- Lake County News reports
Clearlake man arrested for human trafficking, pimping and kidnapping
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Clearlake Police officers have arrested a local man on a host of charges including human trafficking, pimping and kidnapping as the result of an investigation that began on Wednesday.
Clearlake resident Darryl Dwayne Williams, 53, was arrested in the case, according to Sgt. Nick Bennett.
On Wednesday Clearlake Police Lt. Tim Celli and Sergeant Rodd Joseph were driving through the parking lot of the Travelodge Motel, located at 4775 Old Highway 53, when they observed an adult male sitting in the seat of an expensive Mercedes Benz which was backed into a parking stall at the rear of the business, Bennett said.
Not far from the Mercedes Benz, Celli and Joseph saw a female, who appeared to be in distress, standing next to another vehicle, according to Bennett.
The officers asked her if she was all right and as she walked toward them, she stated, “That’s my pimp,” and made statements how she was afraid of him and feared he was going to beat her, Bennett said.
As the only person the officers had observed in the area was the individual in the Mercedes Benz, Bennett said Celli's and Joseph's attention was directed to him.
Bennett said the individual, later identified as Williams, had exited his vehicle when the officers contacted the female and had begun walking quickly away from the area.
Bennett said officers eventually contacted Williams at a neighboring auto parts business located on Lakeshore Drive, some distance from where his vehicle was parked.
The female contacted by the officers provided information that she had been abducted by Williams in Fresno and forced into prostitution with the threat of harm being done to her child if she refused, Bennett reported.
Williams, who is a convicted and registered sex offender for pimping and pandering, was arrested jut after 3:45 p.m., according to booking records. Bennett said Williams was booked into the Lake County Jail for pimping, pandering, kidnapping, possession of narcotics and human trafficking.
Jail records showed that Williams' bail has been set at $300,000.
Bennett said the investigation is continuing by Clearlake Police detectives into Williams' involvement in other similar illegal activities in Clearlake and other jurisdictions.
Anybody with further information on this case is encouraged to contact Det. Ryan Peterson at 707-994-8251, Extension 320.