Crime & Safety
Man Who Trafficked OC Teen Arrested In Los Angeles, DA Says
A 23-year-old Hawthorne man was arrested this week on charges of human trafficking in Orange County, authorities said.
IRVINE, CA — A Hawthorne man was charged for human trafficking after Orange County Trafficking Task Force agents found him with a 17-year-old girl who was reported missing on April 28.
Alex Polidore, 23, was arrested and booked into Anaheim Police Department's Detention Facility for a parole violation and several human trafficking-related offenses this week, according to Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer.
Polidore was arrested this week after the 17-year-old Irvine girl was reported missing from her home in April, with police saying she was possibly being exploited for purposes of "commercialized sex," Spitzer said.
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The status of the teenage girl was not immediately known.
Polidore is being held in custody in lieu of $1 million bail.
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