23 arrested in North Texas prostitution sting, police say

The Dallas Police Department’s Special Investigation Division ran an operation targeting online sex trafficking in the city of Dallas and Collin County.

DALLAS — Twenty-three people have been arrested in relation to an online sex trafficking scheme, Dallas police told WFAA on Thursday. 

The Dallas Police Department (DPD) said its Special Investigation Division ran an operation targeting online sex trafficking in the city of Dallas and Collin County. The operation led to the arrest of these 23 individuals for Solicitation of Prostitution:

Taylor Burnette, 28Forest Barber, 70Mervin Vargas, 37Christian Garcia, 52Calvin Middlebrooks 28Omar Kashu, 27Dinh Pham, 44Tuan Nguyen, 50Jeffrey Clifton, 47Samuel Torrez, 60Lavinski Jones, 56John Ebeniro, 41Tyler Ramirez,  30Benjamin Crane, 48Joshua Music, 47Celso Gutierrez, 45Antonio Roa, 58Dibyendu Mukherjee, 59Ram Yarlagadda, 46Michael Hale, 49Jubin John, 37Robert Fort, 52Rehan Sherali, 29

Dallas police said it also seized three firearms and more than $6,000 in cash. The Solicitation of Prostitution charge is a State Jail Felony, police said. 

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