Hanford PD Bust 8 Men for Soliciting Decoy Teens in Undercover Sex Sting

FILE PHOTO – In this Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 FILE photo, an undercover sheriff’s deputy posing as a prostitute talks with a man who stopped to talk with her. AP Photo/Reed Saxon

HANFORD, CA (KMJ) – Hanford Police have arrested eight men for soliciting sex from a teenager during a two-day undercover police operation.

Detectives posed as a teen, who the suspects believed was anywhere from 13 to 16 years old.

They tried to meet for sex in Hanford, and when the men showed up, they were busted by police.

  • 20-year-old David DeLaPaz of Hanford
  • 22-year-old Luis Galvan of Hanford
  • 26-year-old Clinton Alston of Lemoore
  • 30-year-old Rosendo Bedolla of Tulare 36-year-old Luis Torres- Suarez of Tulare
  • 20-year-old Luis Mondragon of Tulare
  • 34-year-old Juan Villegas-Ramirez of Visalia
  • 46-year-old Pablos Benitez-Frias of Visalia

All eight men are in the Kings County Jail facing a number of charges.

Listen to the report by KMJ’s Liz Kern.