Police Arrest Wanted Parolee For Alleged Human Trafficking

SAN RAFAEL, CA – A wanted parolee was arrested Friday in San Rafael on suspicion of human trafficking and multiple other charges, officials said Saturday.

Jeffrey Berard Jenkins II, 26, of Antioch was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking, sex with a minor, transportation of methamphetamine and cocaine for sale, as well as an outstanding parole warrant, according to San Rafael police Sgt. Scott Eberle.

Authorities found Jenkins after Santa Rosa police detectives informed the San Rafael Police Department that a runaway girl under the age of 18 from Pittsburg might be in San Rafael being forced into prostitution by a trafficker/pimp, Eberle said.

San Rafael police found the girl's online escort advertisement and set up a "date" in which she agreed to a sex act at a San Rafael motel in exchange for money, Eberle said.

"When officers arrived, she admitted to prostitution activities and had a 'pimp' who took her money, gave her drugs," Eberle said. "The juvenile agreed to come back to the police department where she was offered services from Community Violence Solutions and Children and Family Services."

Jenkins was taken into custody when he showed up at the hotel room he had rented for the victim. Officers found cocaine, methamphetamine and contraband associated with drug sales and prostitution in his vehicle, Eberle said.

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