Seventeen people arrested in prostitution sting in Goleta
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives arrested 17 people in a two-day undercover prostitution sting in Goleta.
Investigators with the Special Investigations Bureau and the Criminal Investigations Bureau carried out the operation in the city of Goleta last Thursday and Friday night.
Fake online ads were placed by detectives on several websites known for online prostitution-related advertisements. Once the ads were placed, an undercover detective would negotiate a sexual act for a certain amount of money. Once the suspect arrived at the hotel where the undercover detective was waiting the suspect was arrested.
The suspects range in age from 19 to 78.
The following 17 suspects are being charged with solicitation of prostitution:
45-year-old Jeffrey Goddard of Carpinteria 30-year-old Cassidy King of Carpinteria 24-year-old Jorge Sifuentes-Dominguez of Goleta 50-year-old A.Thomas Hunt Jr. of Goleta 41-year-old Matthew Geanta of Santa Barbara 48-year-old Juan Pimentel-Campos of Goleta 39-year-old Jorge Lorca Jr. of Santa Barbara 55-year-old Dr. Richard Davis of Santa Barbara 29-year-old Jose Nava-Carbajal of Santa Barbara 31-year-old Owen Wright of Los Olivos 34-year-old Soupitak Pal of Goleta 19-year-old Joshua Silverstein of Santa Barbara 29-year-old Dimitar Dimtrov of Santa Barbara 23-year-old Rodolfo Cortes-Avelino of Goleta 23-year-old Alain Pereira of Santa Barbara 27-year-old David Joseph Gomez of Santa Barbara 78-year-old Frank Palmer of Goleta
The Sheriff’s Office did not supply a mugshot for 78-year old Frank Palmer.
The Sheriff’s Office says it will continue to conduct stings such as this one to curb human trafficking throughout Santa Barbara
