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Elyria Democrat City Council member arrested as part of statewide prostitution sting
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Baxter Lee
Oct 9, 2021, 1:30:02 AM10/9/21
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ELYRIA, Ohio – An Elyria City Council member was arrested
Thursday as part of a statewide prostitution sting overseen by
the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
Mark Jessie, 64, faces a misdemeanor charge of soliciting sex
for money, the Elyria Police Department said in a news release.
He will make his first court appearance Wednesday in Elyria
Municipal Court.
Jessie, a Democrat, has represented the city’s Ward 3 for eight
years. He will face off with Republican candidate Maurice Corbin
III in the Nov. 2 general election.
Jessie was arrested as part of a statewide sex trafficking sting
named “Operation Ohio Knows.” The operation, which took place
from Sept. 24 to Oct. 1, led to 161 arrests across Ohio,
according to the news release.
Undercover detectives communicated online with Jessie and
arranged a 30-minute meeting with him. Jessie agreed to pay $60
for sex during the meeting, according to a police report.
Jessie was arrested when he showed up for the meeting about 3
p.m. Thursday at an address on Washington Avenue near Harrison
Street in Elyria, according to the police report.
Jessie agreed to speak with detectives without having an
attorney present. He admitted he came to the meeting to solicit
sex for money, the police report says.
Nearly 100 local, state, and federal agencies worked with the
Ohio Attorney General’s Office for “Operation Ohio Knows.”
Jessie was among 14 men from Elyria who were arrested as part of
the operation, according to the news release.
As part of the operation, 51 potential sex trafficking victims
were provided health care and social services, Ohio Attorney
General Dave Yost said in a separate news release.
“People who traffic other humans are doing it for a really
simple reason — money, and if there’s no demand then there will
be no market,” Yost said in the news release. “Reducing the
demand means we reduce the number of people who are victimized
by human trafficking.”
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/10/elyria-city-council-
member-arrested-as-part-of-statewide-prostitution-sting.html
Thursday as part of a statewide prostitution sting overseen by
the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
Mark Jessie, 64, faces a misdemeanor charge of soliciting sex
for money, the Elyria Police Department said in a news release.
He will make his first court appearance Wednesday in Elyria
Municipal Court.
Jessie, a Democrat, has represented the city’s Ward 3 for eight
years. He will face off with Republican candidate Maurice Corbin
III in the Nov. 2 general election.
Jessie was arrested as part of a statewide sex trafficking sting
named “Operation Ohio Knows.” The operation, which took place
from Sept. 24 to Oct. 1, led to 161 arrests across Ohio,
according to the news release.
Undercover detectives communicated online with Jessie and
arranged a 30-minute meeting with him. Jessie agreed to pay $60
for sex during the meeting, according to a police report.
Jessie was arrested when he showed up for the meeting about 3
p.m. Thursday at an address on Washington Avenue near Harrison
Street in Elyria, according to the police report.
Jessie agreed to speak with detectives without having an
attorney present. He admitted he came to the meeting to solicit
sex for money, the police report says.
Nearly 100 local, state, and federal agencies worked with the
Ohio Attorney General’s Office for “Operation Ohio Knows.”
Jessie was among 14 men from Elyria who were arrested as part of
the operation, according to the news release.
As part of the operation, 51 potential sex trafficking victims
were provided health care and social services, Ohio Attorney
General Dave Yost said in a separate news release.
“People who traffic other humans are doing it for a really
simple reason — money, and if there’s no demand then there will
be no market,” Yost said in the news release. “Reducing the
demand means we reduce the number of people who are victimized
by human trafficking.”
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/10/elyria-city-council-
member-arrested-as-part-of-statewide-prostitution-sting.html
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