Santa Rosa Police Arrest 6 In Prostitution Sting In Residential Neighborhood

SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) -- Police arrested six people at a residence in Santa Rosa on Thursday in connection with a prostitution sting.

Officers served a search warrant at a residence on McMinn Avenue after several months of investigating complaints about a prostitution business at the residence, police said.

While at the residence, officers arrested Manuel Covarrubias Hurtado, 24, Jessica Lynn Parker, 30, Ernesto Esquivel Molinero, 36, and Marco Antonio Mendoza, 44, all of Santa Rosa, on suspicion of pimping and conspiracy to commit a crime.

Joel Firtz Percy Gonzalez, 27, of Florida was arrested on suspicion of aiding prostitution, and Natalia Flores-Morales, 29, of Salinas, was arrested on suspicion of prostitution.

Officers also gained information during the search and investigation that led detectives to believe there are similar residences in other locations of Santa Rosa and in other cities in Sonoma and Marin counties that are also being used for prostitution businesses.

Police said investigators initially believed the case involved human trafficking, but officers determined no one was being held against their will or forced to engage in prostitution.