DeShawn Clark, 18, who goes by "Cash" or "Cash Money" was charged in November of 2008 with promoting prostitution and other charges. Prosecutors added the charge of second-degree human trafficking on Friday, March 20, 2009. This is the first time King County has charged anyone under the 2003 law that was passed that criminalized human trafficking. Charges agains DeShawn Clark now include second-degree human trafficking, first-degree promoting prostitution, two counts of promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor, second degree assault, unlawful imprisonment and drug possession. Thomas I. Foster, 19, was also charged in Movember and several other members were charged with various related counts Friday, including Shawn S. Clark, 20; Gerald Jackson, 21; Mycah Johnson, 19, and Desmond Manago, 20. Investigators say the gang, which is affiliated with the Bloods, has 20-30 members involved in robbery, drug sales, weapon possession and aggravated assaults, according to charging papers.
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United States · Westside of Seattle · 2008
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Seattle police vice unit and the King County Sheriff's Office had separately started investigating Shawn S. Clark and Gerald Jackson in September and the two agencies began sharing information according to charging papers.
The recent carges stem from a November sting operation in which members of the Seattle police vice unit arrested a 19 year old woman who had advertised sex services on Craigslist. She told the investigators that DeShawn Clark had forced her to commit sex acts for money, beat her and took her earnings. The woman led police to other women who investigators believe were forced into prostitution. The women claimed they were forced to work at a hotel in Portland, hotels in Seattle and Tukwila and at a basement apartment in the 10400 block of Des Moines Memorial Drive South.
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This information came from a Seattle Times newspaper article titled, "Human-trafficking law used in sex case: 6 alleged members of gang charged", on March 26, 2009
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