 | Sheriff McDonnell Announces Joint Efforts with Tulare County Sheriff and California Attorney General in Large West Coast Case of Human Trafficking
Sheriff McDonnell Announces Joint Efforts with Tulare County Sheriff and California Attorney General in Large West Coast Case of Human Trafficking Sheriff Jim McDonald stood with Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra during a press conference on Thursday, July 27, 2017, at the historic Hall of Justice |
 | Local Teenager Kidnapped at Gunpoint by Stranger and Sexually Assaulted. Suspect In Custody
a local High School student was waiting for a bus after leaving school, when a man driving a white Ford truck stopped next to her and attempted to start a conversation. The under aged victim tried to walk away but the suspect produced a handgun and ordered her to get inside his truck. The suspect drove the victim to the downtown area and kept her in his vehicle for several hours before sexually assaulting her on a residential street. |
 | Sextortion Investigation Leads Detectives to Child Predator Who Sexually Assaulted Teenage Girl
In October of 2016, LASD Human Trafficking Detectives began investigating a sextortion case in which a 16 year-old girl was threatened by a man she met while using the social media site “KIK”. Detectives said that the suspect, 27 year-old male Hispanic Josh Manuel Magana, contacted his underage victim and threatened to hurt her if she didn’t provide nude photos over the internet. |
 | Operation Reclaim & Rebuild
Sheriff McDonnell Announces Hundreds of Arrests Made and Dozens Rescued by California Law Enforcement and the
Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force
During ‘Operation Reclaim and Rebuild’ |
 | LA Regional Human Trafficking Task Force
The LA Regional Human Trafficking Task Force is like no other: It combines one mission, under one roof, to support the investigative strategies of federal, state, county and local law enforcement from |
 | Human Trafficking Bureau Mission
Human Trafficking Bureau Mission Statement
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), in partnership with federal, state, county and local law enforcement and social service agencies and |
 | Safe Youth Zone
Los Angeles County and City of Long Beach officials gathered in Long Beach today to launch the Safe Youth Zone program, which creates a network of safe places for child sex trafficking victims and chi |
 | Human Trafficking Bureau - First Year
When Sheriff Jim McDonnell cut the ribbon launching the LA Sheriff’s Human Trafficking Bureau, he knew the impact would be felt throughout Southern California. Now, as the host to the LA Regional Hum |