28 Men Arrested in Portland During Undercover Sex Trafficking Mission

Monday, August 15, 2016
GoLocalPDX News Team

Portland Police arrested 28 men while conducting an undercover sex trafficking mission to address online sex trafficking. 

The Mission 

Investigators posted online ads on known sex trafficking websites. 28 men contacted undercover police officers to arrange payment for sexual acts. Investigators were assisted by Portland area hotels as part of this effort. 

The 28 men who responded to the ad and came to the hotels were arrested with the misdemeanor crime of Patronizing a Prostitute. Due to the volume of men arrested, all were given criminal citations to appear in court at a later time. 

The following is a list of men arrested. 

* 42-year-old Travis William Saban of Vancouver, Washington 

* 42-year-old Raul Santiago-Leon of Woodburn, Oregon 

* 53-year-old Bernie R. Nickels of Vancouver, Washington 

* 47-year-old Issac Bravo Zapata of Portland, Oregon 

* 48-year-old David Vences-Salgado of Salem, Oregon 

* 50-year-old Christopher Huston of Vancouver, Washington 

* 40-year-old Paul James Taylor of Cottage Grove, Oregon 

* 52-year-old Paul Ilg of Mt. Angel Oregon 

* 38-year-old Oscar Santiago Dabila of San Bernadino, California 

* 28-year-old Stephen Jesus Espinoza of Hillsboro, Oregon 

* 23-year-old Ian Blair Bristow of Bend, Oregon 

* 36-year-old Corey A. Bayha of Wood Village, Oregon 

* 37-year-old William Robert Bright of Tigard, Oregon 

* 24-year-old Rodolfo Reyes Galindo of Portland, Oregon 

* 23-year-old Kellen Hashimoto of Portland, Oregon 

* 50-year-old Scott Alan Nicholas of Canton, Michigan 

* 43-year-old Jason Samuel Blazer of Eugene, Oregon 

* 62-year-old Anthony Neal Aldridge of Washougal, Washington 

* 50-year-old Juvenal Felipe Zafra-Miranda of Portland, Oregon 

* 25-year-old Luis Alberto Flores of Portland, Oregon 

* 28-year-old Chad Alexander Livran of Vancouver, Washington 

* 65-year-old Fredrick King of Portland, Oregon 

* 50-year-old Arnon Dror of Westport, Connecticut 

* 27-year-old Adrian Dean Hunt of Vancouver, Washington 

* 30-year-old Nathan Vaughn Lasko of Clackamas, Oregon 

* 29-year-old Paul G. Randhawa of Calgary, Alberta Canda 

* 28-year-old Christian Negron-Melendez of Bridgeport, Connecticut 

* 51-year-old Ivan A Flores of Stamford, Connecticut