Columbus man among 32 arrested in Johnson County child solicitation stings

Herman R. Sanchez-Hernandez. Photo courtesy of Johnson County Sheriff’s Department.

A Columbus man was among 32 people arrested by Johnson County authorities as part of a child solicitation sting operation last week.

According to the Johnson County Sheriff Duane Burgess, his deputies along with Franklin and Edinburgh police made the arrests from Tuesday to Thursday last week. He said the detail operated out of northern Johnson County, working in conjunction with Johnson County Prosecutor Lance Hammer.

Among those arrested was 32-year-old Herman R. Sanchez-Hernandez of Columbus, who was taken in by Edinburgh police Wednesday on preliminary charges of child solicitation and prostitution.

Arrested on Tuesday were:

  • Michael Alan Tooker Jr., 32, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony
  • William Raymond Wills, 59, of Marion: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony
  • Drew A. Wilde, 34, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Dissemination of Harmful Matter to Juvenile x2, Level 6 Felony
  • Adam Shaffer, 40, of Crawfordsville: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Possession of Marijuana, Misdemeanor
  • Terry E. Rickman, 34, of Homecroft: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Dissemination of Harmful Matter, Level 6 Felony/Possession of Controlled Substance, Misdemeanor/Possession of Marijuana, Misdemeanor
  • Steven Ralph Lewis, 62, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Dissemination of Harmful Matter to Juvenile, Level 6 Felony
  • Christopher S. Busch, 55, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony
    David Frazee, 32, of Fishers: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony
  • Frantziou Delcine, 33, of Indianapolis: Prostitution, Misdemeanor
  • Benjamin Robert McCartney, 26, of Brownsburg: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Possession of Methamphetamine, Level 6 Felony/Possession of Marijuana, Misdemeanor/Possession of Paraphernalia, Misdemeanor
  • Sean Atkinson, 33, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony

Arrested on Wednesday were:

  • Matthew J. Mueller, 45, of Cicero: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony
    Richard J. Cummings Sr., 65, of Beech Grove: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony
  • Rolando A. Cuahuizo, 33, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony
  • Fred Krispen Haas, 41, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Dissemination of Harmful Matter to Juvenile, Level 6 Felony/Possession of a Controlled Substance, Level 6 Felony/Possession of a Controlled Substance, Misdemeanor/Possession of Marijuana, Misdemeanor
  • Matthew D. McMahon, 37, of Fairland: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony
  • Mekhi Dupre Lewis, 23, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Making an Unlawful Proposition, Misdemeanor
  • Oluwaseyanu Akinola Afolabi, 24, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 5 Felony/Prostitution, Misdemeanor/Possession of Marijuana, Misdemeanor
  • Tyrone J. Davidson, 48, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Possession of Marijuana, Misdemeanor
  • Michael Shawn Milligan, 58, of Dayton: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Dissemination of Harmful Matter to Juvenile, Level 6 Felony
  • Nicolas Isiah Washington, 23, of Avon: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony
  • Werner Najarro Casasola, 36, of Hermitage, Tennesee: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Prostitution, Misdemeanor
  • Bryan Parker, 43, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Making an Unlawful Proposition, Misdemeanor

Arrested on Thursday were:

  • Alexander Juarez-Aguilar, 21, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Possession of Marijuana, Misdemeanor
  • Nicolai Bright, 34, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Prostitution, Misdemeanor/Possession of Marijuana, Misdemeanor
  • Eustace Lorenz Ellis, 26, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Possession of Marijuana, Misdemeanor/ Possession of Paraphernalia, Misdemeanor/Synthetic Urine, Misdemeanor
  • Skanioyevensky M. Bien-Aime, 21, of Brownsburg: Child Solicitaion, Level 4 Felony
  • Adan Pablo Mateo, 32, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Making an Unlawful Proposition, Misdemeanor
  • Sean Andrew Montgomery, 25, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Prostitution, Misdemeanor
  • Martin Alvarez-Rodriguez, 35, of Indianapolis: Prostitution, Misdemeanor
  • Joshua Davis Denney, 39, of Indianapolis: Child Solicitation, Level 4 Felony/Possession of Marijuana, Misdemeanor