Galveston Pimp Convicted on Human Trafficking Charges

Galveston, TX -- A federal jury convicted Charles Dean Fulton Sr., 39 of Galveston, on four counts of trafficiking of minors and one count of conspiracy to traffick minors.

Fulton, who went by the name "Black" or "Blacc," conspired with Charmell Latonya Potts, 31, Dominique Warner, 23, and Lawrence James Julian, 22, all of Galveston, from June 1, 2014, through April 1, 2015, to recruit, entice and harbor minors for use in prostitution.

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Two of the victims testified at Fulton's trial that the men would post pictures of them in online prostitution ads and that they would also drive the girls to hotels to engage in sex acts. The girls said that in the 10 months they were with Fulton they performed hundreds of sex acts.

The victims, and one of Fulton's co-conspirators, testified that Fulton kept the money the girls received, beat them and threatened to beat them, had sex with them and gave them drugs.

Fulton, for his part, claimed that he was innocent and that the cops were just out to get him. He faces life in prison and is set for sentencing in October.