Long Beach police arrested 38-year-old Long Beach resident Jeff Floyd Beadle last Wednesday for trafficking a 17-year-old girl and charges were filed against him today, the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) announced.
According to a release issued by the LBPD today, officials discovered the victim in the online advertisement. They later learned she was being forced to provide sex for money, and found her living in a “dilapidated” motor home with the suspect, who was on parole for previously committing a “lewd and lascivious act.” After the LBPD identified him, they quickly arrested him.
The victim was rescued and services will be provided to her through the Los Angeles County First Responder Protocol for Sexually Exploited Children, according to the LBPD.
Beadle is currently being held in Los Angeles County Men’s Jail without bail. Detectives presented the case today to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office. Beadle was charged with human trafficking of a minor and pimping and pandering a minor and arraigned this afternoon.
The Long Beach Police Department is a proud member of the Commercially Sexually Exploited Child Task Force formed in 2013 by the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors. The protocol, designed by the task force, provides immediate victim centered services to minors who have been sexually exploited. Long Beach Vice Detectives have used the protocol seventeen (17) times this year for minor victims they have recovered and it has been a success.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation, or anyone who is or has been a victim of human trafficking is urged to call the Long Beach Police Vice Investigations Detail for help at 562.570.7219.