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Orange County District Attorney
Press Release
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Tony Rackauckas, District Attorney
401 Civic Center Drive West
Santa Ana, CA 92701
For Immediate Release
April 16, 2014
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Contacts:
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Susan Kang Schroeder
Chief of Staff
Office: 714-347-8408
Cell: 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami Spokesperson
Office: 714-347-8405
Cell: 714-323-4486
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19 MEN CONVICTED OF LOITERING, SOLICITING, ENGAGING, AND/OR AGREEING TO ENGAGE IN PROSTITUTION
SANTA ANA The Orange County District Attorneys Office (OCDA) convicted 19 men of loitering, soliciting, engaging, and/or agreeing to engage in prostitution. The men were convicted in March 2014. The defendants in these cases approached a woman, whom they believed to be a prostitute, in areas known for prostitution and human trafficking in Orange County. They agreed to engage in commercial sex, engaged in prostitution, loitered with intent to commit prostitution, and/or solicited another to engage in prostitution with a woman or an undercover officer and were subsequently arrested by law enforcement.
The Buena Park Police Department, Garden Grove Police Department, Orange County Sheriffs Department, and Santa Ana Police Department investigated these cases. Deputy District Attorney Michael Bardeen of the HEAT Unit prosecuted these cases.
The defendants below each pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count each of agreeing to engage in prostitution, loitering with the intent to commit prostitution, and/or soliciting another to engage in prostitution. The defendants were each sentenced up to three years informal probation, up to 20 days in jail with the possibility of CalTrans in lieu of jail, and must submit to DNA testing. Some of the defendants were also required to donate up to $500 to the Victim Witness Emergency Fund.
· Min Young Cho, 36, Los Angeles
· Freddy Meneses-Dantorie, 39, Anaheim
· Alejandro Elisea, 20, Buena Park
· Ray Garcia Essex, 43, Buena Park
· Garren Thomas Falagrady, 24, Aliso Viejo
· Perfecto Torres Flores, 44, San Clemente
· Joseph Allen Floyd, 55, Fullerton
· Javier Lagunas, 19, Garden Grove
· Jose Arturo Rosa Lopez, 32, Orange
· Jose Montano, 77, Stanton
· Hani Maher Nasr, 35, Buena Park
· Onesimo Juarez-Ojeda, 42, Santa Ana
· Said Olazagsti, 26, Santa Ana
· Javier Huerta-Ramirez, 39, Santa Ana
· Andres Rodriguez, 49, Riverside
· Jose Gutierrez Ruiz, 41, Santa Ana
· Frank Melesio Sanchez, 27, Highland
· Silverio Tezoyotl, 27, Santa Ana
Mateo Mendez, 33, Santa Ana, was convicted by a jury March 3, 2014, of one misdemeanor count of agreeing to engage in prostitution and loitering with the intent to commit prostitution and was sentenced to the terms listed above. Deputy District Attorney Kelly Manley prosecuted this case.