Crime & Safety
Sykesville Man Charged in Prostitution Sting
More than a dozen men, including one from Sykesville, were charged with soliciting prostitution in undercover operation.
Police said a Sykesville man was among 13 people charged in a prostitution sting in Howard County recently.
The department posted an ad on a website known for facilitating prostitution, and undercover officers took calls from people interested in meeting them for ”dates,” police said.
After the men arrived at a hotel in the 8100 block of Washington Boulevard in Jessup and it was established that they intended to exchange money for sex, they were charged.
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The following were charged in the operation, Howard County police say:
- Wendell Eric Lockhart, 55, Sykesville
- Henry D. Sagastume, 32, Owings Mills
- Vinit Erun Patil, 26, Columbia
- Oscar Romero, 33, Laurel
- Justo Portocarrero Gonzales, 50, Laurel
- Marvin Burton Cornish III, 26, Laurel
- Jose Cisneros Saiguero, 21, Laurel
- Gangida C. Gwanyama, 22, Laurel
- Mark Bryan Rix, 53, McLean, Va.
- Gautam Gupal Dravid, 43, Elkridge
- Juan A Hernandez, 43, Gaithersburg
- Jam-Pav James Wu, 44, Baltimore
- Robert L. Osborne, 36, Lanham
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