Texas men charged in human trafficking of juvenile arrested in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A notice of a missing juvenile led to law enforcement arresting two men from Texas and charging them with human trafficking.
The Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force were told by the FBI's Houston office on Thursday that a juvenile victim of human trafficking from Texas was missing in Columbus, per a release from the Ohio Attorney General's office.
On Thursday night, Columbus police found 27-year-old Timarrea Granderson of Cyprus, Texas, and took him into custody. One victim of human trafficking was found during the arrest.
26-year-old Larry Hill from Houston was taken into custody later that evening. He barricaded himself inside a home in the Sharon Heights area of north Columbus before a Columbus SWAT team arrested him. Two victims, including the missing juvenile, were found during that arrest, and a fourth victim was rescued from a different location.
All four victims, who are from Texas, are being provided service from the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force. Granderson and Hill were each charged with trafficking of a person and compelling prostitution of a minor. They remain in Ohio but will be extradited back to Texas.