Pimp Sentenced to Prison for Human Trafficking

A 32-year-old man was sentenced to 42 years and eight months to life in state prison for trafficking several teenage girls for sex in the Long Beach area between 2006 and 2013, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. On Nov. 25, 2014, a jury found Robert Jerome Walker of Compton guilty of six felony counts: four counts of human trafficking of a minor for a sex act and one count each of dissuading a witness from prosecuting a crime and lewd act upon a child in case NA096265.

Deputy District Attorney Rachel Hardiman, who prosecuted the case, said Walker was a member of a group of pimps that referred to themselves as the Compton Division. The pimps forced teenage girls to prostitute themselves in the Compton and Long Beach areas, the prosecutor said. According to the prosecutor, Walker made each of his four victims engage in acts of prostitution by using force and threats of violence. The youngest victim was 11-years-old, the prosecutor added. The defendant, who went by the moniker “Bash Millions,” threatened one of the victims after she testified against one of his partners, defendant Rulie Sprewell in case NA092429. The case was investigated by the Long Beach Police Department.

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