Through their investigation, Vice Detectives identified a suspect who used a commercial sex website to contact the 15-year-old female victim and paid her to perform a sex act on him outside his residence.
On Feb. 12, 2021, Vice Detectives arrested John Ward Herrera, 29-year-old resident of La Puente, who was booked for lewd act with a child, prostitution, and oral copulation with a minor. Bail is set at $100,000.
Original News Release 2/8/2021:
A human trafficking investigation has led to the rescue of a female juvenile and the arrest of two adult suspects.
On Feb. 6, 2021, at approximately 9:05 a.m., officers from West Patrol Division conducted a traffic stop for no license plates on a vehicle in the area of Pacific Coast Highway and Lemon Avenue.