March 8, 2023
Police
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA – Chesterfield County Police Special Victims Detectives conducted online chatting operations that resulted in the arrest of 9 suspects on a total of 24 charges in recent weeks.
During an operation on March 3, Special Victims and Vice and Narcotics detectives intercepted suspects who believed they were soliciting sex from minors through online and social media platforms. The suspects communicated with people they believed to be underage members of our community and arranged to meet them at a location to have sexual relations. When the suspects came to the location, they were met by police and arrested.
As a result of the March 3 operation, the following suspects were arrested and charged:
• Justin J. Baldwin, 34, of the 700 block of E. 6th Street in Richmond, was arrested and charged with attempted solicitation of prostitution with a minor, use of a vehicle to promote prostitution and frequenting a bawdy place.
• Jonatan Benitez, 21, of the 7900 block of Wynbrook Lane in Mechanicsville, was arrested and charged with attempted solicitation of prostitution with a minor, use of a vehicle to promote prostitution and frequenting a bawdy place;
• Abdul S. Hairan, 23, of the 2300 block of Harpoon Court in Henrico, was arrested and charged with attempted solicitation of prostitution with a minor and frequenting a bawdy place;
• Shalompaul D. Kalyanapu, 27, of the 9700 block of Stemwell Place, was arrested and charged with attempted solicitation of prostitution with a minor, use of a vehicle to promote prostitution and frequenting a bawdy place;
• Delvan A. Lopez Garcia, 30, of the 4700 block of Stanley Drive, was arrested and charged with attempted solicitation of prostitution with a minor, use of a vehicle to promote prostitution and frequenting a bawdy place;
• Armin Muhic, 31, of the 7500 block of Century Drive in Henrico, was arrested and charged with attempted solicitation of prostitution, use of a vehicle to promote prostitution and frequenting a bawdy place;
• Robert L. Scott II, 41, of the 00 block of Rosemary Lane in Oxford, Ala., was arrested and charged with attempted solicitation of prostitution with a minor, use of a vehicle to promote prostitution and frequenting a bawdy place; and
• Jermia M. Worsham, 43, of the 800 block of Nance Drive in Petersburg, was arrested and charged with attempted solicitation of prostitution with a minor and frequenting a bawdy place.
Also in recent weeks, Chesterfield County Police detectives intercepted a man who came to the area after soliciting sex from who he believed to be an adult female and a juvenile female. The man, Sumanta Mandal, 50, of the 200 block of Begen Street in Morrisville, N.C., was arrested on Feb. 24 and charged with attempted sodomy and use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children.
