From Stan Oklobdzija:
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department made 73 arrests during a six-day prostitution sweep on the 4600 block of Watt Avenue ending Jan. 23, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Of that 73, 48 were fresh prostitution cases and six were felony arrests, said Sgt. Tim Curran, the sheriff's spokesman. Fourteen people arrested were cited with soliciting a prostitute, and the remaining suspects were arrested for prostitution, Curran said.
In addition, eight men were arrested in a john sting Friday night at a Motel 6 on Watt Avenue in North Highlands, sheriff's reports state.
The sting used female deputies to pose as prostitutes in front of the motel on the 4600 block of Watt Avenue, the reports said. The deputies negotiated prices for various sexual acts with the customers, who then were taken into a hotel room where they were arrested, the report said.
The suspected johns charged with soliciting a prostitute and loitering to solicit prostitution on Jan. 23 were:
• Eduard Sus, 29
• Howard Moore, 24
• Reynaldo Velasco, 21
• Carlos Vasquez, 40
• Don Torres, 40
• A 17-year-old male juvenile
• Melvyn Crews, 42
• Patrick Ow, 57
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