Three na­tion­als of the Do­mini­can Re­pub­lic were found guilty yes­ter­day of so­lic­it­ing for the pur­pose of pros­ti­tu­tion. Su­sana Mendez Le­bron, 34, Jua­na Mer­cedes Ramirez Evans, 38, and Pa­tri­cia San­doval Ore­juela, 42, each were placed on $1,000 bonds to keep the peace for three years. The women ap­peared be­fore San Fer­nan­do Mag­is­trate Ali­cia Chankar. All three, who were rep­re­sent­ed by at­tor­ney Sub­has Pan­day, de­nied be­ing pros­ti­tutes. They were ar­rest­ed at the Tokyo Ho­tel and Bar, San Fer­nan­do.

Pan­day had con­tend­ed there was a con­flict in the phi­los­o­phy of the court, since li­cences were be­ing grant­ed for the open­ing of broth­els un­der the "guise" of ho­tels. He said broth­els charge by the hour. "Ho­tels do not do that," he point­ed out. Dur­ing the tri­al, pros­e­cu­tor Sgt Rus­sel Ra­moutar called the ar­rest­ing of­fi­cer, Sgt Al­lis­ter Gervero, to the wit­ness stand. Gervero told the court at around 3 pm last Au­gust 30, he no­ticed the women were ap­proach­ing male pa­trons en­ter­ing the ho­tel and bar and of­fer­ing them­selves for mon­ey in the sums of $250, $300 and $250 re­spec­tive­ly. The women tes­ti­fied through a Span­ish in­ter­preter.

Le­bron claimed she had gone to the Trinizuela School to reg­is­ter her son and then went to the bar to col­lect $200 from a fe­male work­er to whom she had sold some cos­met­ics. Le­bron said she lived at Long­denville and was mar­ried with two chil­dren. Evans ad­mit­ted to giv­ing the po­lice a false ad­dress when ar­rest­ed. She said she was afraid. She said has been liv­ing in Trinidad for the past 16 years and was meet­ing a male friend for a ca­su­al drink of "beers" when she was ar­rest­ed.