Prostitution sting nets 25 johns

AUSTIN (KXAN) - An undercover prostitution sting in the 600 block of East Powell led to the arrest of 25 men early this morning.

Ricardo Esquizel-Macial, 30, Eleuterio Gonzalez-Vargas, 23, Charles Hatchett, 24, Bakari Jefferson , 33, Hai Le, 40, Jaime Lopez-Suarez, 24, Roberto Gonzalez-Maldonado, 23, Santos Mejia, 33, Javier Ortega-Hernandez, 29, Juan Regalado, 19, Vincente Perez-Romero, 31, James Russell, 33, Alan Saavedra, 18, Miguel Saavedra, 22, Nwigbo Silas, 40, William Sisco, 33, Luis Suarez, 40, Francisco Lozano-Zamora, 44, Keith Thornton, 27, Jesus Cruz, 22, Brian Day, 43, Isidro Degollado-Robles, 23, Martin Macias, 22, Juan Deleon, 56, and Vincente Delgado, 45, were arrested and charged with prostitution, a class B misdemeanor.

The men approached an undercover female police officer and allegedly made deals to have various forms of sex for money, court affidavits show.

Court affidavits stated the men were willing to pay between $10 and $50 for a range of sex acts.