The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested and charged 17 people as part of Operation Wrong Room to combat human trafficking in the state.
On August 22, law enforcement and service providers from across the country came together for a multi-state anti-human trafficking operation called “Coast to Coast.”
Their goal was to identify victims of human trafficking, provide victims with much-needed services, and then arrest the traffickers.
As part of GBI’s Operation Wrong Room, 15 adults were contacted and offered services including food, housing, medical care, drug rehabilitation, counseling/therapy and child care.
During two apartment searches, over $255,000 was seized from suspected human traffickers.
The following individuals were arrested and booked into the Dekalb County Jail:
- Siow Ding Chan, 57, of Alpharetta, GA, charged with pimping
- Idelbrando Jose Vargas Ballestero, 34, of Grayson, GA, charged with pimping
- Larry Bruce Moyer, 41, of Duluth, GA, charged with pimping
- Roberto Martinez, 29, of Willacoochee, GA, charged with pimping
- Stewart Notice Jr., 27, of Fayetteville, GA, charged with pimping
- Joe Anthony Obboye, 25, of Duluth, GA, charged with pimping
- Carlos Anaya Carrasco, age 30, of Atlanta, GA, charged with pimping
- Daniel Strycek, 25, of Las Vegas, NV, charged with pimping
- Melissa AnnMarie Stombaugh, age 32, of Akron, OH, charged with violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act
- Ashley Alexander, age 35, of Winston, GA, charged with violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act
- Lindsay Roberts, age 25, of Midway, GA, charged with pimping and violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act
- Thomas Piper, 56, of Woodstock, GA, charged with pimping
- Brendan Ahn, 35, of Alpharetta, GA, charged with pimping
- Christopher Horne, 35, of Decatur, GA, charged with pimping
- Jeffrey Li, 28, of Lawrenceville, GA, charged with pimping
- Marco Gamboa Lopez, 39, of Tucker, GA, charged with pimping
- Justin Sanders, 23, of Decatur, GA, charged with pimping
