ARIZONA
azfamily
by Mike Gertzman
azfamily.com
Posted on December 12, 2014
MESA, Ariz. — Mesa police officers arrested five men, including a Catholic priest, in a child prostitution sting.
Officers conducted operation “Buyer Beware” on Dec. 11.
Undercover detectives posed as underage females.
During the sting, five suspects responded to the designated location to pay for sex with a person they believed was a 16-year-old female.
The suspects arrested ranged in age from 26 to 49 years old.
Subsequent to the arrest, all of the suspects admitted that they knew they were coming to the location to have sex with a 16-year-old female.
Through the investigation, it was also learned that Solomon Bandiho, 49, is a Catholic priest at a local parish in Mesa.
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