Police Arrest 22 Men for Soliciting Sex Acts

More than 20 vice officers, including six women undercover officers, rounded up 22 men in Boyle Heights during the weekend for allegedly trying to entice officers into illegal sex acts, police said Sunday.

The officers participating in the “Trick Task Force” watched an area near Brooklyn Avenue and Soto Street, where police have been receiving complaints from women shoppers who say they have been harassed by men looking for prostitutes. Police said there has been a “substantial increase” in both day and night prostitution in the area.