Two 18-year-olds charged with pimping underage girl in Santa Ana and Pomona

SANTA ANA — A pair of 18-year-olds are facing charges of pimping a teenage girl in Santa Ana and Pomona, a police spokesman said Wednesday.

Carlos Guadalupe Garcia and Leilani Celeste Parker were arrested Friday for allegedly pimping the 15-year-old victim, said Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.

Charges were filed Tuesday against Garcia and Parker, who pleaded not guilty and were ordered to return to court in the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana on Sept. 5.

Both are charged with human trafficking of an underage victim, pimping for a prostitute younger than 16, and pandering with a minor younger than 16, all felonies. Garcia is additionally charged with pimping and pandering of another victim, who is an adult woman, according to court records.

Police working an operation in Santa Ana saw Parker and the teen in a high-prostitution area of the city, where she was allegedly training the girl to be a sex worker, according to Bertagna.