Several Arrested In Undercover Cartersville Prostitution Sting

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CARTERSVILLE, GA -- Nearly a dozen men have been arrested and charged in connection to an undercover operation conducted late last week.

The Cartersville Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division led the operation on Friday, March 11, an initiative that led to the arrest of 11 suspects.

The operation, the agency said, was conducted at a local motel, and was "done to curtail sex trafficking, theft and drug related incidents surrounding this type of crime."

Those arrested and charged are:

• Rodney Daniels, 39, of Eatonon: pandering, probation violation (Baldwin County);
• Randy Lee Steely, 45, of Sugar Valley: sexual battery;
• Julio Cesar Pinal, 43, of Morrow: pandering, solicitation of sodomy;
• Quinton Antonio Wood, 25, of Rome: pandering;
• Donald James Zirkelbach, 33, of Euharlee: pandering;
• Kendall Shane Greeson, 44, of Dalton: masturbation for hire;
• Billy Lee Keadle, 21, of Calhoun: solicitation of sodomy;
• Darrin Lynn Munday, 32, of Fairmount: pandering, solicitation of sodomy;
• William Kenneth Teems 22, of Ball Ground: pandering; and
• Fernando Heredia, 30, of Cartersville: pandering, solicitation of sodomy.

Cartersville police spokesperson Lt. Mike Bettikofer said more arrests could take place in the future.

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