to calls made to their home on Thursday, April 9.
Local reports claim that Ashley made headlines in 2023 when she was removed from a school board committee charged with developing the sex education curriculum for the district. Her ouster came after it was revealed she had been twice convicted of prostitution in 2012 and 2016.
Ashley was also allegedly advertising on escort websites at the time.
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Ashley spoke to FOX 4 after her husband’s arrest and denied being a sex worker trafficked by him.
“He’s a great husband, an amazing father to my three kids and I believe in the justice system,” Ashley said. “I’m absolutely no victim of my husband or anybody else.”
She said she was never paid for sex by Cantrell or Omotoya, but said that “Whatever people choose to do with their bodies, is up to them. I know that the truth will come out.”
Cantrell and Omotoya were arrested in February 2025 after being accused of using a city credit card to pay for gas for their personal cars, which was investigated after a city council member noted some “suspicious” purchases related to the police department, according to local reports. The men were charged with abuse of official capacity in cases that are still pending in court.
