El Dorado Hills Man Arrested on Sex-Trafficking Charges
Authorities conducted a federal search warrant in El Dorado Hills yesterday and took a man into custody on sex-trafficking charges.
Rishi Sanwal, 23, was arrested by FBI agents and Sacramento Police detectives assigned to the FBI led Crimes Against Children Safe Streets Task Force. The arrest occurred near the intersection of Green Valley Road and Francisco Drive in El Dorado Hills and was without incident. Following the arrest FBI agents and police searched Sanwal’s parents’ home located at 3105 Hopkins Place in El Dorado Hills.
It was the case of a missing El Dorado Hills teen last March that led authorities to Sanwal.
Investigators now know that prior to the disappearance of the El Dorado Hills teen she was last seen with Sanwal who was driving a maroon Hummer.
Approximately six days after she went missing the teen placed a telephone call to a friend and said she was in the Bay area. Caller ID information from that telephone call was traced to several on-line ads placed in the “erotic” section of Craigslist.
Undercover officers, using the same telephone number from the Craigslist ads, made contact with a woman using the name “Kimberly” and arranged a meeting.
Shortly after arriving at a Motel 6 in Fremont, California, FBI agents and police discovered the missing El Dorado Hills teen. Information used to create the on-line Craigslist ads has been linked to Sanwal.
The FBI is not identifying the victim in this case as she was a juvenile at the time the offenses were committed.
Sanwal is currently being held at the Sacramento County Jail and will make his initial appearance in federal court today at 2:00 p.m.
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