104 NY Men Charged with patronizing a prostitute
Police in New York's Nassau County have arrested 104 men in a month-long prostitution sting they're calling "Operation Flush the Johns."
The Nassau County Police Department caught the men by putting ads for escort services on Backpage.com. Undercover officers met the johns in hotel rooms wired with cameras and arrested the men after they offered money for sex, according to the Nassau County District Attoey's Office.
The suspected johns range in age from 17 to 79. They include lawyers, doctors, dentists, professors and college students, among others, according to Newsday.
Each of the men has pleaded not guilty to patronizing a prostitute, a third-degree offense, according to the district attoey's office.
"Sex workers are often vulnerable victims of traffickers and pimps, yet they too often remain the prime targets in prostitution investigations while the johns who fuel the exploitation are treated as mere witnesses," Nassau County District Attoey Kathleen Rice said in a press release. "My office and the police department are tuing the tables on the illogical and immoral nature of that equation."
While announcing the arrests, the district attoey displayed a board featuring photos of all the men. Brian Griffen, an attoey representing several of the accused, told local TV station News 12 Long Island that was going too far.
"When you start to punish people or humiliate people before they've had their day in court, it violates that system of justice," Griffen said.
Rice, however, told the station displaying the mugshots was legal and would hopefully deter others from seeking prostitutes' services.
NAMED AND SHAMED: THE IDENTITIES OF THE 104 MEN BUSTED IN 'OPERATION FLUSH THE JOHNS'
Nassau County District Attoey said that by publicly naming and picturing each of the men arrested, she hopes to made potential johns understand the the risk of being caught and publicly shamed is growing rapidly. Here are the 104 suspects, each charged with misdemeanor patronizing a prostitute:
Michael J. Milia, 34, of Garden City, New York * Ruben M. Gomez, 45, of Wesbury, New York * Robert Kittelberger, 46, of Wantagh, New York * Judd Lesser, 50, of Lawrence, New York * Jaspreet Singh, 20, of Bellerose, New York * Louis Dimaria, 38, of Manhasset, New York * Christian Filizzola, 23, of Mineola, New York * Mario Lucio, 47, of Mineola, New York * Aold J. Sean, 19, of Uniondale, New York * Jeremy J. Moore, 38, of Freeport, New York * Leon Reginald Tarver III, 35, of Uniondale, New York * Mark R. Hader, 53, of Glen Head, New York * John J. Leon, 53, of New Hyde Park, New York * Gary H. Friedenberg, 72, of Melville, New York * David M. Knott Jr., 28, of Mill Neck, New York * Harjot Singh, 28, of Hicksville, New York * Ronald H. Haeseker, 51, of North Merrick, New York * Herbert J. McCooey, 31, of Garden City South, New York * Jonathon S. Vega, 29, of Long Beach, New York * David Bennett, 28, of Merrick, New York * Hildago Canales, 23, of Westbury, New York * William Smith, 36, of Wantagh, New York * Scott W. Manning, 44, of Oceanside, New York * Adrian Lamar Irving, 36, of Uplend, Pennsylvania * Craig Leiber, 39, of West Hepstead, New York * Michael J. Felici, 42, of Wantagh, New York * Val A. Catrini, 42, of Rockville Centre, New York * Avi Polischuk, 35, of Massapequa, New York * Scott Frankel, 47, of Oceanside, New York * David Newman, 27, of Flushing, Queens, New York * Jason Dacova, 26, of Westbury, New York * Zaul A. Buruca, 22, of Hicksville, New York * Hassen T. Butt, 36, of East Meadow, New York * Khemraj Gangaparsad, 27, of Lynbrook, New York * Craig T. Pio, 47, of Oceanside, New York * Tamir Dardashtian, 39, of Great Neck, New York * Vadim Crunchinin, 39, of Queens Village, New York * Michael E. Charles, 29, of Westbury, New York * John Cammisuli, 44, of Flushing, Queens, New York * Walter A. Delaney, 54, of Garden City, New York * Jared B. Scholl, of Stanfordville, New York * Rajiv Ravi, 31, of Queens Village, New York * Pedro M Caetano, 28, of Mineola, New York * Richard Cioffi, 55, of Hicksville, New York * Eric R. Caglayan, 31, of Baldwin, New York * Abraham Emanuel, 31, of Uniondale, New York * Shravan Kothary, 43, of Merrick, New York * Justin Cocchi, 39, of Massapequa, New York * John Graff, 44, of Tabeacle, New Jersey * Kelvin Flores, 51, of Baldwin, New York * Frank Caliendo, 46, of Carle Place, New York * Karthikeyan Visvanathan, 39, of East Meadow, New York * Ryan Diaz, 17, of Jericho, New York * William Cruz, 40, of Uniondale, New York * Ricky Somekh, 59, of Great Neck, New York * David Hershkowitz, 57, of Merrick, New York * Xavier Smith-Hubbard, 25, of Wyndanch, New York * Jarro Ruando, 32, of Hempstead, New York * Tim Murphy, 44, of Merrick, New York * Paul Bruckner, 21, of Alpharetta, Georgia * Jonathon Peterkin, 39, of Medford, New York * Guiseppe Colletti, 52, of Douglaston, New York * Izhak Surizon, 55, Brookeville, New York * Marvin Baptiste, 31, of Brooklyn, New York * Russell Johnson, 52, Freeport, New York * Geoffroy Roget, 28, of Hollis, New York * Kehhow Min, 42, of Garden City, New York * Ivan Dochter, 79, of North Hills, New York * Steven Lara, 35, of Levittown, New York * Vincent Viceconte 40, of South Hempstead, New York * Peter Mondella, 22, of Levittown, New York, Paul Lee, 23, of Plainview, New York * Shahid Khan, 30, of East Meadow, New York * Oscar Remedios, 48, of Wellesley, Massachusetts * Robert D. Finarick, 54, of Seaford, New York * Nicholas J. Sisti, 50, of Mineaola, New York * Brad Renegoben, 51, of Wantagh, New York * Jonathan Wade, 53, of Hempstead, New York, * Salvatore J. Rizza, 54, of Cedarhurst, New York * Walter D. Haluchia, 45, of Westbury, New York * Peter F. Malet, 62, of Garden City, New York * Kenneth Finkelstein, 49, of Island Park, New York * Michael A. Adler, 54, of West Hempstead, New York * Gerardo Orozco, 43, of Mineola, New York * Rosario Gambino, 53, of Bethpage, New York * Douglas R. Sherman, 48, of Roslyn, New York * Andre White, 46, of Rosedale, New York * Richard Obedian, 45, of Muttontown, New York * Jian Hua Xu, 32, of Flushing, Queens, New York * Lloyd Veon, 38, of Copiague, New York * Mark Depperman, 45, of Levittown, New York * Edward Henry, 63, of Franklin Square, New York * William Cantwell, 54, of Levittown, New York, Sheikh Iqbal, 33, of Floral Park, New York * Aick Singh, 46, of Glen Head, New York * Jeremy Leroux, 38, of New Hyde Park, New York * Franck Fonrose, 26, of Westbury, New York * Richard Capace, 52, of East Meadow, New York * Anijah Ajah, 22, of Manhasset Hills, New York * Reginald Piere-Paul, 40, of Rosedale, New York * William Caputo, 57, of West Islip, New York * Thomas Fricker, 46, of Port Jefferson, New York * Alexander Ishmael, 22, of Franklin Square, New York * Eddie Digsby, 52, of Uniondale, New York
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