OAKLAND — A Richmond resident obtained six years in state jail after pleading no contest to pimping in a cope with county prosecutors, courtroom data present.
Camonte Bennett, 27, had initially been charged with human trafficking for allegedly “forcing a lady to commit acts of prostitution,” in keeping with charging data, however that depend was dropped in alternate for his no-contest plea. He was transferred to North Kern State Jail on Might 13 to start serving his sentence, data present.
Bennett shall be eligible for parole in 2024, in keeping with the California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
The charging data allege Bennett was arrested after a November report of a home disturbance on East twelfth Road in Oakland, the place a lady informed police Bennett was her pimp and had been trafficking her on Worldwide Boulevard. Officers wrote in a report they noticed “a number of pairs of excessive heels and ladies’s clothes within the again seat of the automobile” Hudson was driving.
Bennett’s public defender filed a failed petition to launch Bennett final August, writing that there was no proof “apart from a recording of the complaining witnesses making the allegations,” and citing statements by Bennett’s family members calling him particular person “with a very large coronary heart.”
Bennett was ordered to pay $1,800 in sufferer restitution and obtained 578 days of credit score for time served as a part of the plea deal, courtroom data present. He's additionally ordered to steer clear of the complaining witness for 10 years.