Authorities seized a contraband prison cellphone from an Oakland native who was serving a sentence for human trafficking of a child, court records show.
TEHACHAPI — An Oakland man has been charged with trafficking a teen girl he met online, in an investigation that started when authorities raided his state prison cell and confiscated a cellphone, according to court records.
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