Wow! One operation, 3 days, one city, 42 arrests.
Gives you an horrifying glimpse at the scale of this problem.
This is the first of several such reports.
WKRN web staffPublished: January 27, 2017
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WKRN) – Forty-two people were arrested in Memphis during a human trafficking operation led by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Thirty-eight men and four women were arrested on prostitution-related charges. They include a medical professional, engineers, a law student, a tow truck driver and construction workers.
Agents posted four ads on Backpage.com for about 17 hours a day over a three-day period.
The TBI says 475 different men responded to those ads, and more than 8,779 contacts were made to those through texts or phone calls.
In some ads, undercover agents posed as a juvenile girl. Eight men responded and paid to have sex with an underage female. Two of those specifically paid money to have sex with 14-year-old girls.
Two juvenile female victims of trafficking were recovered and referred to the Department of Children’s Services.
Those charged during the Memphis “Operation Someone Like Me” are as follows:
Demario Davis, 30, Unknown – Trafficking for Sexual Servitude, Possession of Crack Cocaine,
Cocaine, Heroin, Oxycodone, Marijuana, Stolen Property Under $500
Ronald Garrison, 60, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Ahmed Khalid, 26, Cordova, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Juan Valdez, 34, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Melvin Garcia, 35, unknown – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Christian Esquivel, 26, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Efrain Aguilera, 26, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Terry Lewis, Jr., 29, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Ali Awad, 21, Cordova, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Paul Palmer, Jr., 47, East Ridge, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Richard Hardin, 67, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Sam Lewis, 59, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Paul Roach, 49, Cordova, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Bret Morris, 33, Bartlett, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
James Walker, 50, Cordova, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Mario Thomas, 41, Memphis, TN – Possession of Cocaine, Marijuana
David Brumfield, 60, Collierville, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Harrison Chung, 40, Garden Grove, CA – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Milton Davis, 50, Arlington, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Mark Berry, 44, Arlington, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Robert Jackins, 52, Cordova, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Benjamin Gilbert, 26, Cordova, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Antonio Chacon, 32, Unknown – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Keten Patel, 33, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Carl McKee, 31, Munford, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Luis Fernando, 45, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Julio Perez, 20, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Marin Rykhlov, 39, Knoxville, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Basel Hasan, 18, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution near Church or School
Catasia Williams, 26, Memphis, TN – Prostitution near Church or School
Mikael Farris, 35, Cordova, TN – Patronizing Prostitution (B Felony)
Emmi Easton, 20, Memphis, TN – Prostitution near Church or School
Darry Little, 53, Marion, AR – Patronizing Prostitution (A Felony)
Hilario Vargas Lopez, 40, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution (B Felony)
Oscar Larios, 48, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution (B Felony)
Christopher Rodgers, 32, Braden, TN – Patronizing Prostitution (A Felony)
Mitch Cooper, 43, Humboldt, TN – Patronizing Prostitution (Misdemeanor)
Nat-Matias Armando, 19, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution (B Felony)
Erin Shindler, 29, Bartlett, TN – Prostitution near Church or School
Shanqua Patrick, 23, Halls, TN – Prostitution near Church or School
Isaiah Williams, 47, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution (B Felony)
Uriel Roblero, 23, Memphis, TN – Patronizing Prostitution (B Felony)
Most of these individuals were cited and will have their booking photos taken at the time they are processed.
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