Weakley County Sherriff’s Office Makes Arrest in Sex Trafficking Case

On Friday, October 11 the Weakley County Sheriff’s Office arrested Titus Holliman at his residence located in Martin, TN for Trafficking in Commercial Sex Acts and Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Fentanyl).

A person commits the offense of trafficking a person for a commercial sex act who:

(1) Knowingly subjects, attempts to subject, benefits from or attempts to benefit from another person's provision of a commercial sex act; or

(2) Recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, purchases, or obtains by any other means, another person for the purpose of providing a commercial sex act.

(b) For purposes of subdivision (a)(2), such means may include, but are not limited to:

(1) Causing or threatening to cause physical harm to the person;

(2) Physically restraining or threatening to physically restrain the person;

(3) Abusing or threatening to abuse the law or legal process;

(4) Knowingly destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating or possessing any actual or purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document, of the person;

(5) Using blackmail or using or threatening to cause financial harm for the purpose of exercising financial control over the person; or

(6) Facilitating or controlling a person's access to a controlled substance.

(c) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class B felony, except where the victim of the offense is a child under fifteen (15) years of age, or where the offense occurs on the grounds or facilities or within one thousand feet (1,000') of a public or private school, secondary school, preschool, child care agency, public library, recreational center, or public park, a violation of subsection (a) is a Class A felony.

A Class B felony carries a penalty of 8 – 30 years in prison and fines of up to $25,000. A Class A felony carries a penalty of 15 – 60 years in prison and fines of up to $50,000.

The ongoing investigation is being conducted by the Weakley County Sheriff’s Office and Martin Police Dept. Further details will be released at a later date.