Escondido prostitution detail yields three arrests

By: North County Times | Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:16 PM PST

ESCONDIDO, CALIFORNIA -- Escondido undercover detectives arrested three people in a Wednesday prostitution sting, the Escondido Police Department said.

Detectives conducted the detail in the area of West Washington Avenue and North Escondido Boulevard, Sgt. Jim Lanigan said. Grace Monique Mendoza, 21, of Las Vegas; Erica Danielle Montellano, 19 of Carlsbad and Alejandro Duran, 23, of San Marcos were arrested on suspicion of loitering with the intent to commit prostitution, Lanigan said. They were released from the Escondido Police Department with a notice to appear.

Comments On This Story

Skip
wrote on Feb 28, 2008 3:56 PM:They were released. What a rip off. I cannot even check their immigration status now. I'll bet there will be a lot of heat if they find out that illegal aliens are being used as prostitutes.

Bob
wrote on Feb 28, 2008 4:25 PM:What, they were arrested for loitering and looking for work, yet the "day laborers" can get away with loitering all day long. I see a problem here, ACLU this is dicrimination, one group gets arrested while the other doesn't.
Not fair.

Freddy
wrote on Feb 28, 2008 4:59 PM:Man you guys must have nightmares about illegal alliens. What a life.

Skip
wrote on Feb 28, 2008 5:40 PM:RE: Man you guys must have nightmares about illegal aliens. >>> Not really but it is fun to show the double standard when it comes to news reporting. What I find funny about this story is that normally when it concerns some really bad criminal acts such as hit and run, or felony aggravated drunk driving, or drugs, or weapons, the NCT will do everything they can to protect the suspect and not disclose their immigration status, but when it comes to suspected prostitutes, they posted my comment about "Illegal Aliens" right away. Kind of makes you wonder.

Skip
wrote on Feb 28, 2008 5:43 PM:I have always said that if it is OK for unknown men to stand on street corners and solicit work, then to be fair it should be OK for unknown woman to stand on street corners and solicit work also. After all they only want a better life, and maybe they have families too.

no rules
wrote on Feb 28, 2008 6:38 PM:I do have nightmares about this country being overrun by uneducated third world country people, who get more help than they should and everything for free, then cry racism.
I agree with Skip, alot of comments are not posted for no specific reason other than they don't want to hurt any "groups" feelings, they walk on eggshells when the truth is written.
This country is in extreme danger and everyone just wants to look the other way.

To Skip
wrote on Feb 28, 2008 6:59 PM:You are right on about NCtimes policy on posting comments. I have attempted to post numerous comments about your openly racist diatribes and had most of them censored.

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