A 34-year-old member of the 52 Hoover Gangster Crips, Clarence Christopher Chambers, also known as Crazzi Chris, has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for sex trafficking young teenage girls. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.
Chambers pleaded guilty on November 24, 2025. U.S. District Judge George C. Hanks Jr. handed down a sentence of 420 months in prison after hearing evidence about Chambers’s exploitation and abuse of several teenage girls. The court noted the severe trauma suffered by the victims, including physical violence, threats, and psychological harm. Judge Hanks described Chambers as lacking remorse and called him a predator who should not be allowed to harm others.
After serving his prison term, Chambers will be subject to ten years of supervised release with restrictions on contact with children and internet access. He will also be required to register as a sex offender. Restitution is yet to be determined.
“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 recruited vulnerable teenage girls—some as young as 14—often runaways from foster care or unstable homes in Houston. He lured them with false promises before using violence and threats to force them into commercial sex acts for money along the Bissonnet “blade,” an area near I-59 Southwest Freeway and Bissonnet Street known for such activity.
Three co-conspirators—Michael Anthony Gonzalez (Mumbles), Jerreck Michael Hilliard (Jmoney), and Javon Yaw Opoku (Glizzy)—were previously sentenced to between 20 and just over 30 years in prison for their roles in the same operation.
Chambers remains in custody pending 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, and former AUSA Richard W. Bennett.
The investigation was conducted by the Houston Police Department through the Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance (HTRA), which includes members from local police departments; federal agencies such as FBI; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Homeland Security Investigations; Texas state agencies; county sheriff’s offices; district attorney’s offices; among others.
HTRA was established in Houston in 2004 by the United States Attorney’s Office to combine resources across federal, state, local law enforcement agencies and non-governmental organizations against human trafficking while supporting victims—a model recognized nationally and internationally since its inception.
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas covers a large region including Houston with more than nine million residents across 43 counties according to its official website. The office employs over 200 attorneys focused on prosecuting federal crimes—including human trafficking—and handling civil cases for the government as detailed online. Its leadership has included figures such as Alamdar Hamdani from 2022–2025 per its history page.
