A man accused of using hundreds of women to run a large prostitution and human-trafficking operation was arrested with two other suspects Tuesday in Fort Worth, Dallas police say.

Police said they became aware of the ring by an anonymous tipster who contacted officials the day after police investigated an aggravated assault in April at a home on Marcell Avenue in west Oak Cliff.

Investigators determined Tremont Blakemore, 39, was leading a prostitution organization that was operating in multiple Texas cities with people trafficked from other states including Maine, Wyoming and Montana, police said.

Early Tuesday, Dallas, Fort Worth and Lancaster police, along with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the FBI, executed search warrants at the Marcell Avenue house and two others associated with Blakemore.

From left: Tremont Blakemore, Donna Gonzalez and Peaches Hurtado

They found 11 women in the 12400 block of Yellow Wood Drive in Fort Worth. Blakemore was arrested along with 38-year-old Donna Gonzalez and 26-year-old Peaches Hurtado.

At a home in the 1700 block of Overlook Drive in Lancaster, authorities found and interviewed four more women in Blakemore's group, police said.

The women found in the homes were offered counseling and other services, police said.

Blakemore maintained a group of 20 women whom he routinely prostituted out, but he has "controlled and manipulated" hundreds of women over the years by a "conservative" estimate, police said in a written statement.

Blakemore, Gonzalez and Hurtado were booked into the Dallas County Jail, and each was charged with engaging in organized criminal activity and aggravated promotion of prostitution.

Bail was set at $500,000 for Blakemore and Gonzalez and $400,000 for Hurtado.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about the case may call Detective Paulson at 214 671-4217.