18-year-old accused of sex trafficking 2 teenage girls in Sacramento

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Sacramento Sheriff's deputies arrested an 18-year-old man accused of sex trafficking two teenage girls in Sacramento. Caden Detlefsen was arrested Tuesday evening after a deputy found the minors engaged in prostitution on Watt Avenue, in an area known for that activity, the sheriff's office said. Detlefsen was hanging out with the two men and pretending to be dating a 16-year-old and holding money for a 13-year-old, according to the sheriff's office. The sheriff's office said its special investigative bureau determined the two girls were victims of trafficking and arrested Detlefsen. He was being held in the Sacramento County Main Jail on $1 million bail. Federal law describes sex trafficking as when “a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained the age of 18.” The Justice Department says coercion could be “subtle or overt, physical or psychological.” A 12-year-old girl had “returned to the cycle of victimisation” despite a couple being arrested last year and accused of trafficking her. The KCRA 3 Investigates documentary “Escaping The Blade” describes the areas of Watt Avenue and Stockton Boulevard as The Blade, places that are known for prostitution.| RELATED | Watch our documentary Escaping the Blade and learn more about the survivors featured in it and legislative efforts to combat sex trafficking here. The documentary included detailed accounts from sex trafficking survivors about the scope of the problem in Sacramento and the challenges of solving the problem. In the Sacramento area alone, an estimated 13,000 victims were trafficked at some point between 2015 and 2020, according to a first-of-its-kind study by RTI International, the Institute for Social Research of the Sacramento State and Community Against Sexual Harm, an Oak Park-based nonprofit that provides services and support to survivors of sex trafficking. In California, a bill that makes it a serious crime to sell someone to sell a minor for sexual purposes, SB14, was signed into law last year. A new bill to make purchasing a minor for sexual purposes a felony, SB 1414, is being considered by the Legislature. It was amended to cover only minors aged 15 and younger, although the bill's sponsor hopes language that would raise the age to cover 17 will eventually be reinstated. RELATED | Advocates who help sex trafficking survivors closely monitor California SB 1414

SACRAMENTO, California —

Sacramento Sheriff's deputies arrested an 18-year-old man accused of sex trafficking two teenage girls in Sacramento.

Caden Detlefsen was arrested Tuesday evening after a deputy found the minors engaged in prostitution on Watt Avenue, in an area known for that activity, the sheriff's office said.

Detlefsen hung out with the two men and claimed to be dating a 16-year-old and holding money for a 13-year-old, according to the sheriff's office. The sheriff's office said its special investigative bureau determined the two girls were victims of trafficking and arrested Detlefsen.

He was being held in the Sacramento County Main Jail on $1 million bail.

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MAN ARRESTED FOR SEX TRAFFICKING OF GIRLS AGED 13 AND 16

Last night, Sacramento County Sheriff's North Patrol deputies encountered two juveniles engaged in prostitution on Watt Avenue, ages 13 and 16. Deputies contacted an 18-year-old probationer who was hanging out with two… pic.twitter.com/IA6hu0FXZs

– Sacramento Sheriff (@sacsheriff) June 12, 2024

Federal law describes sex trafficking as when “a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not reached the age of 18.” .

The Justice Department says coercion can be “subtle or overt, physical or psychological.”

The sheriff's office said the 13-year-old girl had “returned to the cycle of victimization” despite a couple arresting her last year and charging her with trafficking.

The KCRA 3 Investigates documentary “Escaping The Blade” describes the areas of Watt Avenue and Stockton Boulevard as The Blade, locations known for prostitution.

| RELATED| Watch our documentary Escaping the Blade and learn more about the survivors featured in it and legislative efforts to combat sex trafficking here.

The documentary included detailed accounts from sex trafficking survivors about the scope of the problem in Sacramento and the challenges of solving the problem.

In the Sacramento area alone, an estimated 13,000 victims were trafficked between 2015 and 2020, according to a first-of-its-kind study by RTI International, the Sacramento State Institute for Social Research and Community Against Sexual Harm. , an Oak Park-based nonprofit that provides services and support to survivors of sex trafficking.

In California, a bill making it a serious misdemeanor to sell a minor for sexual purposes, SB14, was signed into law last year.

A new bill to make it a crime to purchase a minor for sexual purposes, SB 1414, is being considered by the Legislature. It was amended to cover only minors ages 15 and younger, although the bill's sponsor hopes provisions that would raise the age to cover 17s will eventually be reinstated.

| RELATED | Advocates who help sex trafficking survivors closely monitor California SB 1414