{"id":14036,"date":"2021-06-19T08:55:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T12:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/?p=14036"},"modified":"2021-06-19T08:56:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T12:56:21","slug":"florida-undercover-op-rescues-human-trafficking-victim-and-nets-13-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/florida-undercover-op-rescues-human-trafficking-victim-and-nets-13-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Undercover Op rescues human trafficking victim and nets 13 arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, the Flagler County Sheriff\u2019s Office (FCSO) headquartered in Bunnell and Palm Coast, Florida, announced that on June 16 and 17, their Special Investigations Unit teamed up with Homeland Security Investigations to proactively combat Human Trafficking in the area. \u00a0Also assisting in this operation were members of the FCSO Problem Area Crime Enforcement team and Community Policing Division.<br><br>Their operation focused on individuals soliciting prostitution services online on websites specifically utilized for prostitution advertisements, suspected prostitutes\u2019 transporters and handlers, as well as subjects who are attempting to procure sexual services from these individuals.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The op successfully led to the discovery and interception of a victim of Human Trafficking.  The Special Investigations Unit has turned the individual over to the care of Homeland Security Inverstigations, who has initiated the process of providing the victim with a variety of services and assistance to be able t o keep them away from their human trafficker. That investigation is ongoing.<br><br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the two-day operation netted 13 arrests which included a variety of prostitution, narcotics, and firearms-related offenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Inline-Image-Flagler-Co-Sheriffs-Office-Arrestees-2021-06.jpg\" alt=\"Ace News Today - Florida Undercover Op rescues human trafficking victim and nets 13 arrests\" class=\"wp-image-14038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Inline-Image-Flagler-Co-Sheriffs-Office-Arrestees-2021-06.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Inline-Image-Flagler-Co-Sheriffs-Office-Arrestees-2021-06-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Inline-Image-Flagler-Co-Sheriffs-Office-Arrestees-2021-06-435x265.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>(Image credit: FCSO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those arrested are:<br><br>\u2022 Matthew Faircloth (DOB: 9\/3\/81) \u2013 Solicit Prostitution<br>\u2022 Roger Warren Dean (DOB: 4\/19\/59) \u2013 Solicit Prostitution<br>\u2022 Andrew Bruce King (DOB: 11\/25\/70) \u2013 Solicit Prostitution<br>\u2022 Omar Mostafa Elsheimy (DOB: 12\/10\/94) \u2013 Solicit Prostitution<br>\u2022 William Norman Lewis (DOB: 11\/3\/83) \u2013 Solicit Prostitution<br>\u2022 Thomas J. Morrell (DOB: 7\/28\/49) \u2013 Solicit Prostitution<br>\u2022 Cleveland Williams (DOB: 7\/16\/91) \u2013 Solicit Prostitution, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Sell, Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Sell, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia<br>\u2022 Sanchez Demario Clark (DOB: 1\/26\/91) \u2013 No Florida DL<br>\u2022 Matthew Carl Santoro (DOB: 7\/1\/87) \u2013 Solicit Prostitution<br>\u2022 Kayleigh Ann Ferguson (DOB: 1\/11\/98) \u2013 Offer to Commit Prostitution, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia<br>\u2022 Rachell Alexis Ponder (DOB: 1\/9\/98) \u2013 Offer to Commit Prostitution 2nd Offense, No Florida DL<br>\u2022 Nicole Dimeo (DOB: 5\/4\/85) \u2013 Offer to Commit Prostitution, Possession of Fentanyl, Possession of Alprazolam, Possession Drug Paraphernalia<br>\u2022 Dewayne Leonard Holmes (DOB: 7\/17\/83) \u2013 FTA Reference Resisting LEO (Volusia County Warrant)<br><br>\u201cI want to thank our Special Investigations Unit, Homeland Security Investigations, and our PACE team for their incredible work during this operation,\u201d Sheriff Rick Staly said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cWhenever we conduct operations like this we rarely only charge offenders with soliciting prostitution. We recovered drugs, firearms, and this time the operation led to the rescue of a victim of human trafficking. These are not victimless crimes and we will continue to work to end human trafficking, prostitution and drugs in Flagler County. I also hope the females that were arrested get the help they need to get off drugs and turn their life around.\u201d<br><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sheriff\u2019s Office has recommended that anyone wanting information on how the public \u00a0can take a stand against human trafficking in Florida, to visit\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/floridaallianceendht.com\/?fbclid=IwAR3tZMQ4i3sXlOS9CYrDY7DtM96Uogc40fYuZeVo5BGhgwOy5CyLVBVW-fo\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/floridaallianceendht.com\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Source: FCSO)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Posted by Richard Webster, Ace News Today&nbsp; &nbsp;\/&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;Follow Richard on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richard.webster.31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Facebook<\/em><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rdwebster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Twitter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFlorida ranks 3rd in the U.S. in human trafficking cases reported\u201d ~ National Human Trafficking Hotline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,757,140,7742,3079,52,11,4481,3652],"tags":[4825,23,667,8322,2022,1020,8323,4273,8321],"class_list":["post-14036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-courts","category-drugs","category-human-trafficking","category-mugshots","category-police","category-public-health-and-safety","category-top-news","category-violent-crimes","category-weapons","tag-flagler-county","tag-florida","tag-homeland-security","tag-human-trafficking-in-florida","tag-national-human-trafficking-hotline","tag-prostitution","tag-prostitution-websites","tag-resisting-arrest","tag-solicit-prostitution","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14036"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14042,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14036\/revisions\/14042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acenewstoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}