We can have someone that has 12 prostitutes that's running all over the country, we'll take those guys too,” said McLennan County Sheriff's Office Detective Joseph Scaramucci.Īccording to Scaramucci, Emmanuel Bailey faces federal charges for trying to prostitute women across state lines. If we have someone here in Waco with one prostitute, we've arrested them. If we are going to target prostitution, I think we need to do it in the biggest scale we can. The McLennan County Sheriff's Office is prepared to continue doing operations of this magnitude in the future. It's a very sad situation, especially when you have young girls that get involved in this prostitution,” said McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara. These pimps become very brutal with the girls they are working. “We're simply not going to tolerate this kind of behavior in the county. According to the McLennan County Sheriff's Office, 25 women working in 13 states, including Texas no longer have to answer to their pimps. Law enforcement arrested four pimps in the particular undercover operation. Some of the prostitutes and pimps crossed state lines to meet with those detectives. 44 of them face sex-related crimes and one of them who had a warrant for unpaid child support was arrested after he drove a prostitute to a hotel.ĭetectives posed as underage prostitutes, adult prostitutes and clients after tracking online postings for prostitutes nationwide. This operation went beyond Central Texas, but officials said the majority of those arrested are local.Ħ4 charges are being brought against those arrested. This is the third sting the McLennan County Sheriff's Office has conducted since November and it is the largest one yet. The McLennan County Sheriff's Office says an undercover investigation has led to 45 arrests of people related to some form of prostitution and human trafficking.

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