"Brandon Johnson, 37, was charged last week with human trafficking of a minor, soliciting a child to prostitute and pandering, court records show. Police say a relative of a 14-year-old girl called police and told them the girl was with Johnson at the Bay Breeze Inn in Oakland. Police went there and found not only the girl, but a 15-year-old girl, as well as a replica gun in Johnson's hotel room, according to court records."
"Johnson was arrested and charged back in May after an undercover officer allegedly saw him throwing a woman in a bikini into his vehicle and driving off, as she screamed for help. He posted $100,000 bail and was released from jail, records show. Johnson's lawyer refuted the charges by arguing that the woman police identified as the victim denied it, and said she witnessed a different person throwing a different woman in his car."
Brandon Johnson, 37, faces charges of human trafficking of a minor, soliciting a child to prostitute and pandering after two teenage girls were found in his hotel room. Police found a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old at the Bay Breeze Inn and recovered a replica gun. Authorities allege Johnson met one girl at a San Francisco youth crisis center and kept her for weeks. He allegedly imposed $500 daily quotas and instructed the girls to be sexually abused by adult strangers to meet that amount. Johnson had previously been arrested in May, posted $100,000 bail and was released. He is jailed at Santa Rita with bail set at $670,000, has pleaded not guilty and is due in court on Jan. 12. Oakland police made a separate rescue of two runaway teen girls that week and arrested another alleged trafficker.
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