OAKLAND — A person identified across the East Bay as a preferred rapper was charged final week with human trafficking of a minor, in a case that began when a 16-year-old woman robbed a lingerie retailer at knifepoint, in response to court docket data.
Timothy George Jr., 27, was charged with human trafficking, pimping, and pandering, all felonies, after his arrest on Nov. 19, court docket data present. George, a Martinez resident, is a rapper who makes use of the stage identify Lil T1mmy and whose music has garnered 5.2 million views on YouTube. Authorities say they reviewed his non-public messages on Instagram throughout an investigation that began in Oakland, when the alleged sufferer robbed the identical lingeries retailer twice in per week.
George has not but entered a plea. Throughout his arrest final week, he allegedly admitted to investigators that he met the woman on social media, and to “talking to her through text and taking her out to eat.” However police say he denied any involvement “in her sexual exploitation.”
The woman gave an announcement to police during which she stated she was already being trafficked by another person when she met George, and claimed she lied to him about her age, in response to court docket data. Police say she referred to him as her “boyfriend pimp.”
After police arrested the woman on Sept. 1, the second time she allegedly robbed a lingerie retailer on the 1900 block of Fruitvale Avenue in Oakland, authorities say they had been capable of establish George as her trafficker. Investigators seized Instagram messages between George and the alleged sufferer. They are saying they collected proof George was having her cost $80 to $400 for “dates” with random strangers and that he would both deliver her meals or enable her to smoke marijuana in his car when she wanted a “break.”
George used a cellphone app to trace the woman’s location when she was strolling round native areas identified for prostitution, in response to police.
