Salinas police arrest four people in connection with human trafficking – KION546

SALINAS, CALIF. (KION-TV) – Salinas police arrested four people the same night in connection with human trafficking in two separate calls.

On May 22, Salinas Police detectives received a tip from the FBI regarding a possible human trafficking victim in the Kern Street area. A few hours after the report, detectives were able to identify the minor victim and the alleged traffickers. Cordarryl Steen, 37, was arrested after leaving a local hotel. The victim and Sade Williams, 23, were found in a hotel room. Williams was also taken into custody.

Steen and Williams were booked into the Monterey County Jail on human trafficking charges. The juvenile victim was taken to Monterey County Child Protective Services.

Later that night, police received a call from a second minor victim of human trafficking, who managed to flee a hotel room in which she was forced to work. Officers quickly encountered the victim and identified the two suspects involved, 21-year-old Rory Johnson and 20-year-old Jessica Clamucha.

Officers surrounded the hotel room and arrested Johnson and Clamucha without incident. Both suspects were booked into the Monterey County Jail on human trafficking charges.