NEWARK -- Police officials in Newark announced the results of a Vice Task Force operation on Friday, July 26, in the area of Broadway and Irving Street near the Belleville border.
“We arrested 11 men and one woman for soliciting prostitution,” Ambrose said. “This is a quality of life problem. We don’t want our residents to have to endure this activity in their neighborhoods and outside their homes.”
Officials say the men arrested were Santos Auceda, 43, and Oscar Calderon, 47, of Belleville, William J. Hannon, 55, and Thomas M. Byrne, 50, of North Arlington, and Cedric Gordon, 57, Carlos Munoz 24, Melvin Serrano, 46, Ivan Navarro, 48, Ricardo A. Rivera, 22, and Peter A. Torres, 47, and Jamar Zeigler, 39, all of Newark.
The woman arrested was Cherish Albawanch, 39, of Verona.