CAMPBELL CO, Va. – On Jan. 2 the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office Crime Suppression Unit arrested six men in connection with Operation “Buyer Beware”. All men were arrested on charges of solicitation of prostitution.
The operation was part of a broader effort to reduce demand for any commercial sexual activity that drives sex trafficking and exploitation of vulnerable community members, the CSU said.
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“The point of Operation Buyer Beware was to send a very clear message to people who are contributing to sex trafficking in Campbell County,” said Sheriff Whit Clark. “Treating people’s bodies as commodities that can be bought or sold is as wrong today as it was at any other time in history. This type of activity fuels sex trafficking in our communities, and it must not be tolerated.”
The six men who were arrested and charged are as follows:
● Joseph A Fitzgerald, 45, of Buena Vista, VA
● Gregory W Cavaliere, 56, of Lynchburg, VA
● Tyler R Seamster, 28, of Saxe, VA
● Richard R Riley, 52, of Madison Heights, VA
● Quinton I Calloway, 27, of Lynchburg, VA
● Mauricio Carmona, 44, of Lynchburg, VA
The Sheriff’s Office said that it will continue to collaborate with community allies and law enforcement partners to make the area inhospitable to human trafficking.