Kent Police arrested a 28-year-old SeaTac man Dec. 16 for investigation of commercial sex trafficking of minors, rape and assault.<\/p>\n
The Kent Police Special Investigations Unit and Valley SWAT served a search warrant on a home Dec. 16 in the 17300 block of 33rd Avenue South in SeaTac, according to a Kent Police media release. Detectives have worked on the case over the last three months.<\/p>\n
The investigation started with a street contact made by Kent patrol officers during the late summer months. Detectives learned that the man allegedly would befriend young girls he met in the area, developing a personal and romantic relationship with them, before compelling them to engage in acts of prostitution for his profit.<\/p>\n
The man reportedly would maintain control of the girls using violence and the threat of violence. Detectives tracked his activities throughout the Pacific Northwest. He has a history of felony convictions for promoting prostitution and drug crimes, according to police.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese young victims had no sense of what they were getting into when they were befriended by this suspect,\u201d Kent Police Lt. Pat Lowery said.<\/p>\n
The man is in custody at the Kent city jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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