41-year-old man was booked into the Pierce County Jail charged with assault and promoting prostitution
Tacoma police have arrested a man accused of forcing two teenage girls into a car at gunpoint and trying to force them to work as prostitutes.
The 41-year-old man was booked into the Pierce County Jail early Tuesday for investigation of kidnapping, assault and promoting prostitution.
Police say the man and another man contacted the girls, ages 14 and 17, Monday night near a Tacoma convenience store and asked them if they wanted a ride. They declined and walked away.
Police spokesman Mark Fulghum say the men displayed guns a few minutes later and forced the girls into the car. They drove to the Kent-Des Moines area where the men tried to force them to work as prostitutes. They declined.
The car returned to Tacoma where the girls fled. Fulghum says they suffered minor injuries.
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