LA man, 27, piled boy, 14, with Adderall and made him work 24/7 selling second-hand clothes online

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Brandon Holguin, 27, forced a 14-year-old boy to take Adderall and prepare clothing for his second-hand online story for hours on end before dumping him on the side of the LA freeway in May 2025.

Published: 21:59 GMT, 11 November 2026 | Updated: 21:59 GMT, 11 November 2026

A California man piled a 14-year-old boy with Adderall and made him work around the clock selling second-hand clothing online.

Brandon Holguin, 27, was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday after he used a middle schooler to prepare clothing for his business before dumping the child on the side of the Los Angeles freeway in May 2025, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office.

Holguin, who lives in a $1.4 million home in Thousand Oaks, met the teenager at a thrift store several months before and provided 'false promises to help him' over the phone, in text messages and also in person, the DA's office said.

Then, on May 2, Holguin lured the child to his car, trafficked him through multiple cities in the Los Angeles area, and 'coerced' him into handing over his personal items, including family jewelry and his cell phone, officials stated.

His family later reported the boy missing to authorities, triggering an extensive search of neighboring communities that included wireless emergency alerts and scent dogs, the Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station previously shared online.

The convicted criminal then drove the boy to a motel room where he 'furnished him' with Adderall, an amphetamine prescribed to help people focus, according to prosecutors.

After ingesting the pills, the boy grew sick, but Holguin forced him to 'work late into the night preparing hundreds of items of clothing for online resale,' authorities said.

Around 2am on May 5, Holguin dumped the helpless boy on the side of the road before the victim made his way to a nearby location where people called 911.

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