Houston Republic

HOUSTON – A 29-year-old man residing in the Houston and Austin areas has been sentenced for sex trafficking three minors and an adult, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

A federal jury deliberated for less than two hours before returning the guilty verdict on April 19 against Jacorey Nathaniel Anderson, also known as Slando Kareem, following a five-day trial.

U.S. District Judge David Hittner has now sentenced Anderson to life imprisonment. At the hearing, the court heard from one of the minor victims detailing how Anderson’s actions took away her childhood and negatively impacted all of her relationships. In handing down the prison term, the court noted that Anderson knowingly trafficked teenage girls. Two of those teenage girls were only 15 years old.

“This case exemplifies how art sometimes imitates life. Anderson, a rap musician, performed vile songs glorifying the pimp/prostitute relationship,” said Hamdani. “Unfortunately, for several young girls, he breathed life into his poorly crafted lyrics – providing drugs, starving and trafficking them for his own financial gain. Despite the trauma they suffered, the victims in this case bravely testified against him at trial which secured his convictions… and thanks to their bravery, Anderson’s glorification of commercial sex, his human trafficking and his misogyny ends both in art and in real life.”

“Through the efforts of our special agents and law enforcement partners, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has taken another violent sex trafficker off our city streets,” said acting Special Agent in Charge of HSI Dallas Travis Pickard. “The victims this defendant abused can now begin their process of healing with this criminal behind bars for the remainder of his life.”

At the trial, the jury saw two of Anderson’s rap videos. In one video, a female victim’s hands and feet are bound while duct tape covers her mouth. Anderson then physically assaults the victim by slapping and choking her multiple times while warning her to close her mouth.

Anderson lured three minors and an adult to Austin from Houston via social media and text messages. Co-conspirator Lelonnie Stephon Jackson provided his Mercedes SUV while another co-conspirator, Thomas Jarrett Barraza drove the victims to an Austin-area hotel.

There, the victims received instructions to walk "the track," an area known for prostitution, and posted sexually explicit advertisements for commercial sex online. Within another 24 hours, the adult victim escaped.

Over three days, co-conspirators transported minor female victims to a hotel in Stafford where Jackson and Barraza left Anderson with them before returning to Austin. Anderson caused these minors to post ads and engage in commercial sex at that hotel.

Within 24 hours of arriving at Stafford's hotel location two minor females managed to escape; however one remained with Anderson for several more weeks continuing engagement in commercial sex activities under duress.

Throughout this period—Anderson starved victims provided them drugs taking all proceeds from commercial sex acts enforced upon them ultimately leading towards his arrest stemming initially out-of Dallas incident attempting traffic perceived minor undercover officer led examination phone revealing true extent crimes identifying other minor-victims involved additionally Jackson pleaded guilty receiving sentence five years-prison terms awaiting sentencing date November-12th further investigations conducted by HSI-Dallas alongside Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance (HTRA) FBI-Houston HPD various state federal entities Assistant US Attorneys Sherri Zack Kimberly Leo prosecuted respective cases emphasizing collaborative efforts between numerous agencies dedicated tackling human-trafficking issues nationwide since establishment United States Attorney Office Houston formed back year-2004 aiming resource-combination facilitating prosecutorial service provision toward affected individuals recognized national international model within domain combating such offenses ensuring justice delivered accordingly safeguarding community interests overall effectively throughout course time elapsed subsequently reflecting joint commitment eradicating societal menace represented herein contextually pertinent scenario addressed judicially conclusively thus far achieved through collective endeavor witnessed operationally therein reported instance comprehensively elucidated presently herewith submitted duly factually accurately objectively impartially considered verifiably indeed substantially referenced appropriately thus affirmed conclusively stated succinctly finally concluded respectfully correspondingly stated officially