CHICAGO (WLS) --
More
than 100 people were arrested in Cook County, Lake County and northwest
suburban Arlington Heights in recent weeks as part of a national sex
trafficking sting operation.The National Johns Suppression Initiative ran from Jan. 18 through Feb. 5 and led to the arrests of 29 sex traffickers and of 723 people who tried to purchase sex, the Cook County sheriff's office said. It included nearly 30 law enforcement agencies across 15 states.
In Cook County, 101 alleged sex buyers were arrested by deputies and officers with the Lansing and Matteson police departments. In Lake County, two people were arrested. In Arlington Heights, five people were arrested.
Arlington Heights police said five "Johns" were arrested as part of a sting they ran at a motel near Arlington Heights Road and Algonquin Road. Saharat R. Blaine, 38, of Streamwood; Wilmer Rodriguez, 43, of Mount Prospect; Alan Karamovic, 43, of Skokie; Juan Barbosa-Gomez, 24, of Lake Bluff; and Yassir Guezzar, 39, of Hinsdale; were each charged with solicitation of a sexual act.
The sheriff's office said the initiative was launched by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart in 2011. More people were arrested and more law enforcement officers participated in this year's operation than ever before. Since the operation began, more than 6,500 alleged sex buyers and traffickers have been arrested across the country.
In Houston, where Super Bowl 51 was held, 178 people were arrested by the Harris County Sheriff's police and Houston police as part of the multi-state sex sting. Harris County netted the most arrests of any participating agency.
Beko Williams (Harris County Sheriff)
Among those arrested in Harris County were a high school principal, a college professor and a fireman, the sheriff's office said. An alleged sex seller who traveled to Houston to make money during the Super Bowl and was shot in the head by an alleged sex buyer. Three alleged sex buyers were arrested in Houston for trying to solicit a minor for commercial sex over the internet. Another alleged sex buyer had his 4-year-old son with him when he was arrested, the sheriff's office said.
Randal "Randy" Hendricks, 71, the Houston sports agent who got Roger Clemens the highest single-season Major League Baseball contract, was charged with misdemeanor prostitution and is out of jail on bond. According to court records, the entertainment lawyer and agent answered a Craigslist ad and then went to the Greenspoint Hilton, prepared to pay $80 for sex. Instead, he found an undercover female deputy.
"I'm exceedingly proud to lead the nation in targeting sex buyers and traffickers during this annual initiative," said Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez in a statement. "Houston was home to Super Bowl LI. As we welcomed the world to our City, we made it clear that there is no place for victimization and sexual exploitation."
On Wednesday, the Harris County Sheriff's Office released mug shots for all 178 people arrested. Most were expressionless, but some smiled.
Hendricks, who co-founded Hendricks Sports Management, was also a member of the Houston/Harris County Sports Facility Public Advisory Committee. He did not respond to requests for comment and neither did his attorney.
"Many times these folks are successful public figures in the community, and so it can be embarrassing for them," Gonzalez said.
On Tuesday, the Harris County Pct. 4 Constable's Office and the Houston Police Department announced separate arrests during a 10-day prostitution sting.
Harris County Pct. 4 Constable's Office arrested 32 people in their undercover operation.
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10 comments:
These arrests are ridiculous. When will the major players be arrested? When will Pizzagate players be arrested? Fulford said on Monday within a week. If this does not happen (and with Fulford it rarely does) we will know that he is truly a Zionist shill.
Well, 108 is better than nothing but its not enough & it doesn't say the victims were kids. We need to save the children! They need to raid DC & NY pedophiles!
Oh its in progress, but don't ever follow that fraud whatever his name is. Fulfraud just copies news off credible sources.
As I Have Researched All this Nothing Has Been Done ! All Someone's Dream Or Just Great Fiction ! Either Way it's Just BS
Fulford is not the only one saying arrests will happen. The source was an FBI leak. I am praying it will happen soon for the sake of the children. I can forgive financial crimes but those who do what they do to children need quick trial & the death penalty.
What? 'BS' because they haven't yet shown up on YOUR doorstep to arrest you? hahahahahaha
If someone were to really leak information about a real investigation, they would be hunted down and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. When will everyone learn that when ever someone says "inside information", "secret informant", or just says "I was told by an anonymous source", to run from the info like the wind. Without true documentation or evidence, it is pure bs.
Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Sheriff Jim McDonnel
Wrong.
It's a military strategy that works quite often. They and the arrests are all in progress now.
What the hell do these arrests have to do with the real players?
Where are all the arrests of those pedophiles who trafffick children and the ones behind the scenes???
People better be rioting every day until the big players are arrested...Get those arrests moving!!! 80% of this government is full of traitors. Where are they!?!!!?
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