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LAPD Arrests 26 in Prostitution Sting on Lankershim

About 80 officers take part in the sting.

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Police arrested 26 suspects, including one reported to be a county employee driving an official vehicle, in a prostitution sting in Sun Valley involving female officers posing as hookers, authorities said today.

One of the suspects was a 42-year-old employee of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services who was at the wheel of a county car when he was arrested, the Daily news reported.

About 80 officers took part in the sting, which was conducted from 4 a.m. Wednesday to just after midnight along Lankershim Boulevard between San Fernando Road and Neenach Street, said Sgt. Adrian Moody of the Los Angeles Police Department's Foothill Station. The sting targeted an area of known prostitution activity, he said.

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Prostitution on Lankershim Boulevard in Sun Valley and North Hollywood has been a long-term problem. See these previous stories:

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