Underage Sex Sting: Men From Joliet, Lockport, Bolingbrook Arrested

JOLIET, IL — The Illinois State Police announced on Friday that an anti-human trafficking operation in the Will County area resulted in six arrests.

The six people who were hauled away in handcuffs to the Will County Jail are:

Enrique Aldaz Garcia, age 31, of Chicago, on charges of Indecent Solicitation of a Minor, and Traveling to Meet a Minor.

Mario Lucas, 56, of Joliet, on charges of Indecent Solicitation of a Minor and Traveling to Meet a Minor. Will County Jail logs had him as living in Coal City in the 900 block of Broadway Road.

Carlos Mejia, 27, of Chicago, on charges of Indecent Solicitation of a Minor and Traveling to Meet a Minor

Raymond Peterson, 56, of Lockport, on charges of Indecent Solicitation of a Minor and Traveling to Meet a Minor.

Ismael Zamora-Ruiz, 55, of the 200 block of Malibu Drive in Bolingbrook, on charges of Indecent Solicitation of a Minor and Traveling to Meet a Minor.

Saad Yousef Alkawaja, 63, of Lombard, on charges of Indecent Solicitation of a Minor and Traveling to Meet a Minor.

On Wednesday and Thursday, the Illinois State Police said that it focused on identifying people seeking to engage in commercial sex acts with minors.

“ISP is increasing its efforts to protect those who are vulnerable to human trafficking, forced labor, and sexual servitude,” said ISP Director Brendan F. Kelly in Friday's press release. “ISP conducted a similar operation in Springfield in which eight people in the Springfield area were arrested. Anyone who thinks about feeding the demand for human trafficking should know that ISP could be waiting behind a door for them with handcuffs.”