La Crosse man charged with child sex trafficking

Dwayne Davis was charged in La Crosse County Circuit Court with counts of child trafficking, sexual exploitation of children, enticement/prostitution of children, enticement of children/ drugs and bail and misdemeanor charges of possession of cocaine, obstructing an officer and possession of marijuana.

According to the criminal complaint, police were called June 4 to a Kwik Trip on Mormon Coulee Road, where a 16-year-old girl said she was afraid that a man she described as a “pimp” don't kill her. The girl said the man, later identified as Davis, hired her for sex on 15 different occasions. She said Davis became enraged after becoming convinced the girl was working for someone else.

The girl told police that Davis shared drugs with her and took incriminating videos of her. She said Davis connected her with clients primarily in La Crosse, but she also had sex with clients in Onalaska, Sparta, Tomah and Trempealeau.

Police located Davis on June 6 in the 300 block of Ninth Street South. He reportedly fled after recognizing the police, but was found a short time later, hiding behind a bush. The complaint says he surrendered at gunpoint.

A search of Davis' vehicle allegedly turned up 7.6 grams of marijuana, 4.4 grams of cocaine and 12 oxycodone pills.

Davis is being held in the La Crosse County Jail on $50,000 cash bail.