Authorities in Ohio have arrested 10 men in a human trafficking sting in North Olmsted. That arrest came the same day a man in Lorain County was sentenced to life in prison.
Elyria Police Department arrested seven individuals during a drug bust on May 6, with bodycam footage showing suspects trying to hide in clothes dryers and under blankets.The men, who range in age from 30 to 55, were arrested Thursday on sex charges in North Olmsted by the members of the Northeast Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force.
The arrests were part of a one-day operation held in conjunction with the North Olmsted Police Department, Westshore Enforcement Bureau and the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force to identify those providing and purchasing commercial sex."The North Olmsted Police Department will not tolerate this type of activity in our city," Chief of Police Bob Wagner said in a Friday statement.
Nine additional men were arrested and charged with engaging in prostitution, a first-degree misdemeanor. Those men include Cleveland's Ahmed Aljabri and William Minor, Sha Chuwan from Erie, Pennsylvania, Dan Keenan, Jr. from Westlake, Jeffrey Ohl from La Grange, Erwin Palma-Torres from Garrettsville, Raymond Schillinger from Akron, Carl Whepley Jr. from Perry and Jacob Safran from Royal Oak, Michigan.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost speaks at the Conservative Political Action Coalition annual meeting at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Maryland, United States on March 4, 2023.Seven potential human trafficking victims were identified during the operation and were given resources from multiple agencies, including the Canopy Child Advocacy Center, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center and the Harriett Tubman Movement.
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