With prostitution linked to assaults, robbery and narcotics sales, the Police Department plans to focus on not only those engaged in prostitution, but also those who assist, encourage or profit from it, Lt.
Armen Dermenjian said. Beefed-up enforcement efforts come as patrol officers in the last month investigated a string of classified advertisements and online solicitations leading to the arrest and citation of a handful of suspected prostitutes and their pimps, mostly from out of town. Other run-ins with reputed prostitutes and pimps have come during patrols of local hotels for gang activity and narcotics, said Burbank Police Sgt.
Robert Quesada. The women tend to advertise on Craigslist or similar sites, posting that they are available in a general area, such as Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena, authorities said. Officers have been able to link the pimps with prostitutes through text messages, computers, hotel room charges and other evidence. The latest run-in happened about p. Feb 23 when police officers smelled marijuana wafting from a room at the Ramada Burbank Airport Hotel at N. San Fernando Blvd.
Officers on Feb. Officers arrested two Oakland men, age 21 and 23, for allegedly pimping a minor under the age of 16 at the hotel, Quesada said. Increased patrols and monitoring of online classified sites also helped officers snag a handful of suspects at the Quality Inn at N.
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