19 arrested in Escondido prostitution sting
Escondido police arrested 19 people in a prostitution sting Friday, according to a news release. Out of 50 people contacted by undercover investigators, police said they arrested 15 men and one woman for solicitation, two women for loitering with intent to commit prostitution, and one man for pandering.
The undercover sting targeted an area between Mission and Washington avenues and Quince Street and Broadway, police said. They impounded 14 vehicles.