Investigators with the Lincoln Police Department found an advertisement on a website that was known to facilitate prostitution that had explicit photos of a female. There was a phone number in the add that was found to belong to 27 year old Jared Jones of Lincoln.
Undercover officers spoke with Jones who arranged a meeting with two women and they discussed the exchange of money for sexual acts.
On July 1st, two females, ages 25 and 19, were dropped off by jones at a local hotel. Investigators determined the women were not the ones who arranged the meeting.
Jones was taken into custody when he returned to pick up the women around 7:30 p.m. A search warrant was also served at his home. Investigators found evidence that Jones was engaged in human trafficking. He was booked on two counts of pandering.
For more information on Human Trafficking and what to look for visit humantraffickinghotline.org. If you have information about human trafficking, you can report it to the Lincoln Police Department at 402-441-6000 or make a report anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 402-475-3600. You can also call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888 or text HELP or INFO to 233733.