Former soldier charged in Fort Worth trafficking case
FORT WORTH -- A former soldier was charged Thursday with human trafficking and sexual assault of a child after police say he gave alcohol and drugs to a 14-year-old girl he'd picked up from a mall, had sex with her, and then later made her strip and have sex for money.
Nathan Tatarko, 30, of Fort Worth, faces charges of trafficking a person under age 18, a first-degree felony, and sexual assault of a child, a second-degree felony.
A friend of Tatarko's, 26-year-old Elliott T. Reed of Benbrook, was charged Wednesday with sexual assault of a child for having sex with the underage girl.
Police said the girl had been dropped off at Ridgmar Mall on Aug. 11 and was walking outside in the rain when Tatarko pulled up and asked her if she wanted to get inside. Though she did not know Tatarko, the girl agreed, said Sgt. Pedro Criado, a police spokesman.
Criado said Tatarko gave the girl alcohol and later took her to a house to visit Reed. There, the trio did drugs and both men had sex with the girl, Criado said.
Over the next couple of days, Tatarko then drove the girl to various gaming businesses where he had her strip for customers for money, Criado said. He later took the girl to a gas station, where he had her solicit sex for money from a man, Criado said.
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