10 men charged after undercover prostitution bust

LANCASTER, Pa. — Ten men are facing charges following an undercover prostitution sting in Lancaster.

According to police, on July 19 an undercover officer posed as a street level prostitute and engaged multiple male "customers" who agreed to various degrees of sexual acts in exchange for money.

The undercover detail was carried out in various sections of the city.

The encounters occurred in neighborhoods regularly frequented by actual street level prostitutes, and often occur in residential neighborhoods, according to police.

All ten suspects below were charged with Criminal Solicitation and Patronizing Prostitutes. They were processed at the city police station and all suspects were released on a summons:

• Oliver Nze, 53, of Lancaster
• Ernest Daniels, 26, of Lancaster
• Larry Hammer, 75, of Manheim
• Pedro Guerrero-Contreras, 44, of Lancaster
• Jean Alvarado-Rosado, 28, of Lebanon
• Ronel Villanueva-Mejias, 48, of Lancaster
• James Brown, 60, of Lancaster
• Ronald McBeth, 33, of Harrisburg
• Genol Torres, 31, of Columbia
• Glen Steele, 53, of Lancaster