Merv George Jr's name on a list of 30 arrests and citations by Portland police in a human trafficking investigation

 

These two Facebook posts from 2/4/25 are about arrests and citations by Portland police in a human trafficking investigation and include the name Mervin George, Jr. I have the exact complete list below so I cropped the screenshots above.

Yet another example of the idiotic Ninth Circuit ruling which has caused law enforcement agencies to stop issuing booking photos making it harder to report on court and crime and for media to verify identity. Unlike Humboldt agencies, the Oregon law enforcement online inmate search and jail information is pitiful.

At 11:21 p.m. yesterday, I  received an email with a link to a Fox 12 article. The email subject was "Double Standards" with no explaination. The last name of the person who sent me the email is well known name in Hoopa.

Nothing was sent to me except a link to an article and two screenshots.

https://www.kptv.com/2025/02/03/30-arrested-cited-portland-human-trafficking-bust/

This is an excerpt from that article:

"On Monday, Portland police announced they had made 30 arrests or citations in a human trafficking mission focused on NE 82nd Ave. and NE Sandy Blvd.

PPB named the following people arrested or cited for Commercial Sex Solicitation:

Sabino Aguirre Beltran, 63, Portland, OR

Todd Alexander, 46, Milton Freewater, OR

Alexis Altamirano Palacios, 20, Beaverton, WA

Baumer Barragan Ubaldo, 21, Portland, OR

Dagoberto Barrera-Gonzalez, 68, Happy Valley, OR

Tianxiang Chen, 19, Beaverton, OR

Porfirio Correa Arias, 32, Gresham, OR

Cyprian Setik, 36, Vancouver, WA

Rostom Dakiuridze, 59, Clackamas, OR

Givi Dakiuridze, 57, Damascus, OR

Daniel Dominguez De Paz, 22, Vancouver, WA

Justin Fast, 34, Gresham, OR

Jorge Flores-Arias, 45, Portland, OR

Wassie Gebremeskel, 29, Clackamas, OR

Mervin George Jr, 52, Shady Cove, OR

Clayton Kunz, 23, Vancouver, WA

Marvin Martinez Lopez, 34, Portland, OR

Lisandro Martinez Maldonado, 38, Portland, OR

Yasiel Mazorra Benitez, 35, Vancouver, WA

Jose Navarro-Zuniga, 26, Unknown

David Osorio Alvarado, 32, Port St Lucie, FL

Christian Parra, 27, Cornelius, OR

Pascual Pedro Manuel, 20, Portland, OR

Reynaldo Poot Cab, 25, Portland, OR

Ivan Puerta Blanco, 24, Portland, OR

Jose Rodriguez-Ayala, 50, Oregon City, OR

Alamzeb Safi, 34, Vancouver, WA

Karjit Singh, 70, Portland, OR

Rogelio Solano Romero, 46, Beaverton, OR

Teshome Worku, 42, Portland, OR

Police said six cars were also towed as part of the mission."

The person who emailed me also sent these two images.

This was sent last night and I could not find any contact information for Merv George Jr or Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, I will follow if I can reach anyone and  update the post if there is any additional information.

Mervin L. George Jr only has a family law divorce case in Humboldt Superior Court.

I looked up information on Merv George Jr.since that is the name used more often. Mervin George Jr, 52 of Shady Cove OR also comes up in google searches.

https://www.pacificforest.org/meet-awardee-merv-george/

This is part of the bio for the Oregon Logging Conference 2017 keynote speaker:

Merv George Jr, was born and raised in Humboldt County and has been a lifelong resident of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation and the Eureka, CA areas located in Northern California.

Merv is a graduate of Humboldt State University with a degree in Native American Studies (1997).  He has spent over 22 years managing natural resources and in public service.

Merv also served four years on the Hoopa Valley Tribal Council and spent two years as their Tribal Chairman (1998-1999).

https://oregonloggingconference.com/keynote-speaker/2017-keynote-speaker-merv-george-six-rivers-national-forest/