Police in Burbank have issued a warning to pimps, prostitutes and anyone else benefiting from prostitution-related crimes.
"The Burbank Police Department will not allow prostitutes and their customers to believe that they can use Burbank as their meeting place," Lt. Armen Dermenjian told the Burbank Leader.
The warning coincides with a beefed-up effort from cops to curb sex trade.
On Feb 23, police arrested three women at the Ramada Burbank Airport Hotel, said Burbank Police Sgt. Robert Quesada. On Feb. 16, a 19-year-old Poway woman and 26-year-old San Diego man were arrested on prostitution-related charges, according to police records.
Other recent incidents include the arrest of two Oakland men at the Extended StayAmerica Los Angeles-Burbank Airport on suspicion of pimping a minor under the age of 16, Quesada told the newspaper.
"We want these people to know that if they're going to engage in this kind of conduct that the police and citizens won't put up with it, and we'll be out there targeting it," Quesada said. "We don't want to let them get comfortable."
