Eleven people were arrested in Claremont on Thursday as three undercover officers posing as prostitutes were contacted by 10 would-be customers and one pimp.
The Claremont Police Department “received multiple complaints from residents, business owners, and [passersby] regarding prostitution” near Indian Hill Boulevard and the 10 Freeway, police said in a news release.
At that location, the undercover officers posed as prostitutes and were solicited for sex by 10 “Johns,” or would-be customers, who were then arrested by other officers in the area, police said.
Those 10 people are:
- Alexander Anthony Guerra, 33 years old from Pomona
- Santos Villatamoreno, 35 years old from Highland
- Brian Eugene Cannon, 46 years old from Hesperia
- Stevey Macias Yanez, 47 years old from Pomona
- Jose Anaya, 30 years old from Pomona
- Jason Orellana, 25 years old from Pomona
- Sergio Andrade, 44 years old from Ontario
- Malik Edwards, 29 years old from Claremont
- Wilmer Hernandeznino, 32 years old from Ontario
- Isaias Castroesparza, 33 years old from Bloomington