An Oakland pimp was convicted Friday of seven felony charges including kidnapping, rape and trafficking and could face life in prison after abducting two teenagers and forcing them to prostitute themselves.

Vincent Turner, 31, kidnapped the girls from the streets of Oakland in April 2009 and brought them to Stockton. There he held them in bondage and told them they had to raise upward of $1,000 by selling themselves on the streets to win their freedom, according to investigators.

A jury, after deliberating only one day, found Turner guilty of all but one count brought against him. He faces sentencing June 25 in Alameda County Superior Court.

"This case definitely sends a message to the people in the community that if you are commit these crimes you will be sentenced," said Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley who has been fighting the commercial sexual exploitation of children by creating a dedicated HEAT Watch team to pursue these cases. Deputy District Attorney Sharon Carney prosecuted Turner.

Oakland Police Department child exploitation unit investigators Jim Saleda and Holly Josie pursued Turner's case and arrested him after one of the girls escaped bondage and sought police help.

Saleda, who has been investigating child exploitation cases for five years, said the conviction not only saves these two girls from further harm but "likely there are 10 other girls behind them," that Turner has has trafficked and exploited.

The two girls were ages 15 and 16 at the time of the abduction. Carney told the court that Turner chose teenagers instead of adults to exploit because "they were easier to take advantage of and intimidate."

The commercial sexual exploitation of youth has become a major crime industry in Oakland -- enough so that both the Alameda District Attorney's office and the Oakland Police Department formed special units to pursue these cases.

This is the second conviction on human trafficking and related charges brought in Alameda Superior Court since January and the 110th in four years.

More info on the Alameda County HEAT Watch program (Human Exploitation and Trafficking).

File anonymous tips: Call 510-208-4959 or e-mail HEATWatch-DA@acgov.org to report suspected child commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking.