http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_14809834

OAKLAND — An Oakland pimp was found guilty Friday of seven felony crimes, including human trafficking, for kidnapping two teenage prostitutes and making them work for him in Stockton.
Vincent Turner, 31, specifically picked teenage girls to kidnap, a prosecutor said, because they were easy targets whom he could manipulate.
Turner kidnapped the 15- and 16-year-old in Oakland by pretending he was a customer, and once they got into his car, drove them to Stockton and told them they would have to pay a fee for their release.
That fee ranged, evidence in the case revealed, from a flat $2,500 or a reduced $1,000 fee if the girls had sex with Turner. Turner expected the girls to work as prostitutes to earn money for their release.
Turner was found guilty of seven of the eight felony charges filed against him, including two counts of kidnapping, two counts of rape and one count of human trafficking. The jury did not find Turner guilty of one count of attempted kidnapping.
"I'm just happy the jurors were able to see past the things these girls might have done and see what really happened to them," said Deputy District Attorney Sharon Carney, who successfully tried the case. "Justice was served."
Turner was arrested last year after one of the girls escaped 24 hours after she was taken and ran to a police officer for help.
The second girl, who was held by Turner for about a week, told a similar tale after she was
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arrested during a routine police sting of prostitutes.
The two girls told police and testified during the trial that they had had troubled childhoods, and they admitted being prostitutes. They said they were working the streets of Oakland when Turner took them.
Carney used a tattoo Turner had placed on his chest six years ago to prove to the jury that the 31-year-old Oaklander indeed was a pimp. The tattoo has three letters, M.O.B., and stands for a common motto of pimps: "Money Over (Expletive)."
Defense attorney Spencer Strellis argued during the trial that the two girls were not believable and that they made up the story about being kidnapped because of a business dispute. Strellis declined to comment after the verdict.
Turner faces life in prison when he is sentenced June 25 by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Cecilia Castellanos.

And its interesting to note how local prosecutors want to attach the "human trafficking" crime onto that one, since none of the other prosecutors could make it "stick" in other cases.

"Its NEVER over!"