MIAMI SPRINGS, Fla. – A Dallas woman’s chance encounter with a Memphis, Tennessee man at a South Florida mall would turn into a saga of forced prostitution across three states, ending with an incident at a hotel near the Miami International Airport, according to police.
Police said officers discovered the human trafficking victim on Oct. 10 after responding to reports of a woman screaming in distress at the Clarion Inn & Suites at 5301 NW 36th St. in Miami Springs, the very same hotel where cops arrested a Pembroke Pines couple last Thursday after accusing them of trafficking a different victim.
According to an arrest report, after arriving at the hotel just before 6:15 p.m., Miami Springs police officers discovered the victim near the front desk wiping her bloodied nose and holding her 1-year-old daughter.
Police said Brandon Dimetie Williams, 43, who was formally arrested on Wednesday while already jailed, punched the woman “because she did not want to continue prostituting herself.”