Fourteen men, including a North Texas fire chief, were arrested Thursday on solicitation charges related to prostitution, the Denton County Sheriff’s Office said.
The arrests occurred during the operation in Lewisville for allegedly attempting to purchase sexual favors for money, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
Those arrested were each charged with solicitation of prostitution, a state crime.
The thirteen men arrested, in addition to Highland Village Fire Chief Jason Collier, were:
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Michael Allman of Lewisville
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Bryson Brown from Salisbury, North Carolina
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Robert Busch of Denton
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Kashyapsinh Chauhan of Arlington
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Ricky Davis of Carrollton
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Donald Ford of Frisco
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James Hiatt of Lewisville
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James Jackson of Lewisville
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Jakari Jackson of Lewisville
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Victor Matute of Denton
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Demetrio Santiago Gutierrez of Whitesboro
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Javier Trinidad of Lewisville
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Abin Varghese of Carrollton
Fire Chief Collier was also charged with resisting arrest, according to the news release.
Collier has been placed on paid administrative leave pending a city-by-city investigation into Highland Village’s personnel practices, the city told Star-Telegram media partner WFAA-TV.
The Tarrant County and Grayson County sheriff’s offices, Lewisville Police Department, Arlington Police Department and Argyle Police Department assisted Denton County in the operation.
