LAKE CHARLES, La. — Three more men have been arrested in the human trafficking case of a 14-year-old girl in Lake Charles.
Seven have now been charged in the case including a woman and three men who were charged earlier this week.
Jason D. Bryant, 19, Kelly Johnson, Jr., 27 and Tyler D. Lawson, 26, all of Lake Charles, were arrested on June 19 and 20, 2019 and charged in the case according to a news release from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office.
All three are accused of having sex with the teen according to the release.
Bryant and Lawson were charged with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile while Johnson was charged with first degree rape the release said.
Johnson's bond is set at $2 million, Bryant's bond is set at $1.5 million and Lawson's bond is set at $250,000 according to the release.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office detectives began investigating in March 2019 after they were called to a motel on North Martin Luther King Highway in Lake Charles about a 14-year-old girl who had been reported as a runaway the release said.
Detectives found the teen in a room at the motel with Mariah C. Miller, 24, of Iowa, the release said.
Seven arrested in human trafficking case of 14-year-old Calcasieu Parish girl
The teen told detectives that she had been beaten and forced to have sex with "numerous men" the release said.
Detectives then learned that Miller and Kaleb A. Citizen, 21, of Lake Charles, an acquaintance of the girl, along with Darius P. Landry, 28, of Lake Charles, who is the girl's guardian were allegedly responsible for trafficking the girl according to the release.
Detectives also located and arrested Antonio D. Tompkins, 25, of Lake Charles, who, they say, was one of the "numerous men" the girl was forced to have sex with.
Miller, Citizen and Tompkins were all already in the Calcasieu Correctional Center on unrelated charges when they were charged in the human trafficking case, the release said.
Landry was arrested on June 17, 2019.
Miller, Citizen and Landry were all charged with human trafficking in the case while Tompkins was charged with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile the release said.
Citizen was also charged with first degree rape and felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile. His bond is set at $2 million the release said.
Landry, whose bond is set at $250,000, was charged with trafficking of juveniles for sexual purposes according to the release.
Bonds for Miller and Tompkins were each set at $250,000 according to the release.
Detectives are still investigating and more arrests and charges may be coming according to the release.