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Award Recipient. Sex Offenses. Prostitution and Indecent Exposure. Prostitution Case Results. Police decoy aggressively approached the client as he is stopped, facing a red light in traffic lanes. Police stop and cite him nonetheless. Our client, age 26, had moved to the Los Angeles area from San Bernardino for better work as a Lyft driver. He was not too familiar with the roads and which areas were known for being dangerous and which areas to stay away from, especially after dark.
Many people are aware that Long Beach Boulevard is an area known for prostitutes in the area just north of the 91 Freeway for about a mile. It remains dangerous, but there are few other areas that are so seedy. He was about ten blocks north of Rosecrans Avenue, almost near the Freeway. As he crossed Euclid Avenue at about p. Compton Courthouse. The light then turned green and our client moved forward, turning the corner, driving about feet and then turning right into the alley leading to the motel parking lot.
Before he could walk even twenty feet from his car, uniformed police officers surrounded him and escorted him to a motel room. Once inside, he could see five or six other men in handcuffs who had been arrested for the same thing. He signed a promise to appear in the Compton Superior Court about five weeks later.
He explained what had happened and how he was quite concerned that a conviction for solicitation of prostitution might lead to him losing his job with Lyft.
