Final suspects sentenced in connection to human trafficking ring in Pierce County
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2 hrs ago Alexis Krell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Jul. 20 The final suspects accused of being part of a human trafficking ring in Pierce County have been sentenced.
Jurors convicted 38-year-old Clayton Tyrone King III of first-degree conspiracy to commit human trafficking and second-degree human trafficking earlier this year.
Superior Court Judge James Orlando sentenced him to 31-1/2 years in prison Friday, which was above King s standard sentencing range. Because the defendant committed such egregious acts and destroyed so many lives, the State is asking the court to impose an exceptional sentence . , deputy prosecutor Greg Greer said in a sentencing memorandum to the court. King fled to Texas before he was arrested, Greer wrote.