The Washington State Patrol (WSP) Missing and Exploited Children Task Force (MECTF), in collaboration with federal and state partners, last week arrested a Pierce County man following an undercover investigation into child exploitation and human trafficking.
In May 2026, MECTF investigators, posing as a 13-year-old girl, communicated online with Marquercus S. Gant, 38.
During those communications, Gant allegedly expressed a desire to meet the girl and offered to pay her in exchange for sexual acts, according to a news release from the WSP…