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<\/a><\/p>\nDetectives with the Montgomery County Sheriff\u2019s Office Organized Crime Division Vice Unit recovered a missing juvenile and arrested two suspects following a human trafficking investigation on March 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
According to the sheriff\u2019s office, detectives working a missing juvenile case discovered online advertisements on prostitution-related websites that depicted the missing juvenile alongside an unidentified adult female. Investigators made contact with the individuals and arranged a meeting at a hotel in Montgomery County.<\/p>\n
MCSO detectives, assisted by Texas Department of Public Safety special agents, located the suspects\u2019 vehicle, which was occupied by two adult females and the missing juvenile.<\/p>\n
Following the investigation, the two women were identified as Norma Lewis, 20, and Niasia Harrell, 20, both of Houston. They were arrested and charged with trafficking of a child, a first-degree felony, and transported to the Montgomery County Jail without incident.<\/p>\n The juvenile was safely recovered and provided medical care and support services before being released to the juvenile\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n The Montgomery County Sheriff\u2019s Office said it remains committed to protecting children and aggressively prosecuting those involved in organized crime and human trafficking.<\/p>\n Like this:<\/p>\n Like Loading…<\/p>\n
Before creating Bluebonnet News in 2018, Vanesa Brashier was a community editor for the Houston Chronicle\/Houston Community Newspapers. During part of her 12 years at the newspapers, she was assigned as the digital editor and managing editor for the Humble Observer, Kingwood Observer, East Montgomery County Observer and the Lake Houston Observer, and the editor of the Dayton News, Cleveland Advocate and Eastex Advocate. Over the years, she has earned more than two dozen writing awards, including Journalist of the Year.<\/p>\n
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