Now, we got to keep her away from the Internet." You don't realize how dangerous the Internet is. "Because you don't want to see your children involved in things like this. "It hurt," said Roslyn, who appeared weary and a bit shell-shocked. The couple's daughter, who had just turned 17, was detained but not arrested. He pleaded not guilty to charges of statutory rape and was held in lieu of $35,000 bail. Vice squad officers found her in a downtown apartment with Bruce William Carter, a 21-year-old man who police said had posed on the Internet holding fistfuls of cash. They waited for hours at police headquarters in hopes that their daughter would be found. Roslyn and Sergio's daughter had been missing for more than two weeks. Watch how investigators work to catch pimps »Ĭhild prostitution is even tougher on the parents of these girls. Oftentimes, their work is heart-wrenching. It is not uncommon for the officers on the unit to put in 30-hour shifts. "I think everybody on the team has different reactions to it, but I just flat out get really angry that some guy thinks he can take this girl and basically deprive her of her freedom." "It really makes me angry," Seyffert said. cities, is to decriminalize the girls and concentrate on catching the pimps who control them. The goal of the program, which is now in almost 30 U.S. Sacramento police are working with the FBI as part of a nationwide campaign to combat underage prostitution called Innocence Lost. Surviving is basically what they're doing." Pam Seyffert of the Sacramento Police Department. which is to stop what they're doing," said Sgt. "We're asking these girls to do a big thing. Those are just the official figures investigators think there are many more child prostitutes out there.
Most of the girls were released to foster or group homes. Investigators released a composite sketch Friday in the hopes that someone may be able to identify the man.Īnyone with information is urged to call the Irvine Police Department at (949) 724-7183.Police have nabbed nearly 70 girls under the age of 18 since 2005. He also had a tattoo of cursive writing on the back of his neck and a small scar on the right side of his face. The suspect is described as a male Hispanic with a shaved head, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a medium build. "Just run away as fast as you can and do what that little girl did, just scream." "First and foremost just run away," said Celia Otto. The incident gives parents an opportunity to talk with their kids about what to do if they're confronted by a stranger. Police say the suspect could be driving a green older model Jeep Wrangler with no top. He is under the concept that it is vans that kidnap children," said Stelynna VonBorstel. We were walking to school and he was looking back and forth - right and left for any vans. He doesn't want to come to school and he is always scared. He is asking why there are mean people in the world. Parents and students are well aware of what happened. Tuesday near Bryan Avenue and Marketplace in Irvine, not far from Tustin Ranch Elementary School. The incident allegedly happened around 3 p.m.
And she became kind of concerned at that point, and as he kind of leaned forward and reached toward her she delivered a very well placed kick."Īfter the girl kicked the man in the groin he dropped down, giving her time to run away. "And it was at that point that she said that he offered her some candy to take off some of her clothing. Rick Handfield from the Irvine Police Department. "She kind of observed a male coming up kind of close to her and turned to see why he was getting so close," said Lt. Police say the girl was walking her bike up to her gated apartment complex in Irvine after school when he approached her. The suspect who approached the 10-year-old girl is believed to be, between 20 and 30-years-old.