HOUSTON – One of several suspects involved in the infamous Bissonnet Track is headed to prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas said.
According to a press release issued Friday, Jerreck Hillard, 35, A.K.A. Jmoney, was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for sex trafficking. Back in 2021, KPRC 2 first reported on Hilliard, who was named among several suspects involved “in the pimp game” trafficking young girls on Bissonnet, infamously known for being a hub for prostitution, human trafficking, and more.
Recommended Videos
CLOSER LOOK: Bissonnet Track: Inside its shadowy history, efforts aimed at curbing prostitution, sex trafficking in notorious area
During the sentencing, the court described Hilliard as “every parent’s worst nightmare,” for how he “destroyed young victim’s lives for ‘nothing more than money.’” They also explained how from April 2019 - February 2020, he and several others recruited teenage girls, forcing them into sex acts with clients for money and cars near I-59 Southwest Freeway and Bissonnet Street, otherwise known as “the blade” or “track.”
He and other co-conspirators reportedly passed around, or reassigned victims among one another, and coached each other “on the pimp game. The young victims were also not allowed to switch between pimps unless they paid an exorbitant fee or were “beat out.” Court records also claim traffickers “required daily quotas each night from their victims. If the girls did not meet those demands, the pimps and others severely punished victims through beatings and humiliation.”
After he completes his sentence, the U.S. Attorney’s Office says Hilliard will serve 10 years on supervised release and have to comply with several requirements meant to restrict his access to children and the internet. The 35-year-old will also be ordered to register as a sex offender.
“No little girl dreams of growing up and selling her body for money,” said Hamdani. “Heinous things have happened to these victims that ultimately led them into the sights of the criminals who target and prey on them. What Hilliard did was reprehensible. It is no defense that a victim may have previously been involved in prostitution. Today, this victim blaming stops.”