OCEAN CITY, MD – The Ocean City Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations Baltimore recently conducted a joint investigation into human trafficking and prostitution in the resort town with assistance from the Worcester County Bureau of Investigations, Maryland State Police and Berlin Police Department.
On the evenings of May 19 and May 20, nine individuals were arrested after detectives conducted an operation at multiple hotels in Ocean City. Detectives also executed search warrants at area hotels resulting in the seizure of $1,850 in U.S. Currency, a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS, heroin, cocaine, suboxone, marijuana, hash oil, two additional prescription stimulants and drug paraphernalia.
Those arrested are as follows:
Sonja I. Feiser, 28, Funkstown, MD
prostitution-general
CDS possession – not marijuana
Outstanding arrest warrant for possession of cocaine through the Frederick County, MD Sheriff’s Office
Transferred to WCJ on $7,500 bond
Kendall D. Wysinger, 39, Severn, MD
Pandering-take cause
Pandering-compensation
Prostitution-general
CDS: possession with intent to distribute (2 counts)
CDS possession-not marijuana (2 counts)
Transferred to WCJ on $50,000 bond
Lillyanne R. Horner, 20, Milton, DE
Prostitution-general
Released on personal recognizance
John P. Ternahan, 37, Frankford, DE
Pandering-take cause
Pandering-compensation
Prostitution-general
Released after posting $10,000 bond
Brooke M. Farley, 34, Ocean City, MD
Prostitution-general
Released-personal recognizance
Taylor E. Lawson, 21, Ellendale, DE
CDS possession-not marijuana
Released-personal recognizance
George L. Dunn Jr., 24, Georgetown, DE
Prostitution-general
Pandering-take cause
Pandering-compensation
CDS possession-not marijuana
Transferred to WCJ on $25,000 bond
Hailey K. McKee, 24, Lewes, DE
Prostitution-general
Released-personal recognizance
Tera R. Benhaim, 27, Salisbury, MD
Prostitution-general
Released-personal recognizance
