Undercover Oakland cops say they witnessed a pimp beating a woman with a gun on International Boulevard, then get away after police chase

OAKLAND — In the latest instance of violence in a high-prostitution part of town known as “The Blade,” an Oakland man has been charged with holding a pistol to a woman’s head and beating her with the gun, then running to a BMW where a female companion was waiting.

Clarence “C-Money” Brown III, 29, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, pandering, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He is being held at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin without bail, with a preliminary hearing set to start on Tuesday.