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Miami-Dade County corrections booked Maurice Thomas on April 24, 2026, at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, after he was accused of trafficking a teen at a house in Miami Gardens. <\/p>\nPublished:\u00a0April 27, 2026 at 5:18 PM<\/p>\n
lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandMiami-Dade County corrections booked Maurice Thomas on April 24, 2026, at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, after he was accused of trafficking a teen at a house in Miami Gardens. <\/p>\n
Police officers recently rescued a teenage girl from a human trafficker in Miami Gardens after she had vanished from her home in Sunrise, records show. <\/p>\n
Detectives identified the sex trafficker as Maurice Thomas, known as \u201creese2humble\u201d on TikTok and \u201creesestayhumble\u201d on Facebook, records show.<\/p>\n
Thomas, a Miami Northwestern High School graduate who drives box trucks, was abusing the teen at a house along Northwest 169 Terrace, between 33rd and 32nd avenues, according to police. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe hits me if I don\u2019t do what he wants me to … He beats me when he is angry,\u201d the teen said, according to a detective\u2019s arrest report. <\/p>\n
Thomas had also held her against her will in a closet at the house several times, and he did not allow her to go back to her home, according to the detective\u2019s report. <\/p>\n
During the investigation, the teen revealed that Thomas had also given her ecstasy pills, records show.<\/p>\n
Police officers arrested Thomas, and corrections booked him on Friday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center near Doral, according to inmate records. <\/p>\n
Thomas faced four charges: Human trafficking of a minor younger than 15 years old, lewd or lascivious battery on a child 12-16, delivering drug paraphernalia to a minor, and contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child. His bond was $16,000. <\/p>\n
Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report. <\/p>\n
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