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249 arrested during 10-day prostitution sting in Texas

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Over 200 people were arrested during a sting in Harris County. Some of those caught were former HPD, Houston ISD, and even firefighters.
HOUSTON -- More than 200 people were arrested during a 10-day sting that included Super Bowl 51 week in Harris County. Those arrested included members of the Houston Fire Department, Houston ISD and a retired police sergeant.

According to authorities, 249 people were arrested on prostitution charges across the county. Of those arrested, 21 were directly related to Super Bowl activities and prostitution.

The majority of them were prostitutes and one admitted to being a pimp, HPD said.
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Harris County Pct. 4 Constable's Office arrested 32 people in their undercover sting.

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During Houston Police Department's Vice Division sting, 217 were detained.
Jose Diaz, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Jesus Rivera, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Joaquin Ospina, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Juan Cobos, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Kevin Hawthorne, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Kristopher Hine, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Joel Contreras, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Jose Castro, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Jose Gomez, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Jose Nino, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Joseph Dickerson, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Joshua Longoria, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Juan Chicas, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Juan Martinez, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Julio Aguilar Maldonado, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Justin Baker aka Justin Galyean, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Juvencio Solis, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Kenyun Jackson, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Derrick Anderson, charged with prostitutionnone
Dorran Gillespie, charged with compelling prostitution by forcenone
Efrail Velasquez, charged with prostitutionnone
Elenilson Alvantara, charged with online solicitation of a minornone
Elquterio Isidro aka Luis Isidro, charged with prostitutionnone
Erik Long, charged with promotion of prostitutionnone
Gabriel Paniagua, charged with prostitutionnone
German Lambert, charged with prostitutionnone
Jermaine Anderson, charged with promotion of prostitutionnone
Jessie Thomas, charged with prostitutionnone
Edgar Aguirre, charged with prostitutionnone
Eduardo Ortiz, charged with prostitutionnone
Edwin Herrera Mendoza, charged with prostitutionnone
Emile Fair, charged with prostitutionnone
Erick Bundage, charged with prostitutionnone
Francisco Torres, charged with aggravated promotion of prostitutionnone
George Randalle, charged with prostitutionnone
Gerraldo Montiel, a second-time offender who has been charged with prostitutionnone
Israel Orega-Cortez, charged with prostitutionnone
Ivan Salmeron, charged with prostitutionnone
James Henry Dykes, charged with compelling prostitutionnone
Jason Williams, charged with prostitutionnone
Jenrri Delgado, charged with prostitutionnone
Jesus Guerra, charged with prostitutionnone
Aaron Fader, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Abelardo Cervantes, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Alexander Martinez Tarrago, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Alfred Lebum, charged with prostitution and evading arrestKTRK
Alprentice Blanks, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Booker Thomas, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Bradley Leathers, charged with prostitution and indecent exposureKTRK
Brando Perez, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Bryan Munguia, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Carlos Moreno, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Charles Smith, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Christopher Castillo, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Cristian Mosquera, charged with promotion of prostitutionKTRK
Daniel Henry, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Daniel Valencia, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Delanny Melveaux, charged with compelling prostitution by forceKTRK
Abraham Maravilla, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Alexander Gomez, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Anthony Andrade, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Bachir Rechmani, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Benigno Roman, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Crashon Traylor, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Daniel Stringer, charged with prostitutionKTRK
David Vazquez Ramirez, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Ruben Duarte, charged with prostitutionnone
Ruben Torres, charged with prostitutionnone
Salazar Guerroero, charged with prostitutionnone
Santiago Crisneros, charged with prostitutionnone
Vincent Rhodes, charged with prostitutionnone
Wayne Jones, an HPD retiree, charged with prostitutionnone
William Cassity, charged with prostitution and indecent exposurenone
Yeuy Teang, charged with prostitutionnone
Ryan James, charged with prostitutionnone
Saadi Rekab, charged with prostitutionnone
Samuel Mammo, charged with prostitutionnone
Santiago Mendoza-Lerma, charged with prostitutionnone
Shannon Thomas, charged with prostitutionnone
Stafford Demouchette, charged with prostitution and marijuana posessionnone
Tedio Almeda, charged with prostitutionnone
Terlandy Duran-Vasquez, charged with prostitutionnone
Timothy Pitman, charged with promotion of prostitutionnone
Tony Hawk, charged with prostitutionnone
Tony Nicholas, charged with prostitutionnone
William Gordillo, charged with prostitutionnone
Leonard Matthews, charged with promotion of prostitutionKTRK
Levi Fontaine, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Luigi Montes, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Mario Kizer, possession of controlled substanceKTRK
Marshun Jackson, charged with promotion of prostitutionKTRK
Norris Wheeler, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Oscar Zarate, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Peter Hendrix, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Roberto Perez, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Leslie Ray, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Marcus Bennett, charged with compelling prostitutionKTRK
Myronne Langevelot, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Pedro Hernandez, aka Rene Delgado, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Ramiro Cruz, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Randy Irwin, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Raymundo Garza, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Reginald Rogers, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Robert Boelsche, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Rolando Martine, charged with prostitutionKTRK
Ronald Crumpler, charged with prostitutionKTRK

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Some of the notable arrests include: Houston Fire Department firefighters Alprentice Blanks and Yeuy Teang; Houston ISD senior manager Emile Fair (the district says he does not work around children); Efrail Velasquez, who had his 4-year-old child in the car when he tried to buy sex, according to HPD; Wayne Jones, a retired HPD Sergeant.

"Is this embarrassing?" ABC13's Jessica Willey asked.



"Sure it's embarrassing, very embarrassing. My son called and said 'Dad, you're on TV,'" Wayne Jones answered.
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Jones retired 17 years ago from the Burglary and Theft Division at HPD. Like the hundreds of others, he's accused of trying to buy sex from an undercover female officer. He was busted near his house for what he says was just a joke.

"Sometimes things are said in jest and you don't follow through," Jones said. "I would go to court whether it makes Channel 13 or not."



Publicizing the arrests and releasing mug shots is often a concern, revealed HPD Captain Dan Harris in a news conference Tuesday afternoon.

"We had several of them turn around and ask, 'are you going to put my picture out on the media?' That's what they respond to," Harris said.

Aside from the prostitution-related arrests, a total of 107 people were detained during the Super Bowl on other charges.

In comparison, 189 arrests were made in Houston during Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004.

Houston Police Department and the Harris County Pct. 4 Constable's Office both conducted independent operations during the week.
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