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Glendale, California, United States

Christopher Coleman, 23, and Murphy Lettleton, 32 The girls were forced into prostitution and were told to do whatever was asked of them, They solicited sex for $50 and $60 for other sexual acts, working mostly in the San Fernando Valley, she said. But the girls mostly spent their nights sleeping in a Glendale hotel room The men kept the girls’ earnings, but they bought the girls shoes, clothes and video games and provided them a place to sleep, Razana said. So they stayed with the men because they were afraid to be alone and sleeping on the streets.

Location
United States · Glendale, California · 2008 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
Glendale Police Vice Sgt. Scott Johnstone The two men were among six arrested Friday during the Glendale Police Department vice squad’s undercover operation, known as a “John sting.” “They were taken to the station and will be returned to their parents,” Glendale Police Vice By Veronica Rocha Published: Last Updated Friday, November 14, 2008 10:46 PM PST http://www.glendalenewspress.com/articles/2008/11/15/publicsafety/gnp-sting15.txt

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