Underage Girl Flees Gang Member Pimping Her On Venice Beach

Today police were called to the 2000 block of Pacific Ave. for a report of a kidnapping. When units arrived, a underage girl told police she had fled her captor who had her on the boardwalk and was soliciting her for sex. She looked for an opportunity to flee, and ran towards Pacific and knocked on doors until someone answered and helped her. She said she had been in his control for around 4 months, he had threatened her with a gun among other things. She identified him and his vehicle. He was identified as a documented gang member from downtown, and is in the system. The victim was transported by LAPD to safety.

When this was twittered during the radio call, a few people mentioned how often they see this kind of activity on the boardwalk and on Lincoln. Please get suspect descriptions, license plate numbers, whatever you can and call it into police. Every call counts! It may not be acted on right away if there isn’t a crime in progress, but all calls statistically impact the system and eventually are what result in the types of police resources that are allocated in our area. CALL THEM IN! You may not see immediate action or results, but it matters in helping to reduce crime.