South L.A. Man Federally Charged with Sex Trafficking Minors on Figueroa Corridor and attempting to kidnap a woman at a phone store; he faces at least 15 years in federal prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison. Remember, He is Presumed Innocent until Proven Guilty Beyond a Reasonable Doubt. 

Derrick Harrison Enrico Brooks, Jr., 31, of Baldwin Village, pled not guilty to four charges, including violently sex trafficking two teenage girls on the Figueroa Corridor, plying at least one of them with narcotics, and trying to kidnap a woman at a mobile phone store after she escaped his apartment while he was physically attacking her. Meanwhile, the government has him in federal prison. The government alleges that in November 2025, Brooks sex trafficked a 15-year-old girl, aka “Minor Victim 1 (MV1).” Brooks and MV1 traveled from California to Colorado in his green limousine for commercial sex work. Brooks demanded that she earn $1,000 per day and physically assaulted her several times. At one point, MV1 thought she was going to die. Brooks posted an advertisement of her on the Craigslist website. In January and February 2026, Brooks allegedly trafficked a 17-year-old girl, aka MV2, who also worked on the Figueroa Corridor. Brooks physically assaulted MV2 and gave her Ecstasy. In August 2026, Brooks assaulted and tried to kidnap a woman, aka V3, in a mobile phone store in Baldwin Village. V3 allegedly fled Brooks's nearby apartment after he choked her and punched her in the face. Two weeks after the attempted kidnapping, law enforcement arrested Brooks in connection with that incident.