Patronizing Prostitution Arrests
The following individuals were arrested and charged for either patronizing or soliciting for prostitution. This is not a comprehensive list of all individuals arrested by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department for patronizing or soliciting for prostitution. The names, identities, and citations appear here as they were provided to police officers in the field at the time of arrests.
All photos and information will be removed after sixty
(60) days from the arrest date.
These individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court
of law.
Specialized Investigations Division detectives Thursday May 8 arrested four persons on prostitution offenses as the result of investigations involving the Craigslist Internet site. Three men were issued state misdemeanor citations charging them with patronizing prostitution after they showed up at a Donelson motel room in regard to a Craigslist ad placed by undercover officers. A fourth person, who placed a transgender ad on Craigslist, was issued a misdemeanor citation charging prostitution after he came to the motel room in response to a call from an undercover officer. Those charged are identified as:
Mark Block
of Nashville
Robert Hamlett
of Hendersonville
Lonnie Seratt
of Nashville
Tracie Wilson
of Columbus, Ohio
These two persons were charged in connection with an Internet-related prostitution sting conducted by the Specialized Investigations Division on May 23:
David Grant Spring
of Nashville
Mary Schott
of Nashville
South Precinct Crime Suppression Unit detectives and Flex officers charged 22 men with patronizing prostitution on June 1 during a sting operation conducted in the 900 block of Murfreesboro Pike. The defendants are accused of offering undercover policewomen cash in exchange for sex. Undercover stings such as this are designed to discourage prostitution activity and are conducted periodically throughout the year. Those charged June 1 are identified as:
Salim I. Ayoub
of Nashville
William Coats
of Antioch
Luis Delgado
of Nashville
Laland M. Dixon
of Nashville
Alex Escobar
of Nashville
Franklin Frage
of Nashville
Luis S. Garcia
of Nashville
Charles Gentry Jr.
of Arrington,TN
Jose M. Gonzales
of Nashville
Marco Gonzales
of Nashville
Darren J. Griffin
of Nashville
Cesar O. Hernandez
of Nashville
Villeda A. Hernandez
of Nashville
George R. Hodge
of Nashville
Trenton Hudson
of Nashville
Christopher Jensen
of Nashville
Jurentino Maldonado
of Nashville
Jairo A. Ochoa-Martinez
of Antioch
Oscar Osmin-Garcia
of Antioch
Transito Portillo
of Nashville
Juan Ramos
of Nashville
Lemarco D.Walker
of Nashville