Three individuals have been hit with felony charges over two distinct human trafficking cases, following indictments by the Attorney General Gentner Drummond's Multi-County Grand Jury. The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) Human Trafficking Unit and the Oklahoma City Police Department (OCPD) Vice Unit conducted the investigations leading to these charges, according to the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office.
Inside the walls of Mack Alford Correctional Center, inmate Charquion Pope is alleged to have run a human trafficking ring. The OBN Human Trafficking Unit began to unravel Pope's scheme in February 2025, when they discovered his purported "pimp" persona splashed across multiple social media accounts and his digits listed in sex-for-hire ads. A Victim Recovery Operation launched later in February spotted a string of communications between Pope and a victim, a grim exchange pointing to Pope's alleged management of the victim's commercial sex gigs – from buyer chats to schedule-setting and pocketing the profits.
Documentation from the Department of Corrections, examined by agents, supposedly confirms the finer points of the case against Pope, who they argue was wheeling and dealing through contraband cell phones from his cell.
In another corner of Oklahoma City, Alaze Grant and Danasia Turner face charges for their suspected roles in trafficking another victim for commercial sex. A tip-off led OCPD Vice officers to a local home in early January 2026. There, they encountered the victim along with Grant and Turner, who are accused of a sinister operation: advertising the victim, organizing sex appointments, coercing the victim into performing, and collecting cash from clients.
Commenting on the cases, Attorney General Drummond said, "Human trafficking is exploitation in its most calculated and predatory form." He vowed that regardless of their locations, "Whether operating from a prison cell or a neighborhood residence, those who manipulate and profit from vulnerable individuals will be aggressively pursued and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." As stated on the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office, the presumption of innocence holds until proven guilty in court.
