CASTAIC – A human trafficking sting in Castaic and Stevenson Ranch resulted in 11 people being arrested on suspicion of sex-related charges, authorities announced.
Four men were arrested in the 31700 block of Castaic Road after they allegedly solicited sex acts from an undercover sheriff’s deputy walking on Castaic Road, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Another seven men were arrested in the 25200 block of The Old Road after they responded to sexually suggestive ads placed on several internet sites, a deputy said. The men agreed to meet undercover sheriff’s deputies at a hotel for the purposes of sex, the deputy said.
The 11 men were arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 28, and booked at the sheriff’s Santa Clarita Valley Station.
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Davis says
It’s a good idea they’re hiring gay deputies, they’re useful for prostitution stings and to represent the gay community and AIDS awareness programs.
Cindy says
… 5 most corrupt bureaucracies of Mexifornia:
1). Caltrans –
2). the Los Angeles superior court system –
3). DMV –
4). LAPD –
5). LASD –
Emmanuel says
Trumping up these garden variety LASD entrapment arrests, as human trafficking violations, would be analogous to salt and peppering a typical parking violation, as gross attempted vehicular manslaughter, with special circumstances.
Jazmin says
… theory of bureaucratic behavior, LASD aggrandizing their arrest records, sexing up their vice busts by disguising their entrapment activities, as “trafficking.”
Dr says
Castaic? That’s one long and lonely dirt road to be walking.
Glad the PD put a stop to it.
Alexis says
So you have female deputies strutting around on The Old Road, and men trying to pick them up, offering money. Sounds like an old fashioned prostitution sting.
One who knows says
“Trafficking”????
I bet none of them had driver’s licenses.
Josie says
… ah! More fake news! An article on human trafficking article, where there was no human trafficking.
Tim Scott says
Well, calling it “fake news” would imply that the AVTimes did something more than reprint the LASD press release with some minimal reformatting. That’s unlikely. The source of this grandiose fakery is undoubtedly the LASD.
Jeff says
Since when did the fake news media begin glossing over entrapment with the euphemism, human trafficking?
Mars says
Alexis says
Am I missing something here? The only thing these men were trafficking were themselves, according to what the article says. I can see the overtime being worked by what has been going on for thousands of years. Or maybe the men were being pimped out by women.
Tim Scott says
After being arrested they were held in captivity?
Tim Scott says
How does what sounds like a standard “round up the johns” op get elevated to a “human trafficking sting”?