of Madison

By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News

June 18, 2025

HUNTSVILLE Ala.

For the second time in six months, a joint operation between North Alabama law enforcement agencies set out to arrest sexual predators attempting to solicit minors and this time, police netted ten men who are all facing multiple charges.

The Madison County sting led to the arrest of the men who allegedly tried to solicit minors over the internet.

Over two days, the Huntsville police, in coordination with the Madison County District Attorney’s Office, arrested 10 suspects. Officers posed as minors, and the suspects-initiated contact, arranged meetings and appeared on location, hoping to exchange money or goods for sex acts.

What they found instead was law enforcement waiting to put them in handcuffs. Six of the suspects are residents of Huntsville.

The following men were arrested and face various charges related to child sexual exploitation:

Darryl Lamont Surles Jr., 33, of Toney, was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree human trafficking, one count of electronic solicitation of a child, and one count of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.

Marshae Deshawn Rivers, 33, of Huntsville, was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree human trafficking, one count of electronic solicitation of a child, one count of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act, one count distribute/transmit obscene material to a child by electronic device and one count possession of controlled substance opium or derivative.

Damien Darrell Jones, 36, of Huntsville, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree human trafficking, two counts of electronic solicitation of a child, and one count of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.

John Wayne Erby, 59, of Holly Pond, was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree human trafficking, one count of electronic solicitation of a child, and one count of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.

Rubin Epps Banks, 44, of Madison, was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree human trafficking, one count of electronic solicitation of a child, and one count of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.

Oliver Clemente, 40, of Huntsville, was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree human trafficking, one count of electronic solicitation of a Child, and one count of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.

Jared Lavon Breach-Marrow, 29, of Huntsville, was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree human trafficking, one count of electronic solicitation of a child, and one count of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.

Jahsiem Ramiek Davis, 31, of Huntsville, was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree human trafficking, one count of electronic solicitation of a child and one count of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.

Jesus Alberto Moran-Carpio, 32, of Huntsville, was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree human trafficking, one count of electronic solicitation of a child, and one count of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.

Heriberto Priego Ramirez, 33, of Huntsville, was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree human trafficking, one count of electronic solicitation of a child, and one count of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.

In a similar operation in January, nine men faced nearly 40 charges after a two-day joint operation targeting online child predators during a Huntsville police operation.

The suspects reportedly agreed to pay for sexual acts with minors and traveled in Huntsville to designated locations, authorities said

The following suspects were arrested and charged:

Marco Elias of Gulfport, Tex. (31)

Two counts of first-degree human trafficking
Two counts of electronic solicitation of a child
Two counts of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act

Floyd Corey Powell Jr. of Harvest (31)
First-degree human trafficking
Distribute/transmit obscene material to a child by an electronic device
Electronic Solicitation of a Child
Traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act

Michael Fike of Somerville (53)
First-degree human trafficking
Traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act
Electronic Solicitation of a Child

Shivam Patel of Muscle Shoals (23)
Two counts of first-degree human trafficking
Two counts of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act
Two counts of electronic solicitation of a child

Michael Stevens of Albertville (33)
Two counts of first-degree human trafficking
Two counts of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act
Two counts of electronic solicitation of a child

Julio Juan of Decatur (29)
Traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act
First-degree human trafficking
Electronic Solicitation of a Child

Gilmar Huinac of Carthage, Mo. (45)
First-degree human trafficking
Traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act
Electronic Solicitation of a Child

Elmer Sarmiento of Huntsville (32)
First-degree human trafficking
Traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act
Electronic Solicitation of a Child

Bryan Nde of Huntsville (27)
First-degree human trafficking
Traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act
Electronic Solicitation of a Child

According to law enforcement, more than 110 men and women have been arrested this year in Alabama on charges involving underage sexual solicitation.

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