Menlo Park police pose online as teen girl, arrest suspects in child exploitation case

San Mateo County prosecutors filed criminal charges against three men who they said arranged to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex — but were arrested by police officers who had posed as the girl online.

Arunkumar Kizhakke Unnikrishnan, 45, of Mountain View, Yony Trochez-Marinez, 33, of San Jose, and Jefferson Aldair Martinez Hernandez, 26, of Oakland were arrested last week after Menlo Park police’s undercover online operation to combat child exploitation, police said.

The San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office charged the men Monday with several felonies, including meeting a minor for lewd purposes…

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