POLK COUNTY, Florida (CBS12) — A human trafficking sting by the Polk County Sheriff's Office netted in arrests of 128 individuals over the weekend.
Investigators say their focus was to target prostitutes posting online advertisem*nts, "johns" seeking prostitutes in an online environment, "pimps" and other seeking to profit from prostitution, and online predators seeking contact with children.
According to the Polk County Sheriff's office, detectives posted fictitious ads and responded to ads posted on the website backpage.com.
"We continue to find predators online attempting to lure children into sexual activity. Their behavior is always the same they seek out vulnerable victims, engage them in conversation and quickly attempt to lure children into explicit sexual conversations, urging them to send sexually explicit images and meet for sex. Our detectives will continue to arrest those who prey on Polk County's children," Sheriff Grady Judd told members of the media.
A detailed list of those arrested and their charges appears below (Every defendant is presumed to be innocent until and unless proven guilty in court)
Day 1
28-year-old Dani Jackson of Highlands California - Charged with Engage/Commit/Offer to Commit Lewd Act, 3rd Subsequent Offense. Jackson has been previously arrested on 14 misdemeanor charges. Jackson posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services. She told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $260.
24-year-old Maria Mendoza of Altamonte Springs - Charged with Engage/Commit/ Offer to Commit Lewd Act. Mendoza has been previously arrested on 4 felony and 3 prior misdemeanor charges. Mendoza posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services in exchange for money. She told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $150.
24-year-old Jodian St Teresa Smalling of Delray Beach - Charged with Engage/Commit/ Offer to Commit Lewd Act. Smalling has had has been previously arrested on 2 felony and 1 misdemeanor. Smalling posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services in exchange for money. She told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $200. Smalling listed her employer as CALL 4 HEALTH and told detectives she was a Customer Service Call Taker.
19-year-old Decener Mitchell of St. Petersburg - Charged with Engage/Commit/ Offer to Commit Lewd Act. Mitchell posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services in exchange for money. She told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $300. Mitchell told detectives she receives monthly public assistance.
19-year-old Destiny Lefke of Orlando - Charged with Engage/Commit/ Offer to Commit Lewd Act. Lefke has 4 prior attests which included 4 felony and 7 misdemeanor charges. Lefke posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services in exchange for money. She told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $200. Lefke told detectives she receives monthly public assistance.
34-year-old Amanda Brown of Orlando - Charged with Engage/Commit/ Offer to Commit Lewd Act. Brown has been previously arrested on 2 felony and 1 misdemeanor charges. Brown posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services in exchange for
money. She told the undercover detective she would engage in sex for $500 for her, and $500 for Molina Acosta. Brown told detectives she is a nurse with Orlando Lutheran Towers.
30-year-old Jakeline Molina-Acosta of Kissimmee - Charged with Engage/Commit/ Offer to Commit Lewd Act. Molina-Acosta has been previously arrested on 2 misdemeanor charges. Molina-Acosta arrived at the undercover location with Amanda Brown where both agreed to engage in sex for $500 each. Molina-Acosta told detectives she is married and is a self-employed cleaner.
36-year-old Melissa Caputo of Orange County - Charged with Engage/Commit/ Offer to Commit Lewd Act. Caputo has been previously arrested on 2 felony and 2 misdemeanor charges. Caputo posted an ad on backpage.com her services in exchange for money. Caputo arrive at the undercover location with Breonna Mosqueda and told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $350. Caputo told detectives she is an Insurance Broker with Florida National Agents Alliance. Caputo told detectives she receives monthly public assistance.
18-year-old Breonna Mosqueda of Davenport - Charged with Engage/Commit/ Offer to Commit Lewd Act. Mosqueda arrived at the undercover location with Caputo. Mosqueda agreed to engage in sex with the undercover detective in exchange for $350
19-year-old Nikole Hicks of Ocala -Charged with Offering to Commit Prostitution. Hicks was contacted by the undercover detective as a result of an ad posted online. Hicks traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex for $450, this included her drive time from Ocala.
40-year-old Wendy Mayela Cuemo-Gomez, no address provided - Charged with Offering to Commit Prostitution. Cuemo-Gomez traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $250.
28-year-old Ashley Mir of Orlando - Charged with Engage/Commit/ Offer to Commit Lewd Act. Mir has one has been previously arrested on 1 misdemeanor charge. Mir posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. She traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $260.
24-year-old Jivette LaPointe of Orlando - Charged with Engage/Commit/ Offer to Commit Lewd Act, and Battery. LaPointe has been previously arrested on 4 felony and 10 misdemeanor charges. LaPointe posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. She traveled to the undercover location and told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $200.
31-year-old Shalonda Timmons of Mulberry - Charged with Solicit Another for Lewdness 3rd Offense, which is a 3rd degree felony. Timmons has been previously arrested on 10 felony and 8 misdemeanor charges. Timmons posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Timmons traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $500.
23-year-old Brandon Burkhead of Lakeland - Charged with Possession of Cannabis less than 20 grams, Deriving Support/Proceed of Prostitution, Possession/Use Narcotic Paraphernalia, and Possession of Methamphetamine. Burkhead drove Timmons to the undercover location and told detectives he was to receive $40 for driving. Burkhead and
Michael Baubien, a passenger in the car, were found to be in possession of Methamphetamine, Cannabis and Drug Paraphernalia. Burkhead has been previously arrested on 1 felony and 1 misdemeanor charge.
53-year-old Michael Baubien of Lakeland - Charged with Possession of Cannabis less than 20 grams, Possession/Use of Narcotic Paraphernalia, Possession of Methamphetamine, and Possession of Oxycodone. Baubien was a passenger in the car Burkhead drove Timmons to the undercover location. Baubien told detectives he is married and is in "sales on the Internet."
45-year-old Marcjhal Brooks-Townley of Kissimmee - Charged with Engage/Commit/ Offer to Commit Lewd Act. Brooks-Townley has been previously arrested on 4 felony and 6 misdemeanor charges. Brooks-Townley was arrested in a similar investigation in December 2014 (http://bit.ly/1S1JQm6). Brooks-Townley posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. She traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $200. Brooks-Townley is married.
25-year-old Angela Perryman of Sanford - Charged with Engage/Commit/ Offer to Commit Lewd Act. Perryman posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Perryman traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $300. Perryman told detectives she is an assistant manager with Amscot. Perryman told detectives she receives monthly public assistance.
23-year-old Chioma Akanu of Orlando - Charged with Engage/Commit/ Offer to Commit Lewd Act. Akanu posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Akanu traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $200. Akanu told detectives she is a Home Healthcare Assistant for Home Instead.
Day 2
54-year-old Daniel Knowles of Polk City - Charged with Engage/Commit/ Offer to Commit Lewdness. Knowles responded to a fictitious ad. Knowles traveled to the undercover location where he offered to pay $100 in exchange for sex. Knowles is married and told detectives he is a self-employed handyman with Jada Property Improvements, Inc.
25-year-old Wejdan Alomari of Miami - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, Cause Child to be Delinquent/Dependent/Needy, and Unlawful use of Drivers' License. Alomari has been previously arrested on 1 misdemeanor charge. Alomari posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. She traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $240. Alomari was driven to the location by Jorge Garcia; three young children were with Alomari and Garcia.
28-year-old Jorge Garcia of Hallandale - Charged with Possession of Cannabis less than 20 grams, Cause Child to be Delinquent/Dependent/Needy, and Possession of Narcotic Paraphernalia. Garcia has been previously arrested on 5 felony charges to include Selling Cannabis within 1000 Feet of a school. There were three children in the car with Garcia when he drove Alomari to the undercover location and who waited in the car with him when Alomari went inside. The children were age 5, 3 and 2; two boys and one girl. The Department of Children and Families responded to assist. Garcia is married.
25-year-old Jordan Kruger of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Kruger posted an ad on backpage.com offering his services. Kruger traveled to the undercover location where he met with two undercover detectives and agreed to engage in sex with them for $400. Kruger told detectives he is employed by Bahama Breeze - Alafia Trail.
41-year-old Kevin Dean of Fort Lauderdale - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Dean responded to a fictitious ad then traveled to the undercover location where he agreed to pay an undercover detective $160 in exchange for sex. Dean told detectives he was an engineer with DPR Construction.
26-year-old Kimberly Hughes of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, and Battery. Hughes has been previously arrested on 2 felony and 7 misdemeanor charges. Hughes told detectives she was a student at Everest University. Hughes told detectives she receives monthly public assistance.
45-year-old Richard Partlow of Aurora, Illinois - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, and Battery. Partlow responded to a fictitious ad and travel to the undercover location where he agreed to pay an undercover detective $150 in exchange for sex. Partlow is married and he told detectives he is a salesman at Dordan. Partlow told detectives his family were waiting on him at the Dolphin Resort at Disney. Partlow is married.
27-year-old Taniesha Barkely of Oviedo - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Barkly posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Barkley traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex in exchange for $140 Barkley has been previously arrested on 1 felony and 5 misdemeanor charges.
25-year-old Caelle Morisset of Tampa - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Morisset posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Morisset traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $100. Morisset told detectives she is a Customer Service person for a Cale Call Center in Oldsmar.
24-year-old Ventesia Holland of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Holland posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Holland traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $140. Holland told detectives she receives monthly public assistance.
28-year-old Emma Casanova of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Casanova posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. She traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $300. Casanova told detectives she is a student at the University of Phoenix and that she receives monthly public assistance.
26-year-old Ricardo Villiers of Haines City - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Villiers responded to a fictitious ad then traveled to the undercover location where he told the undercover detective he would pay $60 in exchange for sex. Villiers has been previously arrested on 3 felony and 1 misdemeanor charges. Villiers told detectives he is a server at Smokey Bones restaurant located in Celebration.
35-year-old Jason Henry Thomas of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Thomas responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location. He told the detective he would pay $175 in exchange for sex. Thomas told detectives he works as server at Bahama Breeze.
40-year-old Helen Ditto of Lakeland - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, Possession of Cannabis, Possession of Narcotic Paraphernalia, and Possession of Methamphetamine. Ditto posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. She traveled to the undercover location with Annie Junior Bell. Ditto told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $700 for her and Bell. Ditto has 1 prior misdemeanor arrest charge for Prostitution in Manatee County on May 28, 2016.
43-year-old Annie Bell of Tarpon Springs - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Bell has an outstanding VOP warrant from out of state. Bell arrived with Ditto; both were driven by Joseph Minori. Bell and Ditto told agreed to engage in sex with the undercover detective in exchange for $700. Bell told the detectives she has been prostituting for the past 10 months and has made over $100,000. Bell has previously been arrested on 1 misdemeanor charge.
41-year-old Joseph Minori of Lakeland - Charged with Deriving Support/Proceeds from Prostitution. Minori drove Ditto and Bell to the undercover location. Minori has one prior misdemeanor battery charge from 2014. Bell told detectives that "Joe" was a customer and he knew they were prostitutes. Minori told detectives he was to be paid $20 for driving the two women to the undercover location. Minori said he had driven one or more of the two women to hotels and bars three to four times a week in exchange for gas. Minori had a 17-year-old female in the car with him at the time of his arrest. The juvenile was a passenger in the car with the three adults and was not charged with a crime. The Department of Children and Families was contacted and responded to assist.
30-year-old Baketa Williams of Tampa - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Williams posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Williams, along with Brionna Boatman, and Cynthia Baker, all traveled to the undercover location where the three women told undercover detectives they would engage in four hours of sex in exchange for $1200.
21-year-old Brionna Boatman of Tampa - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Boatman arrived at the undercover location with Baketa Williams. Boatman told detectives she receives monthly public assistance.
54-year-old Cynthia Baker-Mendez of Tampa - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Baker-Mendez posted an ad backpage.com offering services and arranged to meet undercover detectives at the undercover location where she Williams, and Boatman would engage in four hours of sex in exchange for $1200.
20-year-old Emma Leifer of Seminole - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Leifer posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. She traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $300. Leifer has been previously arrested on 2 misdemeanor charges.
26-year-old Joseph Wareham of St. Petersburg - Charged with Aid/Abet/Commit Prostitution. Wareham has been previously arrested on 19 felony and 11 misdemeanor charges. Wareham told detectives he works at ADS Electronics. Wareham drove Leifer to the undercover location - the customary arrangement between Wareham and Leifer was that Leifer
would call him when she was finished with the customer. When Wareham didn't receive the call, he knocked on the door of the location armed with a knife.
36-year-old Jabari Brown of Bartow - Charged with Offering to Commit Prostitution. Brown arrived at the undercover location and agreed to pay the undercover detective $100 in exchange for sex. Brown has been previously arrested on 4 felony and 6 misdemeanor charges which include Accessory to Homicide, Battery and Domestic Battery. Brown told detectives he works for Adecco.
21-year-old Tevarius Mincey of Orlando - Charged with Offering to Commit Prostitution. Mincey has been previously arrested on a Trespassing misdemeanor charge. Mincey had posted an ad on backpage.com offering services under the "transsexual" section. Mincey told the undercover detective he would engage in sex in exchange for $300. Mincey told detectives he receives monthly public assistance.
Day 3
34-year-old Christopher Spangler of Davenport - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Spangler responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he told the undercover detective he would pay $60 in exchange for sex. Spangler has been previously arrested on 10 felony and 10 misdemeanor charges. Spangler was sentenced to Florida State Prison in 2014 for Leaving the Scene of a Crash with Injuries. Spangler told detectives he works for Complete Mobile.
23-year-old Lindsay Lovell of Fort Smith Arkansas - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in 3rd Subsequent Offense. Lovell posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. She traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex in exchange for $250. Lovell has been previously arrested on 2 felony and 5 misdemeanor charges. Lovell told the undercover detective she is married.
52-year-old Charles Bozue of Fairborn Ohio - Charged with Offer/commit/Engage in Lewdness. Bozue told detectives he is married and that he is employed as a Financial Manager for the US Air Force in Ohio. Bozue told the detective he found the fictitious ad online and traveled to the undercover location where he offered to pay the undercover detective $100 for sex. Bozue was visiting Florida at the time he was arrested. Bozue is married.
33-year-old Corey Pritchard of Ocala - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, and Carrying a Concealed Weapon. Pritchard had no permit. Pritchard has been previously arrested on 6 felony and 3 misdemeanor charges. Pritchard posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Pritchard offered the undercover detective sex in exchange for $500. Upon her arrest, detectives located a loaded and chambered Smith and Wesson MMP .40 caliber.
32-year-old Derek Quesenberry of Ocala - Charged with Aid/Abet/Commit Prostitution. Quesenberry drove Pritchard to the undercover location. Quesenberry was to receive $20 for driving.
22-year-old Katelyn Sawyer of Longwood - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Sawyer pasted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Sawyer traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $700. Sawyer has been previously arrested on 3 felony and 16 misdemeanor charges. Sawyer told detectives she receives monthly public assistance.
19-year-old Daejah Renee Montanez of Kissimmee - Charged with Offering to Commit Prostitution, Escape, Disorderly Conduct, and Resisting with Violence. Montanez traveled to the undercover location where offered to have sex with the undercover detective in exchange for $260 as a "donation," then an additional $140 for sex. Montanez has been previously arrested on 1 misdemeanor. During her arrest, Montanez ran from detectives but was apprehended and transported to the Polk County Jail.
47-year-old Patricia Herndon of Orlando - Charged with Possession of Cannabis less than 20 grams, Solicit Another for Lewdness 3rd or Subsequent Offense, Possession of Narcotic Paraphernalia, and Possession of Cocaine. Herndon posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Herndon traveled to the undercover location where she offered the undercover detective sex in exchange for $300. Herndon has multiple arrests which included 29 felony and 28 misdemeanor charges. Herndon She brought Cannabis and Cocaine to the undercover house. Herndon told detectives she receives monthly public assistance.
25-year-old Torshai Tisdale of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Tisdale has been previously arrested on 1 felony and 8 misdemeanor charges. Tisdale posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. She and Amber Swanson traveled to the undercover location where both women agreed to engage in sex with undercover detectives in exchange for $450.
24-year-old Amber Swanson of Apopka - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Swanson has been previously arrested on 1 felony charge of Aggravated Battery with Deadly Weapon. Swanson told detectives she is a security officer for Secure America.
23-year-old Amber Dozier of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Dozier posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Dozier traveled to the undercover location where she told the detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $200. Dozier has been previously arrested on 3 felony and 21 misdemeanor charges.
21-year-old Angela Simmons, at large - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Simmons posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Simmons traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex with the undercover detective in exchange for $300. Simmons has been previously arrested on 1 felony and 10 misdemeanor charges.
35-year-old Patrice Williams of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Williams posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Williams traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $325.
24-year-old Jae-il Byun of Havertown PA - Charged with Use of Two-Way Communication Device to Commit a Felony, Use Computer to Seduce/Solicit Lure Child, Travel to Meet After Use Computer to Lure Child, Lewd Battery. Using an online social application, Byun contacted an undercover detective whom he believed to be a 14-year-old girl. During the online conversation, the detective told Byun multiple times she was 14-years-of age. Byun then engaged the undercover detective in sexually explicit conversation offering to pay $60 to have sex with who he thought was a child. Byun traveled to the undercover location where he was arrested. During an interview with detectives, Byun asked if he would be labeled as a child molester like Jerry Sandusky, and that he had attended Penn State. Byun told detectives he was a Security Designer with Professional Systems Engineering in Lansdale, PA.
38-year-old Nelson Ortiz of Kissimmee - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Ortiz responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he agreed to pay the undercover detective $70 in exchange for sex. Ortiz has been previously arrested on 3 felony and 2 misdemeanor charges. Ortiz told detectives he was married and works as an assistant manager for Swanson Moving Storage in Orlando.
20-year-old Sharnea Upchurch of Tampa - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Upchurch posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Upchurch traveled to the undercover location where she told the detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $650. Upchurch has been previously arrested on 1 misdemeanor charge. Upchurch told detectives she works for Sipsational Media Group.
35-year-old Yudal Luzardo of Miami - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Luzardo posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Luzardo traveled to the undercover location where he agreed to engage in sex in exchange for $250. Luzardo has 1 prior felony arrest of grand theft.
29-year-old Miguel Umanzor-Perez of Providence RI - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Umanzor-Perez posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Umanzor-Perez traveled to the undercover location where he told the undercover detective he would engage in sex in exchange for $350.
26-year-old Emmanuel Camacho-Contreras of Tampa - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Camacho-Contreras posted an online ad on backpage.com with David Leon. Camacho-Contreras and Leon traveled to the undercover location where they told undercover detectives they would engage in sex in exchange for $1,000 - $500 each. Camacho-Contreras told detectives he receives monthly public assistance.
31-year-old David Leon of Tampa - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Leon posted an ad on backpage.com offering sex. with Emmanuel Camacho-Contreras offering sex in exchange for money.
Day4
27-year-old female from Kissimmee who was brought to the undercover location by Jason Fraser and Joel Dipre is believed to be a victim of Human Trafficking. She told the detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $400, which she would then have to provide to Fraser and Dipre. Her name is being withheld. The victim told detectives she receives monthly public assistance. This victim has been arrested previously and charged with 2 felony and 4 misdemeanor charges.
29-year-old Jason Agniel Fraser of Casselberry - Charged with Deriving Support/Proceed of Prostitution (F2), Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Sell (F3), Possession of Narcotic
Paraphernalia (M1), and Possession of Cannabis over 20 grams (F3). Detectives learned Fraser and Dipre created the backpage.com ad offering sex with the victim in exchange for money.
21-year-old Joel Dipre no known address - Charged with Deriving Support/Proceed of Prostitution (F2), Possess Structure/Vehicle Knowingly to Sell Drugs (F2), Aggravated Battery on Law Enforcement Officer (F1), Possession of Cannabis with intent to Sale (F3), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (M1), and Possession of Cannabis over 20 Grams (F3). Dipre drove the victim to the undercover location while he and Fraser remained outside the undercover location. Detectives learned Dipre and Fraser have driven the victim to several other locations for the purpose of engaging in sex in exchange for money all of which she has to turn over to them in exchange for her food and care. When detectives attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Dipre's vehicle, Dipre accelerated and made contact with the detective's car while the detective was inside. Dipre continued to accelerate the engine of his vehicle even after having made contact. Dipre and Fraser were taken into custody by additional PCSO detectives. Investigation into Fraser's and Dipre's activities is ongoing.
27-year-old John Thompson of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Thompson responded to a fictitious ad then traveled to the undercover location where he agreed to pay the undercover detective $100 in exchange for sex. Thompson told detectives he receives monthly public assistance. He has been previously arrested on with 1 misdemeanor charge.
22-year-old Shalia Rehburg of Riverview - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, Possession of Cannabis less than 20 grams, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Rehburg posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Rehburg traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $700 for two hours. Rehburg has 4 prior felony and 17 misdemeanor charges.
36-year-old Labaunta Wright of Winter Haven - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Wright posted an ad on backpage.com offering to sex in exchange for money. Wright traveled to the undercover location where he offered to have sex with the undercover detective in exchange for $140. Wright has 6 prior felony charges and 1 misdemeanor charge. He was recently arrested in a similar joint investigation between the PCSO and Lake County Sheriff's Office held in Lake County in May 2016.
26-year-old Teliah Powell of Leesburg - Charge with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, Possession of Cannabis, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Powell posted an ad on backpage.com offering sex in exchange for money. Powell traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange of $240. Powell has 2 prior felony charges.
33-year-old Darren Ewing of Kissimmee - Charged with Possession of Cannabis less than 20 grams, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Ewing responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location advising he wanted to "smoke weed." Once he arrived, he handed the undercover detective a bag of cannabis, a smoking pipe and $50 in cash. When he was asked what the cash was for, he told the detective he "wanted to do her," but changed his mind and said the money was just for her company "while they smoked the weed." Ewing told detectives he receives monthly public assistance. Ewing has been previously arrested and charged with 3 felony and 8 misdemeanor charges.
18-year-old Junell Garza of Lake Wales - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Garza responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he offered to pay the undercover detective $25 dollars in exchange for a sex act. Garza has had one prior misdemeanor charge.
19-year-old Anna-Lyn Marie Spillman of Columbus Ohio - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Spillman posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Spillman traveled to the undercover location where she told the detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $200. Spillman has 3 prior misdemeanor arrests.
46-year-old Heather Linton of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Linton posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Linton traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex in exchange for $200. Linton has 3 prior felony and 11 misdemeanor charges.
20-year-old Iesha Robinson of Columbus Ohio - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, and Battery. Robinson posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. Robinson traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detectives she would engage in sex in exchange with them for $1000. Robinson then grabbed the female detective's breast and the male detectives groin.
42-year-old Xiaoren Hou of Hendon VA - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Hou, along with Lillian Bird, posted an ad on baackpage.com. Both Hou and Bird traveled to the undercover location where they told the undercover detective they would engage in sex with him in exchange for $600, $300 each.
45-year-old Lillian Bird of Chandler AZ - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Lillian, along with Hou, arrived together at the undercover location. Both agreed to engage in sex with the undercover detective for $300 each.
28-year-old Milton Britton, Jr., of Winter Haven - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, Possession of Cannabis less than 20 grams, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Britton responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he agreed to pay the undercover detective $200 for sex. Britton brought cannabis to the undercover location.
23-year-old Beatriz Sanchez-Almenta of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Sanchez-Almenta posted an ad on backpage.com offering escort services. Sanchez-Almenta driven by Anibal Jose Landa-Zerpa, traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex with the undercover detective for $700.
43-year-old Anibal Jose Landa-Zerpa of Miami - Charged with Deriving Support/Proceed from Prostitution (F2). Landa-Zerpa drove Sanchez-Almenta to the undercover location with the intention of being paid $200. Landa-Zerpa told detectives he had been transporting Sanchez-Almenta to various locations and has been paid each time. Landa-Zerpa told detectives he was staying with Sanchez-Almenta in both Orlando and Miami while his wife and children are on vacation in Venezuela. Landa-Zerpa is married.
37-year-old Nadia Merced of Hastings - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Merced posted an ad on backpage.com. Merced traveled to the undercover location and offered to have sex with two undercover detectives posing as husband and wife in exchange for $600. Merced has 1 prior felony and 1 misdemeanor charge.
34-year-old Sean Simmons of Altamont Springs - Charged with Possession of Cannabis less than 20 grams, Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Cocaine (F3). Simmons responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he offered to pay $160 to engage in sex with two female undercover detectives. Simmons brought cannabis and cocaine to the undercover location. Simmons has 1 prior misdemeanor charge.
34-year-old Kendrick Bennett of Auburndale - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Bennett responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he offered to pay the undercover detective $100 for sex. Bennett has 16 prior felony and 2 misdemeanor charges and has been in prison 1 time - the charge was armed robbery.
Day 5
54-year-old Robert Mallory of Davenport - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Mallory responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he offered to pay $75 in exchange for a sex act.
26-year-old James Mealing of Clermont - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, and Battery. Mealing responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he offered to pay the undercover detective $150 for an hour of sex.
31-year-old Isairis Lores-Gamez of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Lores-Gamez posted an ad on backpage.com offering services. She traveled to the undercover location where she offered to provide sex to the undercover detective in exchange for $300.
33-year-old Tirthankar Bhakta of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness and Battery. Bhakta responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he offered to pay the undercover detective $150 for one hour of sex. Bhakta told detectives he is married.
27-year-old Diana Gil of Kissimmee - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Gil posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services. Gill traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex with the undercover detective in exchange for $200.
45-year-old Charles Lewis of Ocoee - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Lewis responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he agreed to pay the undercover detective $75 for one half hour of sex. Lewis has previously been arrested on 1 other prostitution charge. Lewis told detective he is married.
20-year-old Cynthia Santiago of Winter Park - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, Possession of Cannabis less than 20 grams, Possession of Counterfeit DL (F3), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Xanax without a prescription (F3). Santiago posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services. Santiago traveled to the
undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex with the undercover detective in exchange for $300. Santiago brought cannabis and Xanax with her to the undercover location. The identification she had was a fake Pennsylvania Driver's License.
27-year-old Crista Curto of Delray Beach - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Curto posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services. Curto traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex with the undercover detective in exchange for $600.
19-year-old Sandra Gutierez of Miami - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Gutierrez posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services. Gutierez, driven by Jaisel Munoz-Fernandez, traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex with the undercover detective in exchange for $200, plus $20 extra for her driver, Munoz-Fernandez.
23-year-old Jaisel Munoz-Fernandez of Miami - Charged with Deriving Support/Proceeds of Prostitution. Munoz-Fernandez was to be paid $30 for driving Sandra Gutierez to the undercover location.
34-year-old Karim Archour of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Archour responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he agreed to pay two female undercover detectives $60 in exchange for sex. Archour is married.
23-year-old Jaclyn Irene Maldonado of Oviedo - Charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Solicit Another for Lewdness (F3), Possession of Cocaine (F3), Possession of Xanax without a prescription (F3), VOP - Burglary (F1), and had an outstanding Orange County VOP (F3) warrant. Maldonado posted an ad on backpage.com. She traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex in exchange for $200. Maldonado has 2 prior felony and 17 misdemeanor arrest charges. Maldonado brought Cocaine and Xanax to the undercover location. Maldonado told detectives she has set up meetings for sex in the past but when she arrived, she would steal the money without providing sex in exchange.
36-year-old Kane Alexander of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, Possession of Cannabis, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Alexander responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he agreed to pay $90 in exchange for sex. Alexander brought cannabis to the undercover location. Alexander has 2 prior felony and 9 prior misdemeanor arrest charges.
25-year-old Micah Casper of Davenport - Charged with Use of 2-Way Communication Device to Commit Felony (F3), Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Lure Child (F3), Travel to Meet After Use of Computer to Lure Child (F3), and two counts of Transmitting Harmful Material to a Minor (F3). Casper contacted an undercover detective via an online social networking site and began exchanging messages with whom he thought to be a 14-year-old boy. As the conversation transpired, Casper offered to send nude images of himself and asked the "14-year-old boy" to send images to him as well. The conversation was explicit and profane. Casper then traveled to the undercover location with the intention of having sex with who he believed to be a 14-year-old child. Casper has 1 prior felony and 2 prior misdemeanor arrest charges.
50-year-old Robert Leroy Jenkins of Lakeland - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Jenkins responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where
he agreed to pay the undercover detective $160 in exchange for sex. Jenkins has 2 prior felony and 2 prior misdemeanor arrest charges.
24-year-old Morgan Briana Schmiedeknecht of Coral Springs - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Schmiedeknecht posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services. She traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex in exchange for $200. Schmiedeknecht has 2 prior misdemeanor arrest charges. Schmiedeknecht was driven to the undercover location by Marcos Rivera.
22-year-old Marcos Rivera of Coral Springs - Charged with Aid/Abet/Commit Prostitution, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Xanax without a prescription (F3). Rivera drove Schmiedeknecht to the undercover location and waited outside. When detectives make contact with Rivera he was in possession of Xanax and Paraphernalia. Rivera has 12 prior felony arrest charges which include Battery, Resisting, Robbery, Burglary and Resisting.
24-year-old Karvilla Jackson of Lakeland - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Jackson posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services. She traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex with the undercover detective in exchange for $400. Jackson has 2 prior felony arrest charges.
23-year-old Lacy Kavalieratos of Tampa - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Kavalieratos, in conjunction with whom she described as her friends, Dylan Jones and Michael Gaulden, posted an ad on backpage.com. Kavalieratos traveled to the undercover location with both Jones and Gaulden. Kavalieratos went inside the undercover location while Jones and Gaulden remained in the car. Once inside, Kavalieratos agreed to engage in sex with the undercover detective in exchange for $100. Kavalieratos told detectives she would be sharing the proceeds with both Jones and Gaulden.
21-year-old Dylan Jones of Tampa - Charged with Deriving Support/Proceeds from Prostitution (F2). Jones, along with Michael Gaulden, brought Kavalieratos to the undercover location. He and Gaulden solicited Kavalieratos to post the an online offering her services. They agreed to share in the proceeds Kavalieratos would receive from prostitution.
20-year-old Michael Gaulden of Tampa - Charged with Deriving Support/Proceeds from Prostitution (F3). Gaulden, along with Jones, Kavalieratos to post the an online offering her services. They agreed to share in the proceeds Kavalieratos would receive from prostitution. Both Jones and Gaulden drove to the undercover location with Kavalieratos.
36-year-old Bhavin Raval of Tampa - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Raval responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he agreed to pay two female undercover detectives $160, $80 each, for sex. Raval has 2 previous misdemeanor arrest charges.
26-year-old Cameron Bramham of Winter Park - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, Possession of Cannabis, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Brarmham responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he agreed to pay two female undercover detectives $100 for sex. Brarmham brought cannabis and a wooden pipe to the undercover location.
22-year-old Jennifer Santiago of Tampa - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Santiago posted an ad on backpage.com and traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in two hours of sex in exchange for $400. Santiago has 1 previous felony arrest charge.
59-year-old Frederick Joseph Brown of Winter Park - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Brown responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he agreed to pay the female undercover detective $50 for a sex act. Brown told detectives he is a supervisor for Blind at Lighthouse Works.
31-year-old Jordan Allen Raskin of Longwood - Charged with Use of Two-Way Communications Device to Commit Felony (F3), Use of Computer to Seduce/Solicit/Lure a Child (F3), Travel to Meet After Use of Computer to Lure Child (F2), and Lewd Battery (F2). Raskin who told detectives he is married and receives monthly public assistance contacted an undercover detective whom he believed to be a 14-year-old girl, via a mobile app. After the undercover detective advised Raskin the age of the child he believed he was speaking to, Raskin said he was "much older. Raskin asked the "child" if she was home alone. Raskin asked the child sexually explicit questions to include questions about puberty. Raskin also asked for the child to send him sexually explicit images and told the undercover detective "I am kinda into younger girls." Raskin traveled to the undercover location where he was arrested.
Day 6
32-year-old Thanh Nguyen of Kissimmee - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Nguyen told detectives he works as a valet at the Disney Boardwalk Resort. Thanh responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he offered to pay $60 in exchange for sex. Thanh has 1 previous misdemeanor charge.
21-year-old Angela Denise Sander of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, Possession of Cannabis, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Sander posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services. She traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex in exchange for $400.
32-year-old Ryan Brady of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, Possession of Cannabis, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Brady responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he agreed to pay $60 in exchange for sex. Brady had an electronic smoking device that tested positive for cannabis. Brady has 1 prior felony and 2 prior misdemeanor arrest charges.
32-year-old Kimberley Richards of Mascot - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Richards posted an ad on backpage.com. She traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex in exchange for $350. Richards has 12 prior misdemeanor arrest charges. Richards told detectives she is married.
19-year-old Terri Ward of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Ward posted an ad on backpage.com advertising her services. Ward, driven by Zaccheus Lee, traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex in exchange for $550. She told detectives Lee was to receive $50 for driving her to the location.
29-year-old Zaccheus Lee of Orlando - Charged with Possession of Cannabis and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Lee drove Ward to the undercover location where he waited outside. When approached by detectives, an odor of cannabis was detected emitting from the
vehicle. Lee was found to be in possession of cannabis. Lee told detectives he drove Ward to the location in exchange for $75. (He expected to be paid more than what Ward told detectives she would be paying him.)
52-year-old Daniel Ascher of New York - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Ascher responded to multiple fictitious ads over a two-day period; three times on June 4, 2016 and twice on June 5, 2016. Ascher traveled to the undercover location on June 5th, where he went inside the location, became nervous and exited the location almost immediately. Ascher then changed his mind again and returned a second time agreeing to pay the undercover detective $140 in exchange for sex. Ascher told detectives he was in the area for a work conference. Ascher told detectives he works for Atlas Air and is married.
24-year-old Adriana Gil of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness and Solicit Another for Lewdness. Gil posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services. Gil traveled to the undercover location where she told the undercover detective she would engage in sex for $500, $250 per hour. Gil also told the undercover detective he would need to pay her an extra $100 to travel to his location. Gil has 8 prior felony and 20 misdemeanor arrest charges.
33-year-old Shannon Thompson of Viroqu WI - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Thompson posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services. Thompson traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex for two hours in exchange for $400. Thompson has 5 prior misdemeanor charges.
30-year-old Charise Turenne of Las Vegas NV - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Turenne posted an ad on backpage.com offering her services. Turenne traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex for $600. Turenne has 5 prior misdemeanor charges.
52-year-old Daniel Brown of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Brown responded to a fictitious ad and traveled to the undercover location where he agreed to pay $100 in exchange for sex. Brown is married.
53-year-old Michael Roy Davis of Kissimmee - Charged with Use Two-Way Device to Commit Felony (F3), Use Computer to Seduce Solicit Lure Child (F3), Travel to Meet After Use of Computer to Lure Child (F2), Lewd Battery (F3), Transmit Material Harmful to Minor (F3). Davis, who told detectives he works at Universal Studios as a ride mechanic, contacted the undercover detective, whom he believed to be a 14-year-old boy. During the conversation, the suspect asked the "boy" for nude photos and described the sexual activity he was going to engage in with the "boy." The suspect traveled to the undercover location where he was taken into custody. Davis has 10 prior misdemeanor criminal arrest charges.
20-year-old Breanna Webster of Tampa - Charged with Possession of Cannabis under 20 grams, Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness, Maintain Vehicle for Drugs, first offense, Sell of Cannabis (F3), and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Webster posted an ad on backpage.com. After being contacted by an undercover detective she traveled to the undercover location where she sold cannabis to the undercover detectives. She then said she would engage in sex for $500. Webster has 6 previous misdemeanor criminal arrest charges.
34-year-old Melissa Anne Knight of Orange County - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Knight posted an ad on backpage.com. Knight agreed to engage in sex in exchange for $600. Knight has 2 felony and 2 misdemeanor prior criminal arrest charges
Police arrested a 36-year-old man from Texas on a charge of Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness.
22-year-old Anthony Charles of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Charles posted an ad on backpage.com. Charles then traveled to the undercover location where he agreed to have sex with the undercover detective in exchange for $300.
20-year-old Rachel Reyes of Orlando - Charged with No Valid DL. Reyes has 1 prior felony and 1 misdemeanor criminal arrest charge.
53-year-old Orlando Gonzalez of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Gonzalez responded to a fictitious then traveled to the undercover location where he agreed to pay the detective $150 in exchange for sex.
28-year-old Susan Derisma of Orlando - Charged with Offer/Commit/Engage in Lewdness. Derisma posted an ad on backpage.com. She traveled to the undercover location where she agreed to engage in sex with the undercover detective in exchange for $150.Derisma told detectives she receives monthly public assistance. Derisma has 13 prior felony and 26 misdemeanor arrest charges.
