A 30-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday and was immediately sentenced to five years in prison for human trafficking of an underage victim.
Brandon Gene Ward pleaded guilty to human trafficking of a victim younger than 18, pimping a prostitute younger than 16, pandering with a minor younger than 16, pandering and pimping, all felonies, according to court records.
Co-defendant Joslyn Tajee Walker, 22, is next due in court June 17 and is charged with human trafficking of an underage victim, primping for a prostitute younger than 16 and pandering with a minor younger than 16, all felonies.
Orange County sheriff’s deputies in Stanton arrested the two.