A Dallas Center City Council member is one of 20 arrested in a prostitution sting operation this week.
According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force officers arrested the men at a local motel Tuesday.
Fifty-four year old Terry Gibson of Dallas Center is among the accused. Other arrestees range in age from 20 to 58, the majority of them from the Des Moines metro area.
The Sheriff’s office says the operation started when local business owners and citizens reported suspicious activities at motels within Polk County.
Each man arrested is charged with prostitution or soliciting prostitution.
Name Age Suspects City/Town
Scott Lockwood 51 Altoona
Jeff Curnes 49 Urbandale
Enrique Escalante 35 Johnston
Nathan Miltenberger 35 Des Moines
Wilson Cardoza (*) 30 Norwalk
Artem Yelfimov 23 West Des Moines
Tommy Birch 31 Des Moines
Christopher Mead 30 Waukee
Terry Gibson 54 Dallas Center
David Greenspon 58 West Des Moines
Ray Dyer 58 Des Moines
Jeffrey Pershel 55 Des Moines
Edgar Mosqueda-Meza 30 Des Moines
Eleazar Ronquillo (*) 39 Des Moines
Kevin Lane 27 Phoenix, Arizona
Daniel Clark 57 Des Moines
Timothy Tracy 53 Des Moines
David Tibbetts 42 Urbandale
Hunter McNeeley 20 Indianola
Sasha Cook 28 Des Moines