08/17/2026
Not the face behind this evil we expect.
🚨JUST IN: Former Assistant Anoka County Attorney Andrea Sampson, 35, has been arrested and charged with 26 felonies related to human trafficking and prostitution.
Sampson faces 13 counts of promoting prostitution of an individual and 13 counts of receiving profits from prostitution.
According to court documents, she is accused of helping operate a s*x trafficking ring that victimized at least 13 women across the Twin Cities area. Investigators allege she secured locations for commercial s*x acts and created shell companies to funnel and conceal the profits.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension had been investigating the operation since 2021. Sampson worked in the Anoka County Attorney’s Office (Family Law and Civil Division) until she was placed on leave in February 2026 after the office learned of the probe. Her employment ended in March.
She is currently in custody. Other individuals have also been charged in connection with the ring.