On February 21, 2013, at about 7:00 P.M., officers from the Palm Desert Police Department Business District Team conducted an undercover prostitution sting operation within the city of Palm Desert.

During the operation three females were arrested for prostitution:

Torri Wilkinson	Yunhua Lu	Tricia Rodriguez

• Torri Wilkinson, 31 years old from Salt Lake City,
• Yunhua Lu, 40 years old from San Gabriel, Ca. and
• Tricia Rodriguez, 25 years old from Coachella
  

  Mei Jun Wang	Reynaldo Gonzalez

One female was arrested for pandering:

• Mei Jun Wang, 45 years old from La Quinta

One male was arrested for managing prostitution:

• Reynaldo Gonzalez, 23 years old from Coachella

All of the arrested were booked into the jail in Indio on their respective charges.

This operation is part of the continued effort of the Palm Desert Police Department Business District Team to maintain a high quality of life within the City of Palm Desert. Additional enforcement operations and compliance checks will be conducted in the future. Anyone with information about these types of crimes is encouraged to call the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station at 760-836-1600. Anonymous tips can be made by calling Crime Stoppers at 760-341-STOP.