PINOLE — Investigators rescued a 16-year-old San Mateo County woman on suspicion that she was being intercourse trafficked within the Bay Space and was to be moved out of state, police stated.
Police discovered the woman in a San Pablo final week at a home within the firm of the 18-year-old, in keeping with a press release from Pinole police Det. Sgt. Justin Rogers. Police stated the person admitted to intercourse trafficking the woman, Rogers stated.
Police arrested the person on suspicion of human trafficking of a minor and booked him into the Martinez Detention Facility, Rogers stated.
The arrest got here after police obtained a report round 12:20 p.m. on March 8 that the 16-year-old runaway from San Mateo County was at a home in Pinole. Pinole law enforcement officials didn't find her instantly at that dwelling. Investigators later tracked her down in San Pablo.
Rogers stated investigators interviewed the woman with the help of a human trafficking sufferer advocate from the Contra Costa County District Lawyer’s Workplace, and that she admitted to being trafficked within the Bay Space. She additionally stated there have been plans to take her out of the state, Rogers stated.