TRUSSVILLE, Ala. — Six men were arrested after police say they traveled to Trussville, believing they were meeting minors to engage in illegal sexual activity. The arrests resulted from a joint operation by the Trussville Police Department and Covenant Rescue Group, held July 31 and Aug. 2.
According to investigators, undercover officers posed online as adolescents 15 years old or younger. The men allegedly communicated with the officers via social media and similar websites, arranged to meet the fictitious children, and agreed to pay for sexual acts. When they arrived at prearranged locations, law enforcement took them into custody.
All six men are charged with electronic solicitation of a child and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act. The suspects are identified as Michael Oliver Trice, 47, of Vestavia Hills; Randy Lamar Ware, 19, of Birmingham; Lilisra James Creer, 34, of Birmingham; Thomas Ray Vigneulle, 35, of Pelham; Robert Ronald Lassitter, 63, of Summerdale; and Yelsintl Isrrael Cardoza Rivera, 24, of Birmingham. Each is held on $90,000 bond. Rivera is also being held on an immigration detainer.
The investigation is ongoing, authorities said.