Sixteen people were arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex acts following a prostitution demand reduction operation in Moreno Valley, authorities said Thursday.
Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Moreno Valley station coordinated with the Homeless Outreach Team, Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Team and gang teams to conduct the operation, which resulted in the arrest of 14 males and two females on Tuesday.
According to the sheriff’s department, the female sex workers were offered resources in helping them get out of that lifestyle.
All the suspects were booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside.