Ryan Wafford (DOC photo)

Ryan Ramone Wafford, 33, of Warren, is charged with directing human trafficking victims—even while he was housed in the Oakland County Jail on a probation violation charge unrelated to sex trafficking.

"Even while in custody on unrelated charges, the suspect continued trying to direct and control others," Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said in a statement. "Thanks to the persistence of our investigators, we were able to uncover this and rescue individuals from human trafficking."

Investigators discovered that Wafford sent dozens of messages related to human trafficking and forced sex labor while he was in jail.

Wafford was in jail in January and released that month and then back in jail in July and released that month.

On Friday, he was picked up at h

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