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On February 1, 2017, at about 6:30 PM, a local High School student was waiting for a bus after leaving school, when a man driving a white Ford truck stopped next to her and attempted to start a conversation. The under aged victim tried to walk away but the suspect produced a handgun and ordered her to get inside his truck. The suspect drove the victim to the downtown area and kept her in his vehicle for several hours before sexually assaulting her on a residential street.
 
The suspect later told the victim he was going to be her pimp and intended to force her to commit commercial sex acts. The suspect provided her with instructions and condoms, forced her to remove her sweat pants and put her out of his truck wearing only underwear, under the belief that she had agreed to work for him. In fact, the victim feared she would be shot if she refused.
 
Once released from the truck, the victim quickly called her mother and was taken to a local hospital.
 
Detectives from the Human Trafficking Bureau began working on the case and quickly identified the suspect as 33 year old Jaisen Lacount of Los Angeles. On February 9, 2017, Human Trafficking Detectives along with Investigators from the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau, arrested the suspect after he drove to a location in Lakewood, where he thought he was going to meet the victim and she was going to work for him.
 
Following his arrest, detectives served search warrants at the suspect’s residence, located in the 800 block of West 98^th Street, Los Angeles, and on his vehicle. Investigators recovered property stolen from the victim, a handgun, and other items linking him to the crime.
 
The suspect, a previously convicted felon, remains in custody with a bail of 1.5 million dollars.          
 
For additional information contact:
Lieutenant Barry Hall: 323-526-5134
After Hours: Sheriff's Information Bureau: 213-229-1700

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The Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s Human Trafficking Bureau houses the LA Regional Human Trafficking Task Force, the nation’s largest co-located human trafficking task force.  The Task Force is a collaboration of federal, state, county and local law enforcement, social service agency and non-government and community-based organizations investigating and serving the needs of commercially exploited adults and minors victimized for the purpose of sex and labor.  
 
 
The LA Regional Human Trafficking Task Force brings together systems and disciplines to address the victim’s needs through a victim centered, trauma informed approach.  The task force employs a regionalized strategy that crosses jurisdictional boundaries to identify and rescue victims while aggressively pursuing traffickers and buyers.
 
 
 
LA Regional Human Trafficking Task Force Partners: 
Federal
United States Attorney’s Office
Homeland Security Investigations (ICE)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Marshals Service
United States Department of Labor 
State
California Attorney General
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (State Parole)
California Employment Development Department
California Highway Patrol
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LA County District Attorney’s Office (DA & DA Investigator)
Department of Children and Family Services
LA County Probation Department
LA County Department of Public Health 
City
Los Angeles Police Department
Los Angeles Unified School District Police Department
Pomona Police Department 
Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office
 
 
Non-Government/Community Based Organizations
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
Saving Innocence
The Guardian Group (Hotel/Motel Outreach, Education and Signage)
Sheriff Clergy Council
Pet Prescriptions Therapy Dog Program
Demand Abolition Cease Network
Restoration Diversion Services
Virtuous Women Inc.
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
International Institute of Los Angeles

 
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Jim McDonnell, Sheriff
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