Police officers recently rescued a teenage girl from a human trafficker in Miami Gardens after she had vanished from her home in Sunrise, records show.

Detectives identified the sex trafficker as Maurice Thomas, known as “reese2humble” on TikTok and “reesestayhumble” on Facebook, records show.

Thomas, a Miami Northwestern High School graduate who drives box trucks, was abusing the teen at a house along Northwest 169 Terrace, between 33rd and 32nd avenues, according to police.

“He hits me if I don’t do what he wants me to ... He beats me when he is angry,” the teen said, according to a detective’s arrest report.

Thomas had also held her against her will in a closet at the house several times, and he did not allow her to go back to her home, according to the detective’s report.

During the investigation, the teen revealed that Thomas had also given her ecstasy pills, records show.

Police officers arrested Thomas, and corrections booked him on Friday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center near Doral, according to inmate records.

Thomas faced four charges: Human trafficking of a minor younger than 15 years old, lewd or lascivious battery on a child 12-16, delivering drug paraphernalia to a minor, and contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child. His bond was $16,000.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report.

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