Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department<\/a> (LVMPD) officers interviewed the teenaged victim and were given access to her cell phone. <\/span><\/p>\nThat evidence led to the arrest of Johnson, Ellis, and another woman, Alissa Isles, 19, who was identified as Johnson\u2019s girlfriend.<\/span><\/p>\nIncriminating Texts<\/span><\/h2>\nPolice found incriminating texts on the victim\u2019s phone.<\/span><\/p>\nJohnson once texted the victim, \u201cWhy haven\u2019t you got any plays today?\u201d — a reference to her not getting tricks from street work.<\/span><\/p>\nAlso, Isles once texted the victim and suggested that the victim and another girl solicit tricks on the \u201cTrop.\u201d That\u2019s a section of West Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas with a reputation for prostitution.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nIsles further suggested that she not work in the same area as the victim, so they don\u2019t create suspicion among local police who regularly patrol West Tropicana Avenue.<\/span><\/p>\nAlso, Isles warned the victim \u201cto be careful of undercover officers in the area.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\nAt another point, Ellis allegedly texted the victim \u201cyou still need to bring back something, or don\u2019t come back.\u201d That appears to be a reference to her bringing money to Johnson from tricks or not to return to the hotel room.<\/span><\/p>\nEarned Over 1.2K<\/span><\/h2>\nIn total, the victim earned $1,270 from sex trafficking over several days. The teen gave about half of the cash to Johnson and apparently kept half for herself.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nThe victim had been engaged in sex trafficking under the direction of Johnson and Isles for several days. <\/span><\/p>\nThey initially met via a mutual friend, the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/i> reported.<\/span><\/p>\nThe third suspect, Isles, was apprehended by police this week. But charges against her were not identified as of Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\nIt appears, so far, the victim wasn\u2019t charged with crimes. Police didn\u2019t identify her age or where she resided before hooking up with Johnson and Ellis.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man and a woman staying at The Strat hotel this month were scheduled to appear in Las Vegas court Wednesday on sex trafficking charges. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":304852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,81886],"tags":[13766,23,82503],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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