{"id":12384864,"date":"2025-12-27T06:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T14:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/?p=12384864"},"modified":"2025-12-27T23:45:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T07:45:14","slug":"while-out-on-bail-in-kidnapping-case-oakland-man-charged-with-child-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2025\/12\/27\/while-out-on-bail-in-kidnapping-case-oakland-man-charged-with-child-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"While out on bail in kidnapping case, Oakland man charged with child trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"

OAKLAND — A man who was arrested on kidnapping charges just seven months ago<\/a> has been charged again, this time with human trafficking, after two girls were allegedly found in his hotel room, court records show.<\/p>\n

Brandon Johnson, 37, was charged last week with human trafficking of a minor, soliciting a child to prostitute and pandering, court records show. At the time of his arrest on Dec. 19, he was out on bail for pending charges of kidnapping a suspected adult sex worker in front of an undercover cop, court records show.<\/p>\n