Go “Behind the Badge” as recent Riverside Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force sting nets 72

Riverside Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force arrests 72 in four-day undercover prostitution sting Original Story by Greg Hardesty, photos by Steven Georges for Behind the Badge The 21-year-old father of a female toddler nervously lingered outside the third-floor hotel room in Temecula. Minutes earlier, just after 2 p.m. on a recent weekday, he had fired up a joint in his car […]

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Two women arrested during Menifee undercover burglary suppression operation

MENIFEE — Two women, including one who had four burglary-related warrants, were arrested during a coordinated undercover surveillance operation at a Menifee grocery store yesterday evening, Wednesday, Oct. 17. Both women were apprehended at Stater Bros at 29061 Newport Rd. The six-hour burglary suppression operation was in response to an increase of reported thefts at various grocery stores in the […]

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APD/RPD sting nets 5 men who believed they were meeting teen for sex

ANDERSON — Authorities say a prostitution sting involving undercover officers posing as 15 and 16-year-old girls led to the arrest yesterday of five men they allege agreed to meet at an Anderson motel for sex. The Friday, Sept. 7 arrests included men from the cities of Anderson, Redding, Shasta Lake, and Shingletown, as well as one 48-year-old suspect who officials […]

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Anderson PD’s POP Team targets crime around Teen Center, 3 arrested

ANDERSON — Following reports of narcotics activity occurring in or around the Anderson Teen Center on East Center Dr., Anderson PD’s Problem Oriented Policing Team conducted a plain clothes operation in the area. LEADING THE ANDERSON AREA HEADLINES: UPDATED: No injuries after accident involving NCS bus loaded with children, CHP investigating Anderson probation compliance check and warrant sweep nets 8 […]

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