2 accused of kidnapping, trafficking woman in Las Vegas

Two Las Vegas residents arrested this week are accused of kidnapping a woman, assaulting her and forcing her into prostitution.

The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Tyrone Traylor, 39, and Jennifer Todd, 36, connected Sunday aft a pistillate reported the alleged crimes to police, according to an apprehension report.

A pistillate who had precocious been evicted went to Todd’s residence connected the 4500 artifact of Las Vegas Boulevard North connected Dec. 28, and Todd invited the pistillate to stay, the study said. The pistillate told constabulary that Todd took her belongings and past accused her of of stealing toiletries.

Todd allegedly deed the pistillate respective times successful the caput and told her to spell into a chamber wherever Traylor and different idiosyncratic were located. The pistillate said Traylor was holding a weapon with a 5-inch leaf and that Todd was holding a tiny “machete” knife, according to the report.

Over the adjacent fewer days, the pistillate was not allowed to permission oregon pass with anyone. She was told she would enactment arsenic a prostitute for Todd and Traylor and was forced to person enactment with Traylor, the study said.

The pistillate escaped with the assistance of a idiosyncratic whom Todd and Traylor wanted the pistillate to person enactment with for money, the study said.

The pistillate delayed contacting constabulary retired of fearfulness of Todd knowing wherever the woman’s parent lives, the study said.

Todd and Traylor are charged with 15 felony counts including conspiracy to perpetrate kidnapping, kidnapping, intersexual assault, robbery and enactment trafficking of an adult. Both person a presumption cheque acceptable for Thursday, according to tribunal records.

Traylor antecedently pleaded blameworthy to conspiracy to perpetrate a transgression and robbery and was sentenced successful 2003 to astatine slightest a twelvemonth successful the Nevada Department of Corrections, tribunal records show.

Todd remains successful custody connected $50,000 bail and Traylor connected $75,000 bail.

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