Missing 17-year-old girl rescued from human trafficking suspect, authorities say

A 33-year-old Long Beach man arrested in Orange County by a human trafficking task force has been charged with multiple felony counts following an investigation that led to the rescue of a 17-year-old victim from an Anaheim motel, officials announced today.

Investigators with the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force received a tip on Jan. 8 from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about the 17-year-old possibly being the victim of human trafficking.

“The task force immediately launched an investigation and began searching for the girl,” according to a statement from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. “Just hours later, … investigators found the teenage girl and her trafficker, 33-year-old Michael Terrell Armstrong of Long Beach, at an Anaheim motel.”

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Armstrong was arrested and the girl was given victim services…

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