Operation Broken Hearts – 34 Arrested
Arrested:
STEPHEN ALAVI : THOMAS CASEY : KARLTON CLEMONS : JEFFERSON COFFMAN : MIKHAEL ELKHOURY : ROBERT FAVELA : THOMAS FISHER : CHRIS FLAMARD : THOMAS GREENLAW : JONATHAN HOLT : TYVAN HUNTER : AGUSTIN JOHNSON : WILLIAM KELLIN : MARCOS LEYVA : JOHN MEADOWS : OTILIO MENESES : JESSICA MIHALOVITS : HUGO MUNOZ : ERIC NILES : WILMONT PARKER : MARK PERRY : BRANDON PRICE : RAYMOND RENDON : ERIK RODRIGUEZ : GREGORY RYAN : HILARIO SAMUDIO : MATTHEW SCHAFFER : MARK SMITH : TRISTAN USLEMAN : JUSTIN WALOWITZ : BRIAN WEIGLER : NICHOLAS WILLIAMS : SHAWN WILLIAMS : FRED YAZZIE
34 suspected ‘sexual predators’ tied to ‘child sex crimes and human trafficking’ arrested in Phoenix
The Phoenix Police Department, in partnership with other Arizona authorities, announced 37 arrests in connection to human trafficking and sex crimes.
Undercover police placed adverts on websites commonly sought out by suspects seeking illegal sex acts with children as part of an investigation named Operation Broken Hearts.
The sting targeted “sexual predators engaged in child sex crimes and human trafficking,” Phoenix police wrote in a Facebook post.
Suspects “solicited and/or brokered deals for various sex acts and were subsequently arrested,” police said.
Police told media that the operation lasted a week and took place in early February. Because police were posing undercover, there were no live victims in the case.
Those arrested ranged from 21 to 66.
Also participating in the operation were the Mesa, Tempe and Chandler police departments, Homeland Security Investigations and the Attorney General’s Office.
Authorities are asking anyone with information about Human Trafficking to contact the Human Trafficking Hotline at (888) 373-7888, or visit humantraffickinghotline.org.
The anti-trafficking advocacy group Polaris, which operates the hotline, says that more than 63,000 human trafficking cases have been reported over the past 14 years, and the hotline has received more than 48,000 “contacts” — emails, phone calls, texts and other forms of communication — over the past year.
Arrest details:
Eric Niles 38, Chandler, State Human Trafficking out of Missouri (arrested in Missouri).
Fred Yazzie 29, Phoenix, Child Sex Trafficking – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Hugo Munoz 48, Mesa, Child Sex Trafficking – Money Laundering – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Tristan Usleman 29, AG’s Office, Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation.
Raymond Rendon 21, Phoenix, Child Sex Trafficking.
Jonathan Holt 21, Mesa, Child Sex Trafficking – Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor – Money Laundering.
Justin Walowitz 39, Phoenix, Child Sex Trafficking – Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Mark Perry 35, Tempe, Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Otilio Rendon-Meneses 62, Phoenix, Child Sex Trafficking – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Gregory Ryan 37, Tempe, Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
William Kellin 58, Phoenix, Child Sex Trafficking – Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Brandon Price 34, Mesa, Aggravated Luring of a Minor – Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Child Sex Trafficking – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Marcos Benitez-Leyva 34, Phoenix, Child Sex Trafficking – Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Agustin Johnson 59, Phoenix, Child Sex Trafficking – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Karlton Clemons 59, Phoenix, Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Chris Flamard 55, Mesa, Aggravated Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Erik Rodriguez 37, Mesa, Child Sex Trafficking – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor – Money Laundering.
Robert Favela 37, Phoenix, Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Tyvan Hunter 33, Mesa, Child Sex Trafficking – Money Laundering – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Wilmont Parker 37, Mesa, Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Mark Smith 42, Tempe, Aggravated Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
John Meadows 60, Phoenix, Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Thomas Greenlaw 23, Chandler, Child Sex Trafficking – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Mikhael Elkhoury 66, Phoenix, Child Sex Trafficking – Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Thomas Fisher 43, Tempe, Child Sex Trafficking – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Jefferson Coffman 55, Tempe, Aggravated Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sexual Conduct with a Minor.
Brian Weigler 58, Tempe, Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor – Luring a minor for Sexual Exploitation.
Hilario Samudio 29, Phoenix, Child Sex Trafficking – Aggravated Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Shawn Williams 36, Phoenix, Child Sex Trafficking – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor – Luring a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Possession of Dangerous Drugs.
Thomas Casey 57, Mesa and Tempe, Aggravated Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor (2 counts).
Stephen Alavi 26, Mesa, Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Jessica Mihalovits 39, Mesa, Aggravated Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
Matthew Shaffer 23, Mesa, Aggravated Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor – Furnishing Harmful Material to a Minor.
Nicholas Williams 32, Phoenix, Aggravated Luring of a Minor for Sexual Exploitation – Attempted Sex Conduct with a Minor.
