Following a preliminary hearing Monday, a Solano County man faces further court proceedings on charges of human trafficking to commit another crime, pimping, and pandering, among others, after his October arrest in Vacaville. Kauffman, citing sufficient evidence aired during the hearing, ordered Emmanuel James Fields to return to Department 1 at a.
March 11 for further arraignment in the Justice Center in Fairfield. Besides the other charges, Fields also faces allegations of violating a protective order and driving with a suspended or revoked license.
Fields, dressed in a gray-and-green-striped jail jumpsuit, listened quietly and expressionless as he sat next to his defense attorney, Deputy Public Defender Mardin Y. Responding to questions from Deputy District Attorney Jessica Hurley, Torres said he responded to an advertisement on a website offering escort and adult services and, on Oct. Arriving there, he was redirected to another location, in the block of Aegean Way, also in Vacaville.
Hurley also called another Vacaville detective in the vice unit, Brian Collins, to the witness stand. Working with Torres, he followed Fields and the year-old victim to the Aegean Way address, where he arrested the defendant. During his testimony, Torres also said the victim told him she started working as a prostitute at age 17 in Richmond, later relocating to escape from a pimp. However, she returned to prostitution at age 20, he noted. By Richard Bammer rbammer thereporter.
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