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4 victims of Texas trafficking saved in Ohio, 2 men from Texas arrested

4 victims of Texas trafficking saved in Ohio, 2 men from Texas arrested

Timarrea Granderson, Larry Hill (source: Ohio General Prosecutor’s Office, Dave Yost)

Two men in Texas were arrested in Ohio after being accused of trafficking in trafficking, according to Ohio Attorney General’s Office Dave Yost.

The two men are accused of traveling to the center of Ohio with four victims who are from Texas. A victim was a minor.

4 victims of trafficking in persons saved

What do we know:

On March 13, the working group of human trafficking in Ohio in the center of Ohio was contacted by the FBI office in Houston and by the Public Safety Department of Texas about the victim of minors, which was believed to be in Columbus. The working group, together with the Columbus Division of the police unit, started working to find the missing minor.

That evening, Timarrea Granderson, 27, from Cyprus, Texas, was arrested by law enforcement. One of the four victims was with Granderson when he was arrested.

According to Ohio officials, Larry Hill, 26, from Houston, was arrested later that evening, after barricading inside a Columbus residence on the West Kanawha Avenue.

Officials say that two other victims of traffic were found where Hill was barricaded. The SWAT team of the Columbus Police Division and the police department of Sharon helped to arrest and rescue.

The fourth victim was saved in another location.

The victims are provided by services by the OHIO trafficking in the Ohio.

What follows:

Granderson and Hill have been arrested and will face accusations in Texas, including a person’s traffic and the convincing prostitution of a minor. Men are waiting for extradition in Texas.

Source: The information in this article is from the Ohio General Prosecutor’s Office Dave Yost.

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