The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group (SIG), a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) funded task force, arrested 12 men in a recent human trafficking suppression operation.
SIG conducted an operation specifically targeting customers of prostitutes, known as “Johns.” Many individuals selling sex are not doing so willingly, a large number are being forced into involuntary servitude.
This was a web-based operation and utilized classified advertising websites, regularly used as a medium for prostitution. When the “Johns” arrived and offered money to the undercover detectives for sexual acts, they were arrested and transported to the Lake County Jail.
Over the past ten years, this nationwide effort led to the arrests of more than 15,000 total “Johns” and sex traffickers.
Sheriff John D. Idleburg said, “It is a well-known fact that many are forced into this type of ‘sex work’ through physical force, fraud, and coercion. Many of them are victims of human trafficking. There is no doubt that if we reduce the demand for this type of activity, we reduce the need for the supply, making positive strides toward reducing human trafficking.”
The following people were arrested during this operation and charged with ‘Solicitation of a Sexual Act (Class A Misdemeanor):’
Defendants presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law …
Israel G. Cisneros-Sanchez, 31, of the 1300 block of Abbington Lane, Round Lake
Douglas M. Dockery, 36, of the 4100 block of Harvard Street, Arlington Heights
Ryan A. Juga, 42, of the 7100 block of 36th Avenue, Kenosha, WI
Michael P. Marciano, 43, of the 33200 block of Valley View Drive, Round Lake
Aliaksandr Kors, 33, of the 23600 block of Raleigh Drive, Lincolnshire
Nicholas A. Huemann, 22, of the 100 block of West Northeast Shore Drive, McHenry
Steven D. Carr, 71, of the 1200 block of North Western Avenue, Lake Forest
Victor Andrala, 43, of the 1500 block of Eva Avenue, Park City
Theodore E. Pfaff, 39, of the 4500 block of Hemlock Street, Crystal Lake
Nicholas B. Steele, 44, of the 18100 block of Loretta Drive, Marengo
Christian Felix, 19, of the 1000 block of Grand Avenue, Waukegan
Traian Big, 49, of the 3700 block of Harlem Avenue, Chicago
All defendants were cited, processed, and issued a court date of December 21, 2023 at 8:45 a.m. in Courtroom C-207. All defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
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