Duo accused of pimping out runaway girl to seek bail reductions

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A parolee and his girlfriend accused of putting a runaway girl to work as a prostitute in Riverside and surrounding locations will ask a judge tomorrow to consider reducing their bail requirements so they can get out of jail.

Michael Jay Johnson, 28, of Los Angeles and Bonnie Edney Fingerson, 23, of Santa Clara were arrested at the end of July following a Riverside Police Department investigation.

Johnson and Fingerson are both charged with human trafficking and pimping, while Johnson alone is charged with lewd acts on a minor and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Fingerson is separately charged with recruiting a minor for sex trafficking…

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