Law enforcement in Chicago’s northern suburbs recently arrested more than two dozen people as the result of a two-day human trafficking sting operation.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Group targeted suspects who attempted to purchase sex through online classified advertisements, which is a tactic traffickers regularly use to market victims of human trafficking, sheriff’s officials said. As part of the investigation, undercover detectives posed as people offering sex for money and arrested the suspects after they arrived at a Gurnee-area hotel.
Two of the men resisted arrest during the sting operation, officials said.
The following individuals were taken into custody:
• Abelardo A. Velasquez, 30, Beach Park• Robert L. Rowels, 39, Ingleside• James A. Kavinsky, 30, Niles• Jamir D. Holmes, 20, Zion• Mathew Reynolds, 23, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin• Jesus S. Munoz, 35, Woodstock• Hakeem A. Moore, 22, Great Lakes, Wisconsin• Jesus Navarrete-Vega, 30, Gurnee• Jesus M. Valdez, 28, Zion• Tyree R.L. Alexander, 32, Gurnee• Alexis M. Lopez, 31, Park City• Adrion E. Reynolds, 21, Park City• Eryk P. Plawinski, 26, Algonquin• Daevieon Garland, 21, Waukegan• Joshua L. Powell, 34, Libertyville• Daniel Corona, 29, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin• Deybys Matute Moncada, 31, Zion• Charles A. Lintner, 35, Johnsburg• Argyll Piansay, 61, Gurnee• Andre L. Harevey, 41, North Chicago• Ryan P. Gibbs, 26, Libertyville• Ubaldo L. Sanchez, 28, Waukegan• Jonathan R. Litson, 45, Gurnee• Essodong Tchakpala, 25, Round Lake Beach• Adam S.W. Porwit, 26, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin• Carl R. Weber, 35, Muskego, Wisconsin• John Garcia, 53, Kenosha, Wisconsin
The sheriff’s department, in a statement, said traffickers often force victims into prostitution through physical violence, manipulation, fraud or coercion.
“These operations are about protecting victims and holding sex buyers accountable,” Lake County Sheriff John D. Idleburg said in the news release. “Suppressing the demand is a critical piece of dismantling the human trafficking pipeline. If there is no buyer, there is no market.”
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