FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 18CF3037
Date: October 30, 2018
MAN ARRAIGNED FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, PANDERING AND ATTEMPTING TO PIMP TWO FICTITIOUS MINORS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was arraigned for human trafficking, pandering, and attempting to pimp two fictitious minors on social media
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Defendant |
Charges |
Maximum Sentence |
Court Date |
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Terry Hammond Williams, 24, San Pablo |
Charged on Oct. 29, 2018, with the following felony counts:
Sentencing Enhancements:
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Life in state prison |
Pre-trial hearing
Nov. 6, 2018 at 8:30 a.m.
Department C-55, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana |
Williams is accused of being a human trafficker/pimp who exploits women for financial gain. With the rise in popularity of social media and ease of meeting people on the Internet, many pimps and human traffickers utilize a variety of social media to locate potential victims. Pimps often establish rigid rules that their victims are expected to follow including requiring victims to speak only when spoken to, address the pimp as “Sir” or “Daddy,” assigning seats in the car based on “rank,” and setting daily quotas that the victims are expected to fulfill. The victims are required to turn over all payment they receive for sex acts from sex purchasers to their pimp. Failure to follow these rules can result in deprivation of food and/or physical and/or emotional abuse.
Circumstances of the Case
- On Oct. 19, 2018, Williams is accused of contacting an undercover officer, who he believed was a 16-year-old girl, through social media.
- The defendant is accused of encouraging the fictitious minor and her 15-year-old friend to leave their pimp after stealing his cash, guns, and jewelry.
- Williams is accused of offering to pick them up after they transferred money over to him.
- The defendant is accused of setting up a meeting with both fictitious minors at a motel in Buena Park.
- On Oct. 25, 2019, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD), who investigated this case, arrested Williams at the motel.
Prosecutor: Deputy District Attorney Juliet Oliver, HEAT Unit
Proposition 35 and HEAT
To read more about California’s anti-human trafficking Proposition 35 (Prop 35) and the OCDA’s Human Exploitation and Trafficking (HEAT) Unit, please visit www.orangecountyda.org and select Human Trafficking Information from the Media Center drop down menu.