2 Suspects Outstanding In Lakewood Human Trafficking Bust

LAKEWOOD, WA - Lakewood police and the FBI recently arrested five men in connection to a human trafficking operation allegedly run by the Tillicum Park Gangsters. Up to 15 women and girls were forced into prostitution by the gang, police say, some enduring serious physical abuse.

However, there are still two outstanding suspects police are trying to track down: Quantrayvis Alonzo Smith, 19, and Klayton Tyrone King III, 34, both of Tacoma.

On Monday, the Tillicum gang's alleged leader, Matthew J. Holt, 34, was arraigned in court on multiple counts of human trafficking and sexual exploitation of a minor. While Holt was incarcerated last year, a Lakewood police sergeant listening to his jailhouse calls picked up chatter alluding to prostitution.

Holt spoke to at least three other purported gang members between July 27 and 29 making allusions to pimping and prostituting women, according to court records. Recordings of the call were also shared with the FBI.

Court records detail the stories of the 15 victims, some who were as young as 13 when they were allegedly prostituted by Holt and other gang members. In social media posts and jailhouse calls, Holt refers to himself as a "pimp," according to court records.

The four other men arrested include: Jamaal L. Pinkney, 33; Monjae N. Haynesworth, 21; Michael J. Hurst, 27; and Howard R. Jones, 19.

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Photo: A hotline advocate works at the Human Trafficking Hotline call center, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Washington. The U.S. map behind her shows cases of trafficking reported through the hotline in 2016.

Image via Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press