Hall County authorities arrested 13 people following an undercover prostitution investigation Thursday.
The short term investigation netted nine pandering arrests and three prostitution arrests. One person also faces a marijuana charge, another faces a charge of party to the crime of prostitution, according to Hall County Multi-Agency Narcotics Squad Lt. Scott Ware.
"They were all arrested without incident and booked in to the Hall County Jail," said Ware. "Some remain in custody and some have since made bond. A couple arrested do have an immigration hold so they shouldn't be able to get out anytime soon."
The following people were arrested in the investigation:
- Sheryl Lorraine Surdyk, 33, of Winder, prostitution
- Jacob Lee Cohen, 28, of Flowery Branch, pandering
- Darrell Wynn, 46, of Buford, pandering
- Dustin Keith Hunter, 32, of Dallas, North Carolina, pandering
- Abel Nunez Gonzalez, 45, of Gainesville, pandering
- Francisco Antoinio Rafael, 30, of Gainesville, pandering, immigration hold
- Augusto Bcilio, 22, of Gainesville, pandering, obstruction (M), immigration hold
- Juan Manuel Castillo, 22, of Gainesville, pandering, use of a communications device to facilitate drug transaction, possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute
- Rebia Emantary Alize Brown, 19, of Gainesville, party to the crime of prostitution
- Eddie Chow, 66, of Duluth, pandering
- Emminisha Anderson, 22, of Ocala, Fla. prostitution
- Stephen Alexander Smith, 48, of Dacula, pandering
Hall County MANS assisted by Felony Probation Officers, HCSO Patrol, HCSO Jail, HCSO Criminal Investigations, and HSI Agents.
Editor's note: One of the names has been removed from the above list. The district attorney's office declined to prosecute that individual on the Thursday, May 5, 2016, charge. Authorities granted the individual's request to restrict the arrest record pertaining to that date.
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