Oakland man charged with rape and human trafficking of a child

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An 18-year-old Oakland man was arrested on rape and human trafficking charges after authorities discovered he was holding a 13-year-old girl captive and forcing her to work as a prostitute, officials said Wednesday.

Ahmad Daniels was charged with human trafficking, forcible rape of a child and committing lewd acts upon a child. He was being held at the Santa Rita jail on $600,000 bail.

The Oakland Police Department declined to comment on the case Wednesday.

On Sept. 29, Oakland Housing Authority officers rescued the young girl after they responded to calls of a dispute outside of an apartment on the 800 block of 69th Avenue, according to a probable cause statement by Officer Natasha Coral of the Oakland Police Department.

The girl told authorities she was being held captive by Daniels who had raped her five times, demanded oral copulation twice and forced her into prostitution by threatening violence, Coral’s statement reads.

Daniels was not home when authorities found the victim and spoke to her, but he was taken into custody when he returned to the residence about 9 p.m., according to court records.

The Oakland Housing Authority has turned the investigation over to the Oakland Police Department, said Greer McVay, a spokeswoman for the agency.

“We will see how the investigation unfolds and we will respond once we know more about what happened,” McVay said.

Prior to his arrest, Daniels had been on probation for a 2015 robbery.

Sarah Ravani is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: sravani@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @SarRavani