TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A Tallahassee man is behind bars after allegedly forcing two women into sex work for eight years, according to arrest documents.
Montarius Garrett is charged with two counts of human trafficking, two counts of deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution and two counts of using a two-way device to facilitate a felony.
Garrett was arrested and charged with human trafficking, according to arrest papers.(Leon County Jail)
According to arrest papers, Garrett recruited the two victims for the purpose of engaging in commercial sexual activity in March 2017.
The victims told investigators Garrett forced them to post escort advertisements and surrender all money to him. The women reported Garrett was violent, isolated them from others and exploited them, including supplying and withholding drugs and leveraging their children against them.
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Arrest documents show Garrett was arrested in August 2017 and both victims continued engaging in commercial sex acts at his direction, even while he was incarcerated.
Garrett would also take the victims to Panama City Beach and across state lines to Dothan, Alabama to engage in commercial sex acts, according to arrest documents.
Court records show Garrett was denied bond.
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