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Associated Press - October 16, 2009 4:04 PM ET
POMONA, Calif. (AP) - Pomona police say they posed as prostitutes and johns to arrest 30 suspected streetwalkers and customers - including the city manager of nearby El Monte.
Police say 59-year-old James Mussenden was among 18 men issued citations for soliciting Thursday night. He was not jailed.
Mussenden's office was closed Friday and a call seeking comment was not immediately returned.
Officer Richard Martinez says undercover vice officers conducted a sting operation from about 6 p.m. to midnight Thursday in a Pomona neighborhood that has been the focus of complaints about solicitation.
In addition to the men, police booked and jailed a dozen women on suspicion of prostitution.
Pomona is about 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
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