Another Waco hobby-related arrest.

[Guest062716]

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/F...241849121.html

WACO (January 24, 2014) Four men were arrested overnight in the Waco area in connection with the investigation of a human trafficking and prostitution ring.

McLennan County Organized Crime Unit deputies assisted agents from the Texas Attorney General's Office in making the arrests, all on warrants issued to the attorney general, McLennan County Chief Deputy Matt Cawthon said Friday.

Waco police also assisted in the arrests, Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said.

Details of the trafficking and prostitution allegations that led to the arrests were not available Friday.

Roberto Trejo Briseno, 37, posted an $11,000 bond and was released from the McLennan County Jail Friday after he was charged with trafficking of persons under 18 years-of-age and prostitution.

Edgar Guerrero, 26, remained in custody in lieu of $2,000 bond charged with prostitution and possession of marijuana and was ordered held without bond on a federal immigration detainer, county online jail records showed.

Aaron Wayne Keeling, 26, posted a $10,000 bond and was released after being charged with trafficking persons under 18-years-of-age.

Luciano Gonzalez Rodriguez, 47, remained in custody in lieu of $10,000 bond charged with trafficking persons under 18 years-of-age.

[Ranchhand]

I must say Me and someone else was instrumental in getting a underage girl out of this situation one time. I have no sympathy for someone like this. I hope they hang em.

[GabrielaSweetheart]

Wow thats crazy. Glad i didnt cross paths with the investigation, OR the investigated!

[Melyssa]

Good thing I stayed home that night!! All money ain't good money is how I live!!

[Guest062716]

The rest of the story is now out..... no actual minors involved.... undercover female cops was posing as one though.

This was another BP Waco police sting operation.........

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http://www.kxxv.com/story/24560942/s...otel-sex-sting

Seven arrested in local hotel sex sting

Posted: Jan 27, 2014 11:45 PM CST
By Bruce Gietzen - email




Roberto Briseno



Aaron Wayne Keeling



Luciano Rodriguez



Zachary Mendoza


MCLENNAN COUNTY - Waco police and the State Attorney General's office arrested seven men in a crackdown on domestic minor sex trafficking. The joint effort set up a sting at two local hotels using undercover female police officers posing as 16 year old girls.

Officers posted an online escort advertisement pretending to be a young female, and when men called a meeting place was set up and once cash was exchanged the men were arrested.

According to arrest affidavits, Aaron Wayne Keeling, 26, of Waco; Luciano Rodriguez, 47, of Waco; Roberto Briseno, 37, of Gatesville; and Zachary Mendoza, 20, of Waco all were arrested Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, after calling the number in the fake online ad and then arranging to meet the girl at the Hampton Inn Hotel at 4259 N. I-35 in Lacy Lakeview.

All four men told police they were unemployed, and they paid $25, $60 or $80 cash with the intentions of having sex with the teen.

In each case, police say the men were told the girl was only 16 years old, and in some instances the younger girl was picked over an 18 year old who was also there.

The next day the sting moved to another nearby hotel, the Fairfield Inn, and three more men were arrested using the same guise.

Gary Marc Greenberg, 46, of Cypress; Jason Agnew Howell, 31, of Lorena; and Reynaldo Fuertes, 63, of Dallas came to the hotel thinking they were going to have sex and chose the 16 year old.

All seven are charged with Trafficking of Persons Under 18, a second degree felony in Texas, which carries a punishment of 2-20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine if they're convicted.

As of Monday night, none of the seven was listed on the inmate list at the McLennan County Jail.

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For what it is worth, first time offenders under Texas penal code for prostitution (applies to client/provider equally) is a class B misdemeanor. Class B misdemeanor in Texas cannot be greater than 180 days and/or $2,000.

By the undercover cop pretending to be younger, they charged the men with Second Degree Felony, which carries 2-20 years confinement and/or up to $10,000 in fines.

[Guest062716]

Ladies and Gents, for what it is worth..... the undercover sting is still ongoing, targeting both the johns as well as the ladies.

The press in Waco is NOT covering the arrests that the police don't deem sensational at the moment and Waco PD does not put their daily sitrep online as do other communities.

Hobby safe.

Gents, stick with ladies that are known to us.

Ladies, avoid the hotels we discussed, and always trust your gut. Better to pass up the donation of a date than to spend hundreds or even thousands to bail out and get representation.....

Respectfully,

OldSarge