Commercial SEX Industry
TEEN Victim of Human Trafficking
The San Bernardino County Human Trafficking Task Force is made up of
investigators from the
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, San
Bernardino County District Attorney's Office,
San Bernardino Police Department,
Ontario Police Department, Redlands Police Department,
California State Parole,
Office of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
City of Ontario, San Bernardino County Task Force members had been contacted by other investigators from the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force,
with information regarding a possible minor victim being Trafficked from that
area. San Bernardino County Task Force members, began an immediate investigation
Tuesday, February 26, 2019, at 12:30 P.M.
San Bernardino County Human Trafficking Task Force
Investigators, responded to a motel, located in the 1400 Block of E. 4th Street
regarding the information they had received. During the investigation, Task
Force members located an internet escort advertisement, believed to be
advertising the victim for purposes of prostitution. An undercover operation
was initiated by the San Bernardino County Task Force to contact and rescue the
victim.
During the operation, a second female was identified
as possibly being involved with the victim. With the assistance of officers
from the Ontario Police Department,
Task Force members contacted and detained the minor victim, as well as the
second female, later identified as Christina Lister. Through continued
investigation, Task Force investigators were able to determine the minor was a victim
of the commercial sex industry, and was being actively Trafficked by the
second female, Lister.
Upon being rescued, the victim was transported by
ambulance to a local hospital for evaluation and then safely released into
the custody of the San Bernardino County Department of Family Services.
The suspect, Christina Lister, was transported to the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department and interviewed
by investigators. She was later arrested, transported and booked at the West
Valley Detention Center for felony violations of Pandering and Human
Trafficking of a Minor. Lister is being held in lieu of $150,000 bail.
This investigation is ongoing; investigators
believe there are other unidentified victims related to this case and are
asking that anyone with information related to this investigation, please
contact the San Bernardino County Human Trafficking Task Force at (909)
387-8400.
Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may contact We-Tip at 1-888-78-CRIME or you may leave information on the
WE-Tip Hotline at www.wetip.com
John McMahon, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner
SBSD - Headquarters
655 East 3rd Street
San Bernardino, CA 92415
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 909-387-3700