7th suspect indicted in prostitution sting involving former Amarillo pastor

AMARILLO (TX)
ABC 7 KVII [Amarillo, TX]

September 10, 2026

By Jamie Burch

A seventh man arrested in a prostitution sting involving a former Amarillo pastor was indicted.

A Randall County grand jury indicted Jerry Mac Rottenberry, 53, of Amarillo, on a charge of solicitation of prostitution.

Rottenberry was among eight men arrested during a June undercover operation

The other six men indicted are:

• David Austin Ritchie, 42, of Amarillo
• Jorge Luis Lopez-Najera, 24, of Amarillo
• William Theodore Bradley, 47, of Amarillo
• Travis Jordan Brooks, 35, of Clermont, Florida
• Kody Ray Dick, 37, of Amarillo
• Braiden Deion Sellers, 34, of Pascagoula, Mississippi

Ritchie was the senior pastor of Redeemer Christian Church at the time of his arrest. The church fired him after learning about the arrest saying it was “shocked and heartbroken.”

The case against the eight suspect, John Alexander Grado-Vega, 26, of El Paso, remains pending.