A 28-year-old Stockton man is facing human trafficking charges after Oakland police say they pulled his car over and found a missing 16-year-old girl inside, along with eight condoms and a motel room key. Court papers identify the man as Jordan Sanders, whom police allege had been forcing the teen to work off a $5,000 fee before she could walk away.
According to The Mercury News, Oakland police stopped a Kia K5 that Sanders was driving on Sept. 8 after tracking him down near 9th Avenue and International Boulevard. Inside the car, officers say they found the missing girl, a runaway from Southern California, along with the condoms and a motel key.
The stop came a day after a separate, disturbing report at the Palms Motel on West MacArthur Boulevard. Authorities said a woman reported being robbed of $500 while a man dragged her around the property on Sept. 7, and police found the 16-year-old runaway from Southern California in Sanders’s car the following day, Sept. 8. Police allegedly identified Sanders as the longtime pimp of the woman who reported the robbery and beating.
Girl Allegedly Trying to Buy Her Own Freedom
Investigators said the teenager had a lump on her forehead when officers found her, and that she had been trying to pay Sanders $5,000 so she could leave him and return to a previous pimp. Police allege Sanders forced the girl to work off that fee as a condition of earning her freedom, and court papers say he was ultimately charged with human trafficking of a minor…