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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- When her teen woman took a nap alternatively of turning tricks astatine the notorious Desert Star Motel, Javonna Lewis dragged her into a country and brutally assaulted her implicit a play of 3 hours.
On Tuesday, Lewis, 26, was sentenced to beingness successful situation without parole aft being recovered blameworthy of charges including quality trafficking and pimping of a insignificant and torture.
"This is 1 of the astir heinous enactment crimes this tribunal has heard since being connected the bench, and, frankly, adjacent earlier that," Judge Judith K. Dulcich said.
The maltreatment occurred successful December 2020. The victim, past 17, escaped and was hospitalized. She was yet reunited with her household successful Fresno.
Dulcich said it was "amazing" the teen didn't endure much terrible injuries.
The Desert Star Motel closed aft an probe uncovered amerciable enactment including prostitution. On Jan. 22, 2021, authorities raided the concern and arrested the proprietor and wide manager. They encountered 15 prostitutes and 3 pimps during the raid.
