Eleven people arrested in prostitution raid in Claremont, including a suspected pimp

Eleven people were arrested in Claremont on Thursday when three undercover officers posing as prostitutes were contacted by 10 potential customers and a pimp.

Claremont police have received “several complaints from residents, business owners and (passersby) regarding prostitution” near Indian Hill Boulevard and the 10 Freeway, police said in a news release.

At this location, the undercover officers posed as prostitutes and were recruited for sex by ten “johns,” or potential customers. They were then arrested by other officers in the area, police said.

These 10 people are:

• Alexander Anthony Guerra, 33 years old from Pomona
• Santos Villatamoreno, 35 years old, from Highland
• Brian Eugene Cannon, 46 years old from Hesperia
• Stevey Macias Yanez, 47 years old from Pomona
• Jose Anaya, 30 years old from Pomona
• Jason Orellana, 25 years old from Pomona
• Sergio Andrade, 44 years old, from Ontario
• Malik Edwards, 29 years old from Claremont
• Wilmer Hernandeznino, 32 years old from Ontario
• Isaias Castroesparza, 33 years old from Bloomington

According to police, Castroesparza is also registered as a sex offender for sexual assault.

An eleventh man, Raheem Tiyon Blackmon, was also arrested for attempting to “assist and recruit” an undercover agent, authorities said. Blackmon, a 31-year-old from Antoich, was hospitalized for medical reasons and his case will be presented to prosecutors for possible charges.

The ten alleged entertainers were arrested and released with summonses to appear in Pomona Superior Court.