Rockville, CA
Categories:
Tactics Used |
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| Auto Seizure | ✓ |
| Buyer Arrests | ✓ |
| Cameras | ✓ |
| Community Service | ✓ |
| Employment Loss | ✓ |
| Identity Disclosure | ✓ |
| IT Based Tactics | ✓ |
| John School | ✓ |
| Letters | ✓ |
| License Suspension | ✓ |
| Neighborhood Action | ✓ |
| Public Education | ✓ |
| Reverse Stings | ✓ |
| SOAP Orders | ✓ |
| Web Stings | ✓ |
Rockville is a small unincorporated community of about 130 residents located in northern-central Solano County, California, southwest of Fairfield. Sex trafficking and prostitution have been prevalent problems for decades throughout Solano County, including the Rockville area as well as Vacaville and Vallejo. In January 2022, Sacramento police announced that they had made 55 arrests during a major operation targeting sex trafficking; the operation took almost a month to complete. The sting operation focused on tackling the demand side of human trafficking, and the operation included detectives posing as prostituted persons online. Sacramento police reported collaborating with agencies on reverse stings in other communities including Rockville, Folsom, and Roseville.
Key Partners
- Sacramento Police Department
- Solano County Sheriff’s Department
- Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department
- Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office
Key Sources
Web-Based Reverse Sting:
Background on Local Prostitution and Sex Trafficking:
- “Records Show Warfare Upon Prostitution”, Oxnard Press-Courier, January 21 1946.
- “Vallejo Man Facing Series of Sex Charges”, Vallejo Times-Herald, November 27 2001.
- “Vallejo Man Charged with Pimping 2 Teens”, Vallejo Times-Herald, March 18 2004.
- “Lawmaker Presents Bill to Crack Down on Child Prostitution”, Vallejo Times-Herald, August 20 2004.
- “Vallejo Teens Arrested for Rape, Pimping Developmentally Disabled Woman”, San Francisco Examiner, February 6 2008.
- “Man Suspected of Sex Crimes Arrested”, Vallejo Times-Herald, February 29 2008.
- “Three Get Jail for Prostitution Ring”, Vallejo Times-Herald, April 9 2008.
- “Jail Time Set for Three in Vallejo Prostitution Ring”, Vacaville Reporter, April 12 2008.
- “14-Year-Old Girl, 2 Men Held for Prostitution”, Petaluma Argus-Courier, September 23 2009.
- Human Trafficking Arrest in Vacaville,” Vacaville Reporter, March 14 2009.
- “Vacaville Man Forces Woman into Prostitution,” Vacaville Reporter, March 14 2009.
- “Woman Allegedly Forced into Prostitution,” Vallejo Times-Herald, March 15 2009.
- “Prostitution Case Scheduled for Trial,” Vacaville Reporter, May 12 2009.
- “Crackdown on Prostitution Nets Five Suspects in Vacaville,” Vacaville Reporter, December 24 2009.
- “Prostitution Sting Again in Vacaville,” Vacaville Reporter, December 29 2009.
- “Prostitution Stings in Vacaville Net Arrests,” Vacaville Reporter, January 14 2010.
- “Sex Trade Targeted by Vacaville Police,” Vacaville Reporter, January 17 2010.
- “Prostitution Alleged in Four Vaca Arrests,” Vacaville Reporter, February 27 2010.
- “Vacaville Police Arrest 3 Women in Prostitution Sting,” ABC/KXTV-TV 10, March 7 2010.
- “Massage Parlour Owner from Oakland Arrested in Solano County Prostitution Sting,” Oakland Tribune, April 19 2010.
- “Vacaville Massage Parlor’s Business License Suspended,” Vacaville Reporter, June 22 2010.
- “Vacaville Prostitution Sting Nets Seven Suspects,” Vacaville Reporter, August 12 2010.
- “Vacaville Police Nab Six in Prostitution Sting,” Vacaville Reporter, September 9 2010.
- “Pimping Sentencing Scheduled for March,” Vacaville Reporter, January 12 2010.
- “Vacaville Man Sentenced for Pimping, Beating,” Vacaville Reporter, March 27 2010.
- https://www.eastbaytimes.com/massage-parlour-owner-arrested-solano-county-prostitution-sting (2010)
- “Vallejo Couple Arrested for Allegedly Kidnapping, Pimping Oakland Woman”, Vallejo Times-Herald, January 19 2013.
- “Human Trafficking in Vallejo, Bay Area More Than Prostitution”, San Jose Mercury News, May 6 2013.
- “Vallejo Man Accused of Rape, Kidnapping, False Imprisonment and Child Endangerment,” ABC/KXTV-TV 10, November 15 2013.
- Two women arrested in Folsom massage parlor prostitution sting | The Sacramento Bee, December, 2014
- http://www.kcra.com/article/2-caught-in-folsom-massage-parlor-prostitution-sting (2014)
- Feds Detain Prostitute from Folsom Who Gave Google Exec Fatal Drug Shot. Fox 40.com, April 30, 2017
- https://www.dailyrepublic.com/human-trafficking-sting-nets-8-on-prostitution-related-charges (2017)
- http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article
- “Folsom Police make two arrests in Operation Hot Spots.” Folsom Telegraph, August 23, 2017
- “Dozens arrested in prostitution sting aimed at ‘johns’ offering money for sex.” Sacramento Bee, August 17, 2017
- “Undercover Sacramento County Prostitution Sting Targets Johns.” CBS13, August 17, 2017
- https://patch.com/california/benicia/solano-county-prostitution-sting-results-10-arrests-police (2017)
- https://patch.com/california/suisuncity/solano-county-prostitution-sting-nets-4-arrests-police (2018)
- https://www.timesheraldonline.com/vallejo-cops-take-different-approach-to-prostitution (2020)
- https://goldcountrymedia.com/folsom-police-arrest-13-in-prostitution-trafficking-sting (2020)
Documented Violence Against Individuals Engaged in Prostitution in the Area:
- “Man Gets 7 Years for Killing Prostitute,” Vallejo Times-Herald, March 2 2007.
- “Sheriff’s Cold Case Unit Seeks Assistance in 1988 Vallejo Homicide”, Vallejo Times-Herald, April 25 2010.
- “Vallejo Police: Man Car-Jacked, Kidnapped After Soliciting a Prostitute”, San Jose Mercury News, January 24 2011.
- “Three Napa Men Assaulted, Robbed in Vallejo after Allegedly Hiring a Prostitute,” Vallejo Times-Herald, July 23 2011.
- “Kidnapped Woman Rescued from Vallejo Home, Oakland Man Arrested,” Contra Costa Times, January 21 2013.
| State | California |
| Type | City |
| Population | 130 |
| Location |
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