Local authorities have accused a Los Angeles County woman of running a high-end residential brothel out of a home in Thousand Oaks.
The 35-year-old was arrested last month, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said Friday in a news release. On Nov. 5, she pleaded not guilty to one felony count of pimping, the court docket shows.
Sheriff’s officials said community tips launched an investigation in April into suspicious activity at a home in the 200 block of Camino Manzanas. The street, lined by single-family homes, is near Redwood Middle School. Detectives suspected the residence operated as a brothel, according to the release.
The suspect, said to be from the city of Monterey Park in Los Angeles County, doesn’t own the home, but lived at the location and allegedly conducted operations there, said sheriff’s Detective Michael Dixon in an email. The sheriff’s office is contracted to provide police services in Thousand Oaks.
Detectives served a search warrant at the site in November, where they contacted the suspect. They found evidence she benefitted financially from employees who provided commercial sex acts at the residence, the release said.