DA: Prostitution operation uncovered in Tulare County, siblings charged

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A prostitution cognition was uncovered successful Tulare County and 2 siblings were arrested and charged arsenic a effect aft a antheral discovered the massage helium sought retired was overmuch much progressive than helium had expected, the Tulare County District Attorney's Office said.

According to the Tulare County District Attorney's Office, the antheral recovered a Facebook Marketplace advertisement for a section massage concern successful Tipton successful May. When helium reached retired for an appointment, the DA says helium rapidly learned that the concern was not morganatic and reported it to the National Human Trafficking Hotline.

Over the adjacent respective months, the DA says investigators authored galore hunt warrants for telephone records and GPS tracking devices. The probe culminated successful the execution of hunt warrants successful some Tulare and Fresno Counties which resulted successful the apprehension of siblings Enrique Castro Reyes, 27, and Erika Castro Reyes, 30, according to the DA.

The DA says the brace were arrested and charged connected Aug. 19 with felony pandering by encouragement and pimping. Both siblings stay successful custody.

Enrique Castro Reyes, 27, and Erika Castro Reyes, 30.

“A bully Samaritan, equipped with the cognition of however quality trafficking tin enactment and
the resources disposable to him to study it, made the close call,” said Tulare County
District Attorney Tim Ward. “This is precisely wherefore we created the Tulare County Human
Trafficking Task Force successful 2014 and person dedicated extended clip and vigor connected shining
a airy connected this benignant of crime."

A preliminary proceeding mounting for the Reyes ' is scheduled for Sept. 30 successful the Tulare County
Superior Court.

The cognition was a associated effort betwixt the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department, the Fresno Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the California Department of Justice and the Tulare Police Department.