A WATSONVILLE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY BRINGING A LOS ANGELES WOMAN TO SANTA CRUZ AND THEN FORCING HER TO PROSTITUTE HERSELF. 29-YEAR-OLD GEORGE DEWEY CRAWFORD WAS APPREHENDED FOLLOWING A REPORT OF A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE AT A THIRD STREET MOTEL TUESDAY NIGHT. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, CRAWFORD WAS FOUND PHYSICALLY ABUSING THE WOMAN. OFFICIALS SAY THE VICTIM HAD TOLD HIM SHE WANTED TO RETURN TO LOS ANGELES. CRAWFORD WAS BOOKED INTO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JAIL ON SUSPICION OF FALSE IMPRISONMENT, PIMPING, PANDERING, AND DOMESTIC BATTERY.
