A Houston man and member of the 52 Hoover Gangster Crips has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for sex trafficking teenage girls, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Clarence Christopher Chambers, also known as Crazzi Chris, pleaded guilty in November 2025.
U.S. District Judge George C. Hanks Jr. handed down the sentence after hearing evidence about Chambers’s exploitation of multiple teenage victims. The court highlighted the lasting trauma suffered by the victims, including physical abuse and psychological harm, and described Chambers as lacking remorse.
After his release from prison, Chambers will serve 10 years on supervised release with restrictions regarding contact with children and internet use. He will also be required to register as a sex offender, with restitution to be determined later.
“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.”
According to court documents, between April and September 2019, Chambers recruited vulnerable teenage girls—some as young as 14—from unstable backgrounds or foster care runaways. He promised financial support and housing but then used violence and threats to force them into commercial sex acts around the Bissonnet “blade” area near I-59 Southwest Freeway in Houston.
Chambers kept all profits while forcing the teens to work under threat or actual violence. Co-conspirators Michael Anthony Gonzalez (Mumbles), Jerreck Michael Hilliard (Jmoney), and Javon Yaw Opoku (Glizzy) previously received sentences ranging from 20 to just over 30 years for their involvement.
Chambers remains in custody awaiting transfer to a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kate Suh, Sharad Khandelwal, Anthony Franklyn, Amanda R. Alum, along with former AUSA Richard W. Bennett.
The investigation was conducted by the Houston Police Department through its Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance (HTRA), which involves multiple local, state, and federal agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Homeland Security Investigations and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
HTRA brings together resources from various law enforcement bodies—including HPD, FBI, ICE-HSI, Texas Attorney General’s Office—and coordinates efforts across several counties in Texas to target human traffickers while supporting survivors.
Since its formation in 2004 by the United States Attorney’s office in Houston—which operates out of locations such as Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi, Laredo, McAllen and Brownsville (official website)—the alliance has been recognized nationally for its role in prosecuting human trafficking cases (official website). The office covers more than nine million people across 43 counties (official website) and employs over 200 attorneys (official website).
The Southern District of Texas is part of the U.S. Department of Justice under the Attorney General (official website). Its leadership has included figures like Alamdar Hamdani (2022–2025) (official history page) among others (official history page).
