{"id":1133694,"date":"2022-06-09T08:52:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T13:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1133694"},"modified":"2022-06-10T10:33:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T15:33:37","slug":"numerous-east-texas-men-arrested-in-prostitution-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1133694","title":{"rendered":"Numerous East Texas men arrested in prostitution bust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1133695\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/06\/DPS-car-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>LONGVIEW \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Seven men were arrested earlier this week in a solicitation of prostitution bust in Gregg County. According to our news partner KETK, a DPS report stated the arrests were made on Tuesday and Wednesday. The bust was in coordination with multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Smith County Texas Anti-Gang Unit, Longview PD, the Gregg County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office and the Gregg County DA. DPS has made multiple busts in East Texas in recent months. <!--more-->The seven men arrested were: 61-year-old William McClung, Tatum, 53-year-old Michael Cloud, Mineola, 49-year-old Michael Ovide, Longview, 31-year-old Rafael Perez, Longview, 26-year-old Stephon Anthony, Longview, 25-year-old Johnathan Rodriguez, Mount Pleasant and 23-year-old Marco Villanueva, Longview. Under Texas law, solicitation of prostitution is a state jail felony, which means it carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison and a maximum fine of $10,000.<\/p>\n<p>In May, eight men were arrested in the Smith County area for online solicitation while a similar bust was made in Longview back in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Seven men were arrested earlier this week in a solicitation of prostitution bust in Gregg County. According to our news partner KETK, a DPS report stated the arrests were made on Tuesday and Wednesday. The bust was in coordination with multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Smith County Texas Anti-Gang Unit, Longview PD, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1133694\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Numerous East Texas men arrested in prostitution bust<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1133698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/06\/DPS-car-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Numerous East Texas men arrested in prostitution bust","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1133694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 01:21:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/06\/DPS-car-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Numerous East Texas men arrested in prostitution bust","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1133694"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1133745,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133694\/revisions\/1133745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1133698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1133694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1133694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1133694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}