2 Charged In Robbery, Human Trafficking Probe In Duluth

DULUTH, GA — Two men are facing multiple charges after police say a robbery call led to a human trafficking arrest recently in Duluth.

Gwinnett County Police on Wednesday said they responded to a robbery call on Jan. 20 in the 2000 block of Satellite Pointe.

When officers arrived, police said 28-year-old Buford resident Changze Li allowed them into an apartment and told them a robbery was in progress.

Officers heard glass breaking, and a man came from a room with a bleeding hand, police said. The officers gave the man commands, and when he threw his phone at the officers, police said they tased him.

Police identified the man as Dominique Gray, 40, of Winder. They said he was arrested on charges of reckless conduct, pandering, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, armed robbery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and kidnapping.

Later, on Feb. 9, investigators found an online listing police say was for prostitution and a phone number that matched Li's phone number, according to authorities.

Investigators used the number to set up an undercover sting to "solicit a person for commercial sex services" and met with a female for those services inside a Duluth apartment, police said.

Li was hiding in a room in the apartment and was arrested on charges of keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and human trafficking, police said. Li is currently in the Gwinnett County jail without bond, police said.