Date: February 3, 2016
SIX MEN CONVICTED OF LOITERING WITH INTENT TO COMMIT PROSTITUTION OR AGREEING TO ENGAGE IN PROSTITUTION
*Conviction details of sex purchasers are featured on the OCDA website
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) convicted six men in January 2016 of loitering with the intent to commit prostitution or agreeing to engage in prostitution. The defendants in these cases approached a woman whom they believed to be a prostitute, or loitered in areas known for prostitution and human trafficking in Orange County. Each of the defendants below agreed to engage, or loitered with the intent to engage, in commercial sex with a woman and were subsequently arrested by law enforcement.
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Defendant |
Conviction |
Sentence |
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Jeremy Emerson Dirks, 31, Aliso Viejo |
Pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of agreeing to engage in prostitution |
Ten days of voluntary community service in lieu of jail, three years informal probation, and must submit to AIDS testing and education |
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Masih Mirshahzadeh, 45, Mission Viejo |
Pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of agreeing to engage in prostitution |
Ten days of voluntary community service in lieu of jail, three years informal probation, and must submit to AIDS testing and education
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James Hoa Nguyen, 47, Anaheim |
Pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of agreeing to engage in prostitution |
Ten days of CalTrans in lieu of jail, three years informal probation, and must submit a DNA sample |
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Steven Ray Rodriguez, 55, San Diego |
Pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of agreeing to engage in prostitution |
Six days of CalTrans in lieu of jail, one year informal probation, and must submit to AIDS testing and education |
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Jonathan D Gutierrez Rosales, 32, Westminster |
Convicted by a jury on Jan. 13, 2016, of one misdemeanor count of loitering with the intent to engage in prostitution |
Ten days of CalTrans in lieu of jail, three years informal probation, $100 penalty assessment
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Kiran Menon Vappala, 31, Aliso Viejo |
Pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of agreeing to engage in prostitution |
Ten days of voluntary community service in lieu of jail, three years informal probation, and must submit a DNA sample |
The OCDA posts the booking photos, when available, and conviction details of defendants on the sex purchasers section of the OCDA’s website, and can be found at: https://orangecountyda.org/media/sexpurchasers.asp.
Defendants seeking to be removed from the OCDA website must complete and submit a form available online which can be found under the sex purchasers section of the OCDA website or at the following link:
https://orangecountyda.org/documents/SexPurchaserRemovalRequestForm.pdf.
The Garden Grove Police Department and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) investigated these cases, as well as the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force (OCHTTF). Members of the OCHTTF and the OCDA work proactively to protect women and minors from falling victim to commercial sexual exploitation. OCHTTF is a partnership between the Anaheim Police Department, California Highway Patrol, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Huntington Beach Police Department, Irvine Police Department, OCDA, OCSD, and community and non-profit partners.
Deputy District Attorney Jim Bilek of the HEAT Unit prosecuted these cases.