Two Clark County men were arrested last week during an undercover sex trafficking sting.
Investigators in the Portland Police Bureau’s Sex Trafficking Unit posted online ads on known sex trafficking websites and made contact with six men who arranged payment for sexual acts, the agency reported.
The men who responded to the ad came to a Portland hotel, which assisted in the investigation, were all arrested for suspicion of commercial sexual solicitation.
Timothy Lyle Ringering, 49, of Camas and Antonio Fernandez-Cruz, 22, of Vancouver were among those arrested.
Portland police advise that if you know or think that someone may be involved in trafficking or is being exploited, please contact the Portland Police Bureau’s Sex Trafficking Unit at 503-255-0118, the Sexual Assault Resource Center hotline 1-800-640-5311; or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 1-800-843-5678 or via the Cyber Tipline: www.missingkids.org/CyberTipline.