Houston Police announced Friday that charges have been filed against 26 suspects arrested in a two month-long prostitution initiative on the southeast side.
The arrests took place from March to May.
"In an effort to decrease prostitution demand, investigators in the Houston Police Department Vice Division, along with officers from the HPD Southeast Patrol Differential Response Team (DRT), conducted several initiatives near the 2400 block of Gould near Stratton and in the 3200 block of Telephone Road in response to citizen complaints regarding a high level of prostitution in the area," HPD stated.
Police allege that these 26 men attempted to buy sex in exchange for money and were taken into custody.
The male suspects are charged with prostitution and identified as:
• Victorino Toledo (H/m, 47) - Harris County Criminal Court #12
• Jesus M. Ramirez (H/m, 32) - Harris County Criminal Court #14
• Modesto Cardenas, Jr. (H/m, 40) - Harris County Criminal Court #9
• Miguel A. Aguilar (H/m, 30) - Harris County Criminal Court #7
• Husein Bajrektarevic (w/m, 53) - Harris County Criminal Court #9
• Geronimo Marquez Razo (H/m, 20) - Harris County Criminal Court #3
• Quinton S. Payne (b/m, 41) - Harris County Criminal Court #8
• Lorenzo Chub (w/m, 25) - Harris County Criminal Court #16
• Israel R. Flores (H/m, 33) - Harris County Criminal Court #7
• Andrew Shaw (b/m, 34) - Harris County Criminal Court #6
• George Flores (H/m, 69) - Harris County Criminal Court #15
• Luis F. Segovia-Martinez (H/m, 33) - Harris County Criminal Court #16
• Moises Gaona (H/m, 65) - Harris County Criminal Court #5
• Raul R. Medina (H/m, 52) - Harris County Criminal Court #6
• Alex Ordonez (H/m, 37) - Harris County Criminal Court #12
• Miguel A. Zuniga (H/m, 25) - Harris County Criminal Court #8
• Cuauhtemoc Garcia-Ponce (H/m, 39) - Harris County Criminal Court #5
• James Hauboldt (w/m, 52) - Harris County Criminal Court #4
• Roberto Pachino (H/m, 31) - Harris County Criminal Court #4
• Rickey Marshall (b/m, 45) - Harris County Criminal Court #2
• Alan Vargas (H/m, 24) - Harris County Criminal Court #16
• Alton Hall (b/m, 57) - Harris County Criminal Court #4
• Santos Flores (H/m, 28) - Harris County Criminal Court #5
• Crecencio Peres (H/m, 42) - Harris County Criminal Court #8
• Antonio Garcia (H/m, 43) - Harris County Criminal Court #3
• Jose Ramirez (H/m, 24) - Harris County Criminal Court #5
