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Vallejo Police Rescue Missing Juvenile, Arrest Fresno Man on Trafficking Charges

Police describe a multi-city exploitation case under active investigation.

Overview

  • Officers found the minor Monday at a hotel on Fairgrounds Drive, arranged medical care including a sexual assault response evaluation, and transferred custody to Solano County Child Protective Services.
  • The suspect, identified as 26-year-old Justen Allen Powell of Fresno, was detained outside the hotel room and booked into the Solano County Jail on multiple felony counts.
  • Charges listed by police and jail records include pimping and pandering, kidnapping, false imprisonment with violence, corporal injury to a child, and unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.
  • Investigators report the juvenile met Powell in Southern California and was taken to several locations, including the Los Angeles region, Fresno, Richmond, and Vallejo.
  • Jail records show Powell’s bail set at $146,667 with a court appearance scheduled for Thursday, and police note a prior felony conviction for assault with a deadly weapon.