HPD prostitution sting nets 10 arrests

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Houston police arrested 9 men and one woman in a sting targeting prostitution in northeast Houston.

The sting took place on Tuesday. HPD conducted the operation in the 3600 block of Tidford. Police arrested the nine men for allegedly trying to buy sex. One woman they say was soliciting prostitution in the same area was also arrested.

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Alvia Lewis Chilchrist

Photo/Hanson, Chris (KTRK-TV)

Those arrested are:

Sergio Ivan Pena, 28

Jaime Cesar Vitales, 36

Nofil Amin, 32

Ezequiel Compean, 50

Lee Douglass Hagan

Ganao Aguire, 26

Jose Bernabe Hernandez, 49

Alvia Lewis Gilchrist, 36

Donnell Keys, 59

Lila Caren Edwards, 34