Two Lubbock residents arrested in Midland for forcing minor into prostitution; human trafficking:

Police in Midland, Texas arrested Jay Lavone Lloyd, 40, and Taquolia Tameek Thomas, 19, both of Lubbock, during a prostitution sting. Lloyd and Thomas were said to have advertised for prostitution on the Village Voice Media-owned backpage.com.

Hardly interesting or surprising but what makes the story even more saddening is that allegedly in tow with Lloyd and Thomas was a 17-year-old high school girl who said Lloyd and Thomas forced her into prostitution.

The 17-year-old girl from Lubbock, who is considered a minor under the state’s prostitution statute, showed up at the room, agreed to have sex and then accepted money, Weatherby said.

She later told authorities that she was given a condom and told to go do whatever the clients wanted.

Hey Backpage, how are those ‘steps’ working out? Oh, that’s right, not at all apparently.