Federal Grand Jury Indicts Columbus Man for Human Trafficking

Lerenzo “Justice” White, 30, has been indicted on five counts of human trafficking.

He is accused of using force, fraud and coercion to human traffick five women between July 2013 through May of 2016. He is also accused of using violence and threatening to put the young women through drug withdrawal in effort to prostitute themselves around Ohio.

“Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and members of the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force, including Steve Francis, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien, Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs and Franklin County Sheriff Dallas Baldwin announced the indictment returned January 26, which was unsealed today at White’s initial appearance. White was arrested yesterday by Task Force agents.”

His crimes are punishable by a range of 15 to life in prison.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the ICE HSI Tip Line at 866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423).

To report incidents of Human Trafficking is call the National Hotline at 1 (888) 373-7888.

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