SANTA ANA, Calif. – Michael Terrell Armstrong, a 33-year-old Long Beach man with a prior conviction for kidnapping, has been charged with multiple s*x trafficking felonies after he was arrested by the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force (OCHTTF) at an Anaheim motel with a teenage girl he was selling for s*x.
On January 8, 2026, OCHTTF Investigators received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding a 17-year-old girl who was possibly the victim of s*x trafficking. The task force immediately launched a human trafficking investigation and began searching for the girl.
Just hours later, OCHTTF Investigators found the teenage girl and her trafficker, Armstrong, at an Anaheim motel. OCHTTF Investigators arrested Armstrong and provided victim services to the teenage girl…