Sacramento County Sheriff's Office: Human Trafficking Operation

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office conducted a large-scale operation combating human trafficking and childhood prostitution. In conjunction with allied federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, HSI, ATF, CDCR Parole, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, and Sacramento County Probation, the 7-day operation spanning over three weeks across Sacramento County aimed to rescue victims of human trafficking and targeted sex buyers and human traffickers.
The operation yielded 102 arrests, 31 of which were male sex buyers and three felony sex traffickers. Most notably, three juveniles, ages 13, 15, and 16, were rescued as a result of these operations. For more information about this issue, please visit our social media channels on Facebook and Instagram, and watch our related videos on TH-cam.
Sex-buyers arrested:
Cody Lee Miles, 33, Elk Grove
Saul Hernandez-Montie, 26, Sacramento
Jorge Lomeli Navarro, 39, Davis
Eddie Brown III, 28, Sacramento
David Chavarin, 40, Sacramento
Joseph Toke, 37, Rocklin
Anthony Mario Joya, 40, Sacramento
Mohammed Salma, 37, Vacaville
Francisco Vasquez, 41, Davis
Jose Rodriguez, 51, Sacramento
Navy Truong, 39, Sacramento
Diego Allen Gonzalez Zamora, 25, Sacramento
Miguel Esparza Martinez, 41, Placerville
Zedd Zelin Chen, 21, Sacramento
Ethan Mark Blankensop, 32, Rio Linda
Luis Cisneros Jr., 46, Sacramento
Miguel Garcia Vargas, 37, El Dorado Hills
Sean Stevens, 35, Sacramento
Andrey Ostapenko, 35, Rancho Cordova
Bode Paul Weithington, 47, Carmichael
Charles Randall Padgett, 60, Ione
Rodney Bakuniance, 45, Roseville
Isaac Andrew Tapuro, 36, Rocklin
Charles Dunham, 42, Greenwood
Baljit Kumar, 53, Sacramento
Sergey Dyakov, 21, Sacramento
Joshua B Garcia, 25, Pittsburg
Rued K Qutob, 23, Sacramento
Mario Jose Barrios, 25, Sacramento
Rafael Bracamontes, 38, North Highlands
Elmer Antonio Cortez, 27, Rancho Cordova
Traffickers arrested:
Kristopher Kane Kilpatrick, 35, Sacramento
Isaiah Cottle, 28, Citrus Heights
Mario Lavon Fertini, 30, Sacramento