POLICE Department
HPD Vice Continues Enforcement, Arrests in Prostitution Investigations
December 18, 2015 - Charges have been filed against 25 suspects arrested in a month-long prostitution initiative in southeast Houston from November 19 through Tuesday (December 15).
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 three separate initiatives near the 8300 block of the Gulf Freeway (South Interstate 45). Twenty-four males attempted to buy sex in exchange for money and were taken into custody. One female soliciting prostitution in the area was also taken into custody.
The male suspects are charged with prostitution and identified as:
Julian Madise (b/m, 24), Harris County Criminal Court #14
Abram C. Jaime (H/m, 47), Harris County Criminal Court #11
Maurice R. Harvey (b/m, 47), Harris County Criminal Court #9
Thomas Tyrell Jones (b/m, 31), Harris County Criminal Court #5
Omar Barcenas-Ruiz (H/m, 33), Harris County Criminal Court #9
Mitchell Patterson (b/m, 33), Harris County Criminal Court #2
Antonio Y. Garza (H/m, 42), Harris County Criminal Court #15
Demeatrice Quincy Poole (b/m, 57), Harris County Criminal Court #9
Inoencio Delgado-Martinez (H/m, 41), Harris County Criminal Court #14
Jose Luis Tristan Coronado (H/m, 58), Harris County Criminal Court #6
Ezquiel Covarrubias (H/m 25), Harris County Criminal Court #1
Alberto Salazar, Jr. (H/m, 24), Harris County Criminal Court #12
John L. Scott (b/m, 48), Harris County Criminal Court #15
Ronald Lewis Robinson (B/m, 62), Harris County Criminal Court #10
Anthony Sandoval (H/m, 22), Harris County Criminal Court #2
Samuel Vega (H/m, 34), Harris County Criminal Court #15
Rodolfo Silva (H/m, 20), Harris County Criminal Court #4
Geovanni Diaz-Gonzalez (H/m, 24), Harris County Criminal Court #1
Rudy Cruz (H/m, 34), Harris County Criminal Court #12
Jose Cruz Quintanilla (H/m, 40), Harris Count Criminal Court #4
Felipe Hernandez (H/m, 39), Harris County Criminal Court #10
Miguel Garcia (H/m, 19), Harris County Criminal Court #9
James Cozad (w/m, 60), Harris County Criminal Court #14
Theodore Owens (b/m, 49), Harris County Criminal Court #2
One female suspect, Rhonda Caraway (w/f, 47), is charged with prostitution in Harris County Criminal Court #3.
Photos of all suspects can be viewed on the HPD flickr page at https://www.flickr.com/photos/houstonpolice/albums/72157662308275032
HPD's goal is to lower the demand for sex trafficking, which often involves under-age girls and women being abused and coerced into prostitution. By targeting patrons, the hope is to reduce demand for these illegal activities and the exploited women forced into them.
For additional information, please contact the HPD Public Affairs Division at 713-308-3200.
