Roseville is a suburb of Sacramento with roughly 152,000 residents, located along Interstate 80. The Roseville Police Department has made prostitution arrests over the years and fielded numerous complaints from residents about prostitution activity. The town also has known cases of sex trafficking, such as a 2010 case in which a couple held a 15 […]
Rocky Mount is a city of approximately 54,000 residents, located roughly equidistant between Raleigh and Greenville near Wilson in Edgecombe and Nash Counties, North Carolina. Local residents and law enforcement have reported problems with prostitution in the city for over two decades. Rocky Mount has also served as the operating base for at least one […]
Rockland is a town of approximately 17,500 residents, located on Massachusetts’ South Shore in Plymouth County near Brockton and Bridgewater. In its efforts to reduce local prostitution, the Rockland Police Department has conducted stings targeting sex buyers. In 2008, RPD officers responded to an online ad for sex and arrested two women at a Rockland hotel. […]
Rockingham is a city of approximately 9,000 residents, located in south-central North Carolina’s Richmond County. Situated at the intersection of several major transit routes and roughly equidistant between Charlotte and Fayetteville, the community has reported problems with chronic street prostitution in certain areas for at least a decade. At least one case of prostitution-related homicide […]
Rockford is a mid-sized city of roughly 148,000 residents, located in northern Illinois’ Winnebago County. Local law enforcement agencies have reported complaints from residents about prostitution activity in the city for decades. The city has also documented numerous child sex trafficking cases, and has on multiple occasions recovered underaged girls when conducting prostitution sweeps. Rockford […]
Rochester is a city of approximately 200,000 residents, located east of Buffalo in Monroe County, New York. The city has experienced chronic and well-documented issues related to prostitution and sex trafficking for many decades. A recent example includes a case in which a Rochester man pled guilty to sex trafficking by coercion, admitting to using […]
Rochester is a city of approximately 121,000 residents, located about an hour’s drive south of St. Paul in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the city for decades, as have cases of assaults and robberies committed against sexually exploited persons as well as sex buyers. In an effort to reduce […]
Roanoke is a city in the state of Virginia with a population of approximately 100,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city, surrounding communities, and in other areas of the county. This activity, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Some of […]
Riviera Beach is a city of approximately 37,000 residents located just north of West Palm Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida. Community members and city officials have reported problems with prostitution in the city for several decades, often linking commercial sex sales to local drug trafficking markets. Prostitution-related homicides and aggravated assaults specifically targeted toward prostituted […]
Riverside County is located in southern California, southeast of Los Angeles, with a population of approximately 2.5 million. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been identified as substantial problems in the communities (e.g., Corona, Hemet, Lake Elsinore, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Riverside, Temecula) and unincorporated ares of the county. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Riverside Police […]
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