He plays golf??? So this is where you have been........
Six arrested in SoCal golf course prostitution bust
Published 6:35 p.m. PDT Friday, June 14, 2002
NORCO, Calif. (AP) - Two golf course managers and four others were arrested after deputies raided a golf tournament at the Hidden Valley Golf Club where sex-for-sale allegedly took place in tents pitched on the fairways.
Club managers Darren Bollinger, 28, of Temecula, and Jason Wood, 36, of Murrieta, were charged with pimping and pandering, Deputy Lisa McConnell of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said Saturday.
Allen Fleming, 34, of Laguna Nigel, was charged with prostitution and resisting arrest. Angie Peraza, 34, of Victorville, was charged with prostitution and child endangerment. Sandy Juarez, 37, of Lancaster, was charged with pimping and pandering. Sharon Mitchell, 38, of Newport Beach, was charged with possession of a controlled substance.
Riverside County sheriff's deputies had the public golf course 40 miles east of Los Angeles under surveillance for about three weeks, said sheriff's spokeswoman Shelley Kennedy-Smith. On Friday afternoon, they moved in, detaining about 100 male golfers and several women.
Most of the golfers were released early Saturday following questioning.
"They're having a private golf tournament," McConnell said. "Illegal acts of sex for money were offered during the tournament." On Friday, the club was reserved for a private tournament and several camping tents were pitched on the course. Investigators observed sex acts between golfers and women, McConnell said.
Elsewhere on the course golf was being played, Kennedy-Smith said.
"This is all a shock to me," said golf course owner, Henry C. "Chuck" Cox II. "I'm trying to figure it (the raid) out."
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