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WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS -- Agents from the Northeast Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force arrested a Canfield man, along with 11 others, during an undercover operation this week for allegedly trying to buy sex, Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson announced Friday.
Todd Hively, 47, of Canfield was arrested and charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools in the task force’s sting in Warrensville Heights on Thursday.
"Ohioans should be shocked at the prevalence and proximity with which human trafficking is occurring," Wilson said. "This scourge is happening within our midst every day. We will continue working with our partners to identify traffickers, hold offenders accountable and protect vulnerable Ohioans."
The task force, led by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department and organized under the attorney general's Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission, conducted the operation Thursday in the Warrensville Heights area targeting men seeking to buy sex and working to identify potential victims of human trafficking.
All were charged in Bedford Municipal Court.
The task force also identified seven potential victims of human trafficking
Others also arrested and charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools are:
• Taylor Black, 39, New Franklin
• Uhuru-Kenyatta Hunter, 56, Canton
• Gary Medvetz, 59, Silver Lake
• Viktor Moskaluk, 57, Parma
• Ritesh Patel, 51, Mentor
• Timothy Quinn, 48, Tallmadge
• Ross Stahl, 40, Elyria
• Forrest Theken, 24, Coventry Township
• Terrance Vanderbosch, 56, Avon Lake
• Mitchell Warholic, 63, Cleveland
• Jeasung Yoo, 57, Euclid
The task force includes representatives from the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department, Ashtabula County Sheriff's Office, Ashtabula Police Department, Canopy Child Advocacy Center, City of Berea, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Division of Police, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Conneaut Police Department, Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, East Cleveland Police Department, Geauga County Sheriff's Office, Harriet Tubman Movement, Homesafe Inc., Lake County Sheriff's Office, Middleburg Heights Police Department, North Olmsted Police Department, Ohio Investigative Unit, Orange Village Police Department, Solon Police Department, Strongsville Police Department, University Circle Police Department, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Housing and Urban Development - Office of Investigations, Warrensville Heights Police Department, Westlake Police Department and Willoughby Police Department.