On Thursday, January 19, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), along with the Amarillo Police Department (APD) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), conducted a joint operation to combat human trafficking by identifying and apprehending suspects who were soliciting prostitution.
The DPS reports that as a result of the collaborative effort, the following individuals were arrested, transported to the Randall County Jail, and charged with solicitation of prostitution: Mohamed Sharaf, 31, of Amarillo Travis Brollier, 37, of Clarendon; Steven Shaw, 38, of Borger; Tilar Holloway, 26, of Pittsburg; and Dusty Smith, 37, of Amarillo.
Solicitation of prostitution, a state jail felony, involves an individual offering or agreeing to pay a fee to another person to engage in sexual conduct.
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