"A 17-year-old girl known in court records as Jane Doe had been missing for roughly six weeks when her pictures turned up on an online prostitution advertisement based in the Bay Area, authorities said. So on Nov. 13, an Oakland police investigator went undercover and responded to the ad, posing as a potential sex buyer, and arranged to meet the teen at the hotel in the 1800 block of Embarcadero in Oakland, court records show."
"When she showed up, a 31-year-old man was allegedly with her, driving a white Tesla, and carrying a phone that had exchanged communications with Doe more than 1,500 times. Authorities allege that the man, Melvin Williams, was trafficking Doe, based on an immense amount of electronic evidence. Williams was allegedly saved on the girl's phone as Daddy, arranged to give her condoms, and even had a picture of himself on the girl's phone, driving the Tesla, waving wads of cash."
"Another text showed Doe asking Williams for permission to use the restroom one day, authorities said. Now Williams has been charged with three felonies: human trafficking, pandering and soliciting a minor into prostitution, court records show. The charges were filed Nov. 25."
Jane Doe, 17, had been missing about six weeks when her photographs appeared on an online prostitution advertisement. An Oakland police investigator posed as a buyer and arranged to meet her at a hotel on the Embarcadero on Nov. 13. A 31-year-old man, Melvin Williams, allegedly was with her, driving a Tesla and holding a phone that exchanged more than 1,500 communications with Doe. Electronic evidence indicates Williams was trafficking Doe, was saved on her phone as Daddy, provided condoms, and appeared in photos waving cash. Williams was charged with human trafficking, pandering and soliciting a minor into prostitution; charges were filed Nov. 25. Williams has three prior Los Angeles County convictions. Doe had been last seen in Southern California.
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