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CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
I, the complainant in this case, state that the following is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
On or about the date(s) of March 1,2019 in the county of Baldwin in the
Southern District of Alabama , the defendant(s) violated:

Code Section Offense Description

18 USc 15e1(a)(1) Sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion

This criminal complaint is based on these facts:

See attached Affidavit, incorporated herein by reference

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Christopher Anderson, Special Agent, DHS/HSl

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City and state: Mobile, Alabama United States Magistrate Judge P. Bradley Murray
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AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF COMPLAINT

I, Christopher H. Anderson, do solemnly state as follows:

BACKGROUND

I am a Special Agent (SA) with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

(DHS), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), assigned to the Office of the Resident

Agent in Charge Mobile, Alabama (RAC/MO). I have been employed by HSI as a SA

July 2003. Before that time, I served as an Alabama Marine Police Officer beginning in

January 2000 until July 2003. As part of my daily duties as an HSI SA, I investigate

criminal violations relating to violations of federal statues delineated under Title 8, 18,

19, and 21 of the United States Code (U.S.C.). This particular investigation involves

alleged violations of Title 18 U.S.C. 1591, Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion.

F'INDINGS OF THE ROBERTSDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT

On or about March 02,2019, in Robertsdale, Alabama, the Robertsdale Police

Department (RPD) received a call for service from K R B .B

reported she had been kidnapped by Tee-Henry Wulu CURRENS in Jacksonville,

Florida. B reported to the RPD that she was able to get away from CURRENS in

order to place the phone call for help. Once on scene, the RPD made contact with

CURRENS in the parking lot of the gas station from where B had made the phone

call. The RPD made contact with B inside the gas station. The RPD ascertained

each person's respective identity after making contact.

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RPD Officer Paul Michael Overstreet was the officer who made contact with

Be and upon doing so, Officer Overstreet observed B to be visibly upset and

as having bruising above her left eye and as having a busted lip. Officer Overstreet

conducted an interview of B outside of the gas station where B made the

following statements:

1) B stated CURRENS would not let her leave.

2) B stated CURRENS would not let her have her belongings.

3) B stated CURRENS would take the car keys and phone if he left her in

the car.

4) B stated CURRENS made her drive from Jacksonville, Florida to here,

and the trip began approximately 2 weeks ago.

5) B stated she does not have any family or friends in Jacksonville,

Florida.

Officer Overstreet then conducted an interview of the gas station clerk

who stated, when B ran into the store and requested to use the phone to call the

police, B was observed to be shaking and upset.

Officer Overstreet then spoke to B again, and during this interview B

made the following statements:

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1) B stated the injuries on her face were caused by CURRENS in Panama

City, Florida at a hotel named Chateau by the Sea.

2) B stated she is an escort, and she first met CURRENS when he was a

client of hers in Jacksonville, Florida.

3) B stated she advertises herself as an escort on a website known as

"skipthegames.com".

4) B stated she was robbed by one of her other clients and CURRENS

volunteered to be a driver for her and protect her for a share of the profits.

B stated she agreed to this anangement, and she worked together with

CURRENS under this agreement for a while. B stated CURRENS then

became verbally abusive towards her, and CURRENS started keeping all the

money from the clients.

5) B stated CURRENS began to control her by setting up all the clients

and handling all the money that was exchanged.

6) B stated CURRENS would wait outside of the hotel room until she was

finished with a client, then CURRENS would come in and take all the money

that was exchanged and give her none.

7) B stated CURRENS drove her to Daytona Beach, Florida to work as an

escort.

8) B stated it was during this time that she told CURRENS she no longer

wanted to be with him, and she told him that she wanted to leave. B

stated CURRENS then became violent with her, and she locked herself in the

bathroom of the hotel. B stated CURRENS then broke down the door

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to the bathroom and began assaulting her by striking her multiple times in the

face and body.

9) B stated at this point she could not leave or express a desire to leave

without being threatened or beaten by CURRENS.

10) B stated that CURRENS would use force or the threat of force to coerce

her to continue having sex with clients for money, and CURRENS would take

all the money earned by her.

I 1) B stated CURRENS took her to several cities in Florida and would

force her to post ads on a website for escort services and would have B

rcnt a hotel room to meet with the clients. B stated this practice

continued for several weeks.

12) B stated she was taken to Panama City, Florida several times to work as

an escort.

l3) B stated she was willing to go to jail for prostitution if it meant she was

able to get away from CURRENS.

Officer Overstreet then spoke with CURRENS, and during this interview,

CURRENS made the following statements

1) CURRENS stated they were from Jacksonville, Florida, and they were on

their way to Mobile, Alabama.

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2) CURRENS challenged the way Bec lip was busted, and he stated while

Panama City, Florida at the Chateau by the Sea he inadvertently busted her lip

while pulling some luggage out of the trunk.

3) CURRENS stated B is an escort, but he denied trafficking Be

4) CURRENS stated he and B were originally friends, then he became her

security. CURRENS then explained the escort service process to Officer

Overstreet.

Officer Overstreet noted in his report that B was under the

impression CURRENS was taking her Mobile, Alabama to work as an escort. Officer

Overstreet also noted in his report that in Bec written statement she indicates she

asked multiple times to be let go and CURRENS refused to let her go. Additionally, in

Bec written statement, she recounts how during her attempt to walk away from

CURRENS earlier in the day, he followed her in the car, used the car to block her path,

demanded she get in the car or he would run over her. B indicated that CURRENS

took her to the gas station where she was eventually found by the RPD, and while at the

gas pump, she grabbed a cell phone and went inside the gas station bathroom to call the

police but the battery to the cell phone was dead. B stated when she exited the

bathroom, CURRENS was there blocking her path, and he threatened her and told her to

get back in the car. B stated she went to the car while CURRENS was in the

bathroom, and she began to retrieve her belongings. B stated upon CURRENS

return to the car, he grabbed her belongings and threw them back into the car and told her

to get in. B stated when CURRENS got back into the car, she fled into the store to

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call 91 1. B provided a written statement to Officer Overstreet detailing the events

summarized in this affidavit.

While at the RPD, and after being advised of his Rights per Miranda, and

voluntarily waiving these rights, CURRENS made the following statements to Officer

Overstreet:

l) CURRENS stated he was a client of Beck and after they got to know

each other, he approached her about being her driver. CURRENS further

explained that he would drive her where she needed to go for a percentage of

the money she earned.

2) CURRENS stated he later became Bec security in case a client became

violent.

3) CURRENS stated he met B in January and shortly thereafter they began

working together as previously described.

4) CURRENS stated he and B argued while they were in Daytona Beach,

Florida, and B told him to leave but he wouldn't. CURRENS stated

B then locked herself in the bathroom of the hotel room and wouldn't

let him in. CURRENS stated he did break down the door to the bathroom, but

he stated he only confronted B verbally at this time.

5) CURRENS stated B wasn't working u, -rr"n, and this fact made

CURRENS upset.

6) In response to Officer Overstreet's renewed questions about Bec black

eye, CURRENS stated the injury occurred in Panama City wherein he had to

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pull a client off of Be and she fell off the bed during this action and hit

her eye on the bedside table. When asked about Bec busted lip,

CURRENS maintained his earlier statement regarding his removal of the

luggage. Officer Overstreet then asked CURRENS about the multiple bruises

on Bec legs, anns, and body, CURRENS stated she has thick curly hair

which keeps her from seeing things, and she bumps into stuff a lot.

CONCLUSION

Based on the information gathered during the course of this investigation as stated

above, and the information provided by other law enforcement officers, I respectfully

submit that Tee-Henry Wulu CURRENS did violate Title 18 U.S.C. 1591, Sex

Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion.

I am familiar with the information contained in this affidavit based upon the

investigation I conducted and based on my conversations with other law enforcement

officers.

Because this Affidavit is being submitted for the limited pulpose of securing an

arrest warrant, I have not included each and every fact known to me conceming this

investigation. I have set forth only those facts that I believe are necessary to establish

probable cause to believe that violation of Title 18 U.S.C. 1951 has been committed by

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Tee-Henry Wulu CURRENS. Where statements of others are set forth in this Affidavit,

they are set forth in substance and in part.

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Special Agent, Homeland Security Investigations

Sworn to and subscribed before me on

this 5th day of March,2}l9

BRADLE MURRAY
UNITED STATES TE ruDGE