GLENPOOL, OKLA. — Glenpool police said four men were arrested for soliciting prostitution and a fifth was arrested for solicitation of a minor following a multi-agency sting.
Police said the sting was conducted at a hotel on Thursday, October 23.
“It wasn’t preplanned in the sense that we knew of anything going on," said Chief Jeremy Plane. "It just was part of the training and through the training efforts of learning how to do this, they were able to identify some actual targets and follow through with it.”
Plane explained Glenpool was hosting agencies for training with the non-profit Skull Games, so multiple agencies were involved in the arrestes. The Oklahoma Attorney General’s office, Grand River Dam Authority, Catoosa Police Department, and the Cherokee Marshals all assisted.
Police said Rohan BhoJwanti, Mathew Eddy, David Raridon, Christopher LeBleu, and Jeremy Fair were arrested. Police said all but Raridon were arrested for soliciting prostitution, and Raridon was arrested on a complaint of solicitation of a minor.
BhoJwanti, Eddy and Fair are all Tulsa residents. The other two came in from out of state.
2 News was able to confirm Fair was a Senior Pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church in Tulsa. Other elders at the church shared a statement.
“On Thursday, October 23rd, the church leadership of Christ Presbyterian Church was made aware of the arrest of Senior Pastor Jeremy Fair. The church leadership immediately met and placed Jeremy Fair on indefinite leave, and are now working within the denomination's prescribed process.
This is an ongoing investigation and we do not have all the details at this time.”
Plane said the men were not working together.
"They were all individuals that contacted through the channels that we were using for the investigation individually," he said. "None of them were together. They all arrived on their own at different parts of the day."
In each arrest, the suspect met undercover officers at a hotel in Glenpool. Plane explained the men were communicating through a website that transitioned to texting until they arrived at the hotel.
Police said none of the men were Glenpool residents.
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