Richmond: Man charged with human trafficking after domestic violence report
RICHMOND Contra Costa prosecutors have filed human trafficking and pimping charges against a man who was the subject of two separate investigations that began within weeks of one another court records show Related Articles Two killed in Fremont drive-by shooting Friday night police say Two killed and others wounded in Saturday morning Oakland shootings police say Oakland detective under fire used racial threats on murder suspect attorney states In the age of deadly street drugs an East Bay nonprofit is analyzing drugs for users Woman injured in shooting Friday in Antioch Jamon Ward was arrested last month on charges of human trafficking pimping trafficking a minor and pandering court records show He is being held without bail and is due to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on Sept Richmond police began studying Ward in April when a teen girl s mother accused Ward of trafficking her daughter while the two were in an eight-month relationship functionaries stated The girl s mother came forward after a domestic violence affair in Oakland that resulted in the girl being hospitalized according to court records Police also investigated Ward for alleged statutory rape and domestic violence but he hasn t been charged with either of those things The girl s mother provided police a video that appeared to show Ward disciplining her daughter and another female as they walked a city street dressed in pink stilettos and mini skirts administration mentioned in court filings While this study was ongoing police received a second domestic violence analysis this time involving a woman who disclosed Ward assaulted her at a Macdonald Avenue store in Richmond on April Ward was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence and robbery but later published without charges The woman reportedly narrated functionaries she met Ward in Oakland in and that he d trafficked her and the teen girl there as well as in Richmond and Vallejo The woman noted that she would make up to on a good day and that if she refused to prostitute Ward would beat her according to police Police say they also determined a Sacramento prostitution ad posted in April that was forensically linked to the girl s phone as well as text messages from Ward s phone indicating he d discussed prostitution transactions with a third suspected victim according to court records Ward has pleaded not guilty At his preliminary hearing a judge will review the prosecution s evidence and determine whether there is enough to uphold the occurrence The charges were filed on July roughly a month before Ward was arrested
