The founder of The WellHouse ministry in Birmingham, a full-service shelter to fight sex trafficking, was arrested in a drug raid at a Tarrant home. Tajuan McCarty, a year-old woman who often tells her own story of drug addiction, prostitution and being trafficked herself all over the U. Tarrant police officers said they carried out the search warrant at the home after a three-month probe into criminal activity taking place there.
The search turned up several guns, large amounts of cocaine, heroin, prescription medication, stolen property, stolen identities and marijuana.
McCarty, who last year signed a movie deal about her life and also joined the staff of Truckers Against Trafficking as a field trainer, is charged with trafficking cocaine, trafficking in stolen identities, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and two counts of fraudulent use of a credit card. She has a PayPal account set up and seeks donations for that ministry via Facebook.
Tarrant police Sgt. Phillip George commended the detectives and officers for their hard work and dedication to this case. McCarty is a well-known speaker in Alabama and beyond. She tells how she ran away from home at 15 and met a man who offered to help take care of her.
She was exploited by a pimp who began selling her into prostitution and forced her to sell drugs, which led her into a cycle of drug addiction and prostitution. While she was being trafficked all over the United States, Canada and Mexico, she spent so much time in Birmingham it became her home. In , according to a AL.
