Texas Border Business
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas
HOUSTON – A 34-year-old member of the 52 Hoover Gangster Crips has been ordered to federal prison for sex trafficking young teenage girls.
Clarence Christopher Chambers aka Crazzi Chris pleaded guilty Nov. 24, 2025.
U.S. District Judge George C. Hanks Jr. has now sentenced Chambers to serve 420 months in federal prison. At the hearing, the court heard information and evidence detailing Chambers’s exploitation and victimization of numerous teenage girls. The court emphasized the lasting trauma the victims suffered including physical abuse, threats, and profound psychological harm. In handing down the prison terms, the court noted Chambers lacked genuine remorse and characterized him as a predator who should not be free to prey on others.
Chambers will serve 10 years on supervised release following the completion of his prison term, after which he will have to comply with numerous requirements designed to restrict his access to children and the internet. He will also be ordered to register as a sex offender. Restitution will be determined at a later date.
“Chambers stole his young victims’ dignity and innocence,” said Ganjei. “They were beaten, threatened, and treated as commodities for someone else’s profit. Today’s sentence is about these courageous victims, recognizing the depth of harm they endured and affirming that they matter and their lives are not disposable. My office will continue to stand with victims and use every federal tool available to hold human traffickers accountable.”
From April to September 2019, Chambers and others worked to recruit young teenage girls and forced them to engage in sex acts with “clients” for money in cars and motels around the Bissonnet “blade” or “track.”
The Bissonnet blade is an area near I-59 Southwest Freeway and Bissonnet Street in Houston where pimps and traffickers place their victims to engage in commercial sex.
Chambers targeted vulnerable teenage girls, including runaways from foster care and unstable homes, some as young as 14. He lured them with false promises of financial security, affection, and housing.
He then used violence and threats to coerce them into engaging in commercial sex for his profit. Chambers forced the young victims walk the blade while he and others kept the profits.
Co-conspirators Michael Anthony Gonzalez aka Mumbles, 29, Jerreck Michael Hilliard aka Jmoney, 37, and Javon Yaw Opoku aka Glizzy, 25, all of Houston, were previously sentenced to 240, 292 and 365 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in the sex trafficking conspiracy.
Chambers will remain in custody pending transfer to a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kate Suh, Sharad Khandelwal, Anthony Franklyn, Amanda R. Alum, and former AUSA Richard W. Bennett prosecuted the case.
The Houston Police Department conducted the investigation as part of the Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance with the assistance of Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Homeland Security Investigations and Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
HTRA law enforcement includes members of HPD, FBI, ICE-HSI, Texas Attorney General’s Office, IRS Criminal Investigation, Department of Labor, DOL – Wage and Hour Division, Department of State, Texas Alcoholic and Beverage Commission, Texas Department of Public Safety, Department of Homeland Security – Office of Inspector General, Social Security Administration – OIG and Sheriff’s Offices in Harris and Montgomery counties in coordination with District Attorney’s offices in Harris, Montgomery and Fort Bend Counties.
Established in 2004, the United States Attorney’s office in Houston formed HTRA to combine resources with federal, state and local enforcement agencies and prosecutors, as well as non-governmental service organizations to target human traffickers while providing necessary services to those that the traffickers victimized. Since its inception, HTRA has been recognized as both a national and international model in identifying and assisting victims of human trafficking and prosecuting those engaged in trafficking offenses.
Updated March 4, 2026
