SAN JOSE — Three Sacramento-area residents were arrested on charges stemming from what police said was a motel-based prostitution operation, an attempted carjacking and the kidnapping of a pizza delivery man.

San Jose police arrested Saul David Garcia, 20, Antonio Dejesus Moya, 19, and Javona Washington, 18, on Nov. 5. Police said the three were operating a prostitution operation for three days around Oct. 19, and had robbed a john at gunpoint and tried to carjack his vehicle.

On Oct. 22, the trio is believed to have ordered a pizza delivered and when the driver arrived they demanded his keys and forced him into his own vehicle. During the kidnapping, a shot was fired out of the vehicle, and the pizza driver was later dropped off on a freeway. His car was found abandoned at another motel a few days later by Fairfield police.

Investigators also believe the three robbed a bank in San Joaquin County.

Anyone with information about the crimes, or who has been the victim of a prostitution robbery is asked to call San Jose detectives at 408-277-4166. Anonymous tips can be made to 408-947-7867 or http://svcrimestoppers.org.

Contact Eric Kurhi at 408-920-5852. Follow him at Twitter.com/erickurhi.