ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department arrested Tajahnae Maryann Johnson and Roderick Norseweather who are facing two counts of human trafficking. APD said detectives talked with a 14-year-old girl who was seen soliciting sex near Central and Rhode Island. She had been reported missing.
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The 14-year-old told police that she started doing sex work in September in California after a man named Roderick picked her up for a date. She said he told her he was her pimp and introduced her to two other females, one of which was a minor. She said Roderick threatened to beat her or kill her if she tried to take the money or leave. Police said Johnson and the minors traveled on Amtrak to get to Albuquerque for sex work.
Johnson and Norseweather are facing two counts of human trafficking (victim under 16).
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