More than people were arrested during a two-day human trafficking and prostitution sting that happened in the north Sacramento area earlier in September, authorities said Monday. An undercover prostitution sting in Sacramento County has resulted in the arrest of dozens of people, detectives say. A former Placer County sheriff's deputy was arrested Wednesday on accusations of soliciting prostitution while he was on and off duty. A massage parlor in Stockton was recently shut down for offering "sex acts" in exchange for money during massages, said the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.
Police in California would no longer be able to arrest anyone for loitering with the intent to engage in prostitution under a bill advanced by state lawmakers on Friday amid debate over whether the move would help or harm sex trafficking victims.
A Stockton man has been arrested on suspicion of taking a year-old girl to Tracy to be prostituted. Nearly 20 people were arrested in a series of stings targeting human trafficking in Sacramento County over the past few months, authorities say. Lodi Police arrested a year-woman from San Jose Tuesday and charged her with prostitution. City Council looking at legislation where owners of properties where illegal activity occurs could face fines or criminal charges.
A Florida man is accused of inviting a California woman on an all-expenses paid trip to party in Orlando and then forcing her into prostitution. A man was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison for sex trafficking a child Friday, according to the Department of Justice. Detectives say they have arrested 14 people in a human trafficking sting in El Dorado County. Three women have been arrested in Roseville on prostitution charges, police say. An undercover prostitution sting has resulted in the arrest of eleven men in Roseville.
Six people have been charged with running what officials say was an organized prostitution ring. Ralph Shortey was best-known for more eccentric bills, including one that would allow property owners to shoot down drones and the fetus bill, which drew national ridicule in Police in Citrus Heights are cracking down on massage parlors suspected of prostitution. The lawsuit against several California district attorneys and the state's attorney general was filed last year by a San Francisco-based group that includes current and former sex workers.
