Brandon Johnson, 37, pleaded no contest to pimping and assault in a kidnapping case, potentially facing a five-year prison sentence. The charges stem from a 2025 incident involving a young woman. The plea deal resolves multiple cases and includes a 10-year restraining order.
Brandon Johnson, 37, pleaded no contest to two lesser offenses, pimping and assault, with the expectation of receiving a five-year prison term, according to a transcript from his Feb. 18 change-of-plea hearing.
He is set to be formally sentenced on March 26.Johnson’s kidnapping case stemmed from an April 16, 2025 incident when an undercover Oakland police squad observed him make a U-turn on the 800 block of International Boulevard, hop out of his Mercedes, chase down a young woman, and throw her in the car as she screamed, kicked, and flailed, according to prosecutors. Johnson’s lawyer refuted the allegation, stating that police struggled to identify the victim and the woman that they ultimately did identify denied being kidnapped. At the time of the alleged kidnapping, Johnson was out on $50,000 bail in an unrelated robbery case. He was jailed again, but then posted $100,000 bail and got back out, court records show., court records show. The girls, aged 14 and 15, had been reported missing by their families. Police said at the time Johnson met one of the victims at a youth crisis center in San Francisco and had been with her for several weeks. He reportedly gave the girls $500 daily quotas, instructing them to be sexually abused by adult strangers for as long as it took to make that amount, according to court records. The plea deal resolves all three cases, and includes a 10-year court order to stay away from the victims, according to court records.12-year-old California soccer player dies after collapse Man claimed he was digging for gold while high in East Oakland when he found severed human legs, police say Man claimed he was digging for gold while high in East Oakland when he found severed human legs, police sayDear Abby: I learned my son dropped out. What do I do about his college loans? Pleasanton high school trainer, charged with double murder, resented victims during rocky relationship, police sayOakland apartments in Uptown district face foreclosure
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