STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — California police have arrested 23 men and women in a human trafficking and prostitution sting.

Officials say that a three-month investigation of the website stockton.backpage.com led the Stockton Police Department to eight young girls involved in prostitution. The girls ranged in age from 14 to 17 years old. Police spokesman Joe Silva says the girls are from the Stockton area.

Police say two men, Jimmy Macias and Recardo Spivey, both 19, were arrested last week in relation to the suspected human trafficking of the girls and booked into the San Joaquin County Jail. It was not immediately known if the men have attorneys.

In a separate case, San Joaquin County Sheriff's officers made contact with more than 200 people at a motel who they say were soliciting sexual services, both online and in person. Officials say 21 men and women were arrested Friday on suspicion of soliciting sexual services for money or loitering with the intent to solicit.

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Information from: The Modesto Bee, http://www.modbee.com