Final suspects sentenced in connection to human trafficking ring in Pierce County News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2 hrs ago Alexis Krell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Jul. 20—The final suspects accused of being part of a human trafficking ring in Pierce County have been sentenced. Jurors convicted 38-year-old Clayton Tyrone King III of first-degree conspiracy to commit human trafficking and second-degree human trafficking earlier this year. Superior Court Judge James Orlando sentenced him to 31-1/2 years in prison Friday, which was above King's standard sentencing range. "Because the defendant committed such egregious acts and destroyed so many lives, the State is asking the court to impose an exceptional sentence ... ," deputy prosecutor Greg Greer said in a sentencing memorandum to the court. King fled to Texas before he was arrested, Greer wrote.