SMITH COUNTY, Texas — Seventeen males have been arrested in Smith County this week on prostitution fees throughout an undercover multi-law enforcement company sting operation.
Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Adam Albritton showed the sting operation arrests have been made with a number of police companies helping Wednesday and Thursday nights.
The following companies labored in combination within the operation main as much as the arrests: DPS – Criminal Investigations Division, Smith County Sheriff’s Office, Rains County Sheriff’s Office, Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, Tyler Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Attorney General’s Office.
Credit: Smith County Jail Records
The following males have been charged with solicitation of prostitution and booked into the Smith County Jail:
- Anthony Fleetwood, 40, of Tyler
- Jimmy Moore, 62, of Jacksonville
- Matthew Cecotti, 29, of Mineola
- Miguel Ortega, 29, of Tyler
- Richard Walls, 34, of Whitehouse
- Ramiro Borja, 50, of Tyler
- Timothy Cunningham, 64, of Kilgore
- Michael Erwin, 48, of (*18*)
- George Vazachira, 38, of Frisco
- Gabriel Esparza, 32, of Tyler
- Miguel Ortega, 29, of Tyler
- Steve Gatlin, 58, of Bullard
- Pedro Hernandez, 23, of Tyler
- Yorel Bush, 27, of Tyler
- Nikesu Kayastha, 50, of Tyler
- Marcus Pierce, 51, of Tyler
- Marcus Wade, 56, of Flint
- Dewayne Thompson, 53, of Mineola
All of the boys have since been launched after posting bail, data display.
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