The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office and the New Port Richey and Tarpon Springs police departments recently teamed up to take a bite out of prostitution activity in the area.
During an undercover operation, dubbed Johnnie Be Good, staged in New Port Richey on Friday officers made a total of eight arrests. The operation was conducted in response to numerous complaints from business owners and residents, the sheriff’s office said on its Facebook page.
Johnnie Be Good targeted mainly those who solicit prostitution. A total of seven men and one woman, who happen to solicit two male undercover officers, were arrested. They are:
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- David Ray Anderson, 27, solicitation of prostitution
- Ralph William O’Fallon, 75, solicitation of prostitution
- Robert Alexander Robinson, 25, solicitation of prostitution
- Ralph John Marinelli, 62, solicitation of prostitution
- Harry Stewart Ramsay, 72, solicitation of prostitution
- Richard Thomas Frazier, 64, solicitation of prostitution
- John Harold Chudacek, 68, solicitation of prostitution
- Jade Lydia Bushnell-Fowler, 27, solicitation of prostitution
Photos courtesy of the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office
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