Woman Convicted For Falsely Imprisoning SMC Teen: DA

REDWOOD CITY, CA — A 19-year-old Fresno woman pleaded no contest Tuesday to falsely imprisoning a 14-year-old Daly City girl in a case that initially included human trafficking, pandering and kidnapping charges, the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office said.

Janyla Amazing Haqq entered the plea after prosecutors dismissed the original charges and replaced them with a single felony count of false imprisonment by violence or fraud. The district attorney's office said the change came after prosecutors uncovered new evidence during the case.

Under the agreement, Haqq will receive no more than two years in state prison.

According to prosecutors, the case began Dec. 26, 2025, when the girl and a teenage boy were walking to a Daly City shopping mall. Haqq and two other people approached the pair and persuaded them to get into a vehicle, prosecutors said.

Investigators said the group later let the boy out but continued driving with the girl. Prosecutors said Haqq gave the teen alcohol and told her she would be expected to engage in prostitution before taking her to Oakland's International Boulevard, where the group attempted to have her engage in commercial sex acts.

After being dropped off, the boy alerted the girl's mother, who contacted police. Daly City detectives located the girl in Oakland later that day and reunited her with her family, prosecutors said.

Haqq was arrested in Fresno after a warrant was issued Feb. 4. She was initially held on $350,000 bail but was later released on her own recognizance as part of the plea agreement.

She is scheduled to be sentenced July 29.