CARLISLE, Pa. — A sting operation targeting those who patronize sex workers conducted in Cumberland County recently resulted in the arrest of nine suspects, State Police said Friday.
The operation was conducted by the State Police Carlisle Criminal Investigation Unit, along with members of the Cumberland County District Attorney's Office CID Unit.
As part of the effort, female officers posing as sex workers placed ads on various internet sites offering to perform sex acts in exchange for money, according to police.
Nine men are accused of agreeing to pay for sex acts, police said. They are all being charged with one count of prostitution (a third-degree misdemeanor) and related offenses.
Those arrested are:
- Jared Dennis Stoner, 23, of Chambersburg
- Kenneth Eugene Yoder, 67, of Carlisle
- Robert Danrell Lewis, 56, of Carlisle
- Thomas Michael Colantuono, 65, of Carlisle
- Admir Emkic, 36, of Mechanicsburg
- Edward Allen White, 57, of Waynesboro
- Doychin Dimhrov Manchorov, 44, of Dauphin
- Edwin Quinones, 68, of Myerstown
- Chad Michael Smith, 42, of Shippensburg
