The investigation started Friday when sheriff’s detectives responded to an ad on Backpage, a Web site similar to craigslist for selling merchandise and seeking services. The ad promised sex for cash and provided a picture of a girl who turned out to be one of the teenage victims, the release said.
Through e-mails, the officers arranged to meet the girl at a hotel in the 17300 block of South Oak Avenue in Lansing. When undercover officers arrived, they saw Tyrelle Lockett standing in front of the hotel with the teenage girl. When the officer went into the designated hotel room and met the girl, there were obvious and visible signs she had been a victim of repeated violence, the release said.
After an agreement was reached to exchange sex for cash, the officer took the girl into custody. Nearby officers arrested Tyrelle Lockett, who had nearly all of the girl’s personal items. Investigators learned he refused to allow her to access any of it unless she performed the acts he demanded.
A weekend investigation led to the arrest of his brother, Myrelle Lockett. At that time, officers also found another teenage girl being trafficked by Myrelle Lockett.
Through interviews and tracking of the brothers’ online and phone activity, investigators alleged the brothers had been trafficking teenage girls through various hotels throughout the south suburbs. Ads posted for the girls included rates as high as $300 an hour, though investigators learned the victims usually only a portion of the money — or none at all.
The Locketts told investigators they attend separate alternative high schools in the south suburb, and met at least one of the girls while attending an alternative sentencing program on unrelated offenses, according to the release. It is not known whether the brothers trafficked any of their female schoolmates.
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