13 busted during prostitution sting in Statesboro
STATESBORO, Ga. (WTGS) — The Statesboro Police Department's ( SPD) Impact team arrested 13 people in an undercover prostitution operation.
The SPD says over the last two days the Impact Team, along with detectives and patrol officers, conducted an undercover operation designed to identify and arrest prostitutes and their potential clients at various motels in Statesboro.
Pandering is the solicitation of sexual services for money by a potential client or “John” and prostitution is the sale of sexual services for money.
The SPD says investigations by detectives over the past several years have indicated that prostitution in the area was a contributing factor in several robberies and at least one homicide. Reverse operations of the kind conducted over the past two days hopefully serve to deter prostitutes and their clients from participating in activities that can lead to more serious crimes.
During SPD’s two day operation, all prostitutes contacted were screened for signs of being trafficked, with no trafficked persons being identified, according to the SPD.
The following individuals were arrested during the operation:
- O’Darien Baldwin, 18, of Statesboro; one count of prostitution
- Latoya Baskin-Blackmon, 32, of Statesboro; one count of prostitution
- Rodger Bonnette, 44, of Portal; one count pandering, one count possession of marijuana less than one ounce and one count driving while license suspended
- Daniel Logan Brantley, 31, of Swainsboro; one count pandering
- Fredrick Brown, 47, of Metter; one count pandering
- Kenneth Goodwin, 25, of Statesboro; one count Pandering
- Kristie Hunt, 45, of Statesboro; one count prostitution
- Quesonne Hurley, 37, of Statesboro; one count pandering and one count possession of marijuana less than one ounce
- Amy Jennings, 39, of Statesboro; one count prostitution, one count sexual battery, one count possession/use of a drug-related object and one count obstruction
- Dennis Kea, 26, of Statesboro; one count prostitution
- Divyangkumar Patel, 24, of Statesboro; one count pandering
- Shequille Rozier, 25, of Dublin; one count pandering
- Nathan Young, 34, of Glennville; one count pandering
Police are asking anyone with information on suspicious activity which may indicate prostitution, should contact the Impact Team at 912-764-9911 or submit an anonymous tip online. Information on possible human trafficking should immediately be reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, texting the Human Trafficking Hotline at 233733 or by calling toll free at 1-888-373-7888.
