units were damaged in the fire,
and at last check, the woman is
expected to recover. No other
injuries were reported. Women in
believed to have been trafficked
for sex have been rescued. Now,
more than a dozen people are
behind bars after a major bust
in northwest. Harris County. Our
damali Keith breaks down the
sting operation in an interview
with the precinct four
Constable. You'll see only on
Fox our effort is to push, you
know, this type of illicit
activity out of our area, away
from our schools, away from our
churches, away from our
communities, because we know
this type of activity breeds
other crimes. Several of the 13
men arrested in the bust and
charged with soliciting
prostitution are also said to
have committed other crimes,
such as drug possession. One of
them was carrying a gun, one of
them had a felony warrant out
for his arrest. Harris County
Precinct four Constable's Office
complaints from the community
about prostitution along FM 1960
between Kirkendall and the Hardy
on the street and inside certain
businesses. As we went after
basically the, uh, supply side
of prostitution and the demand
side supply would be going into
massage parlors, uh, several of
our undercover officers were
offered sex, a few massage
parlors here in northwest Harris
County have now been shut down.
Places where precinct four,
Constable Mark Herman says sex
was for sale by women who say
they were brought to this
country and forced to sell their
bodies. They made outcry that
they're being human trafficked
for sex and having to pay back
debts. The prostitution along
1960 is said to have been
happening all hours of the day.
So it's 24 over seven. Uh
situation. It's just actually
daughter are thankful for the
crackdown. It's just a not a
very safe area to leave to go
out, to walk around, to walk
around the message, you know, to
our community is, is we hear
you, we're listening to you. The
constable says. The people
arrested aren't even from the
area. And he says to anyone
planning to come here for
illegal activity before you
solicit sex from somebody you
see on the side of the road, uh,
be careful, because it might be
an undercover police officer.
arrested, and they got a lesson
on that. The charge of
soliciting prostitution is no
longer a misdemeanor. It's now a
state jail felony with higher
bonds and tougher penalties. And
by the way, the constable says
you can expect a whole lot more
of these sting operations until