Dallas Man Pleads Guilty to Leading Violent Sex Trafficking Organization

A Dallas man who known as himself “Macknificent” pleaded responsible right now to human trafficking, introduced U.S. Lawyer for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.

Tremont Blakemore, 42, was first charged in September 2019. He pleaded responsible Wednesday to intercourse trafficking by way of power, fraud, and coercion earlier than U.S. District Choose Ada Brown.

“This defendant systematically brutalized his victims, convincing them that they’d no alternative however to dwell life in line with his dictates,” mentioned U.S. Lawyer Chad Meacham. “We shaped the North Texas Trafficking Job Power – a coalition of federal, state, and native legislation enforcement devoted to ending the scourge of human trafficking – to pursue circumstances identical to this one. We hope that this responsible plea can be a balm to survivors as they work to rebuild their lives.”

“This defendant’s period of coercing and violently forcing people into the perils of intercourse trafficking is over because of the work of our particular brokers and legislation enforcement companions who investigated and arrested this deviant legal,” mentioned appearing Deputy Particular Agent in Cost of HIS Dallas Bradley Hudson.  “He’ll quickly face the tough realities of his transgressions as he spends a great portion of his life behind bars.”

In plea papers, Mr. Blakemore admitted to working a large-scale human trafficking group, utilizing the specter of grotesque violence to power girls to have interaction in business intercourse acts for his monetary profit.

He compelled the ladies to journey cross-country to have interaction in business intercourse and posted advertisements for them on websites like Backpage.com. He demanded that the ladies to show all proceeds over to him and required them to hunt permission for private expenditures.

Mr. Blakemore additional admitted that when his victims disobeyed his “guidelines” – leaving the home with out his permission, protecting cash for themselves, and many others. – he used violence to quell them into submission. In accordance with courtroom paperwork, victims instructed legislation enforcement that he slapped, punched, choked, kicked, and burned them with cigarettes.

“I’m going to make an instance out of somebody quickly,” he wrote in a gaggle textual content message to victims. “I can’t proceed to tolerate disrespect that’s certainly one of my greatest pet peeves.” 

In an effort to look profitable so as to recruit extra victims to his trafficking group, Mr. Blakemore admitted, he used proceeds of his sufferer’s sexual encounters to buy luxurious items, together with a number of items of diamond and gold jewellery and a number of Rolex watches.  He flouted his way of life to impress different traffickers, and even sported a number of trophies touting his success as a “pimp.”

Mr. Blakemore now faces as much as 20 years in federal jail. His sentencing has been set for Thursday, Oct. 6.

Homeland Safety Investigations’ Dallas Subject Workplace performed the investigation with the help of the Oakridge Police Division, the Dallas Police Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Dallas Subject Workplace, and the North Texas Trafficking Job Power’s legislation enforcement companions. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Melanie Smith and Nicole Dana prosecuted the case.