West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force Arrests 37 In Separate Prostitution Stings

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force on Tuesday announced 23 arrests related to a human trafficking investigation that began in February.

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Investigators also arrested 13 suspects following an undercover detail conducted last week.

Captain Phil Simpson, commander of the task force, said the detail and arrests are not related to the longer human trafficking investigation that began in February.

“Our task force operates on the principle that buyers of commercial sex allow the trafficker to run a profitable operation,” Simpson. “Simply put, without the demand, there would be no need for the supply. Our ultimate goal is to stop people from being exploited and victimized by traffickers.”

Simpson went on to say that the human trafficking investigation began Feb. 7 when investigators with the Alabama Bureau of Investigation made contact with a woman at a Tuscaloosa hotel.

It was believed that the woman was possibly a victim of human trafficking and the West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force was contacted.

Investigators responded to the hotel and gathered enough information to charge Cedric Marquis Spencer, 31, of Tuscaloosa with first-degree human trafficking that day.

What's more, volunteers with Trafficking Hope assisted the victim in obtaining medical care and other immediate needs.

Simpson said part of the follow-up investigation resulted in task force members arresting the following suspects for solicitation of prostitution in recent weeks:

• Lawrence Green, 56, of Tuscaloosa.
• Preston Rush Reynolds, 23, of Tuscaloosa.
• Tevin Holmes, 24, of Tuscaloosa.
• Cameron Grant, 24, of Tuscaloosa.
• Brandon Scott Tucker, 32, of Tuscaloosa.
• Darius Darnelle Williams, 29, of Tuscaloosa.
• Anthony Neal Chavers Jr., 35, of Tuscaloosa.
• Nickarius Beale, 29.
• Aaron Brooks, 24.
• Demonte Person, 25, of Memphis.
• Samuel Boykin, 32, of Tuscaloosa.
• Mohmmed Hammoudeh, 36, of Tuscaloosa.
• Cedric Jones, 48, of Tuscaloosa.
• Joshua Samuel, 28, of Tuscaloosa.
• Quintavius Goodson, 26, of Tuscaloosa.
• Antonio Demarcus Brown, 37, of Tuscaloosa.
• Frank Hutton, 39, of Northport.
• Raeshad Hoskins, 25, of Tuscaloosa.
• Johnathan Gordon, 31 of Tuscaloosa.
• Reginald Eatmon, 38, of Tuscaloosa.
• Roshard White, 42, of Tuscaloosa.
• Chester Jones, 40.
• Chico Hayward, 44.

Simpson said the detail conducted this last week involved officers posing as women offering commercial sex on different mobile apps.

This investigation involved members of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Hoover Police Department, Tuscaloosa Cyber Intelligence Division, University of Alabama’s Institute for Data Analysis and Trafficking Hope.

The weekend detail resulted in the following arrests.

• Kyle Gardner, 27, of Birmingham, was charged with soliciting prostitution, first-degree possession of marijuana and resisting arrest.
• Kadarius Hill, 35, of Northport, was charged with sexual misconduct and resisting arrest.
• Damian Hall, 28, of Northport, was charged with soliciting prostitution.
• Kinzell Bridges, 27, of Thomaston, was charged with soliciting prostitution.
• Kaushik Patel, 68, of Tuscaloosa, was charged with soliciting prostitution.
• Martin Litton Jr., 44, of Centreville, was charged with soliciting prostitution.
• Kyle Spears, 42, of Pine Hill, was charged with soliciting prostitution.
• Juan Eliseo Francisco, 37, of Buhl, was charged with soliciting prostitution.
• Markeith Rollins, 35, of Tuscaloosa, was charged with soliciting prostitution and second-degree possession of marijuana.
• Shannon Shinholster, 51, of Berry, was charged with soliciting prostitution.
• David Allen Henderson Jr., 55, of Slidell, Louisana, was charged with soliciting prostitution.
• Xavier Harris, 31, of Fosters, was charged with soliciting prostitution.
• Ranier Colvin, 26, of Decatur, was charged with promoting prostitution and attempting to elude.

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