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Deon Harris, 32 (Source: Dallas County Jail) <\/p>\n
DALLAS<\/strong> – A Dallas Police Department task force rescued a 17-year-old girl who was being forced into prostitution and arrested a 32-year-old man, authorities said.<\/p>\n Teen rescued from prostitution <\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n The arrest of Deon Harris came after officers from the Northwest Patrol Division\u2019s Prostitution Task Force conducted a traffic stop on Aug. 20 in the 11100 block of Harry Hines Boulevard.\u00a0<\/p>\n Officers found a driver and a sole female passenger, who made comments indicating she was involved in prostitution.<\/p>\n The female victim was interviewed by detectives from the High Risk Victims Squad. Their investigation determined that Harris had forced the victim to engage in prostitution activity.<\/p>\n Harris was arrested and charged with Compelling Prostitution of a Minor under 18, which is a first-degree felony.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n Deputy Chief Stephen Williams, commander of the West Patrol Group, commended the officers for their efforts.<\/p>\n “I commend these officers and detectives for their swift response and compassion shown to this victim,” Williams said. “Their diligent efforts led to the rescue of a vulnerable person and the arrest of the suspect. This case is one of many that highlights our continued commitment to pursuing justice and protecting victims of exploitation.”<\/p>\n The Source:<\/b> Information in this article is from the Dallas Police Department.<\/p>\n Northwest Dallas<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Deon Harris, 32 (Source: Dallas County Jail) DALLAS – A Dallas Police Department task force rescued a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":218611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,6082,1596,7290,50,26392,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-218610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime-publicsafety","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-county","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-northwest-dallas","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115186635242782067","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}