WSET.com - ABC13Former VT Football Star Charged in Prostitution Ring

Former Virginia Tech football star Maurice DeShazo was among fifteen men charged Friday with soliciting prostitution following a Newport News police sting.

DeShazo, who started at quarterback in the 1993 Independence Bowl and the 1994 Gator Bowl, was inducted into the Virginia Tech Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009. He was one of 15 men charged with soliciting prostitution. DeShazo was also charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

The operation targeted men soliciting prostitution through an Internet website. Police said an advertisement was placed on a website where the men were able to solicit and arrange to meet who they believed to be prostitutes. The men agreed to meet with the prostitutes at a local hotel and once they arrived and contacted the prostitute police would detain and charge them soliciting prostitution. 

The sting was conducted as part of the Cook County, Ill. Sheriff's Office National Day of Johns Arrests.

The men charged included:

David T. Ferguson, 42, of the 4800 block of Goodhope Road inLanexa.

Reginald Hans, 29, of the 700 block of Parkside Drive in Newport News.

Carl Anthony Jones, 29, of the 400 block of Old Buckroe Road inHampton.

Harry John Mageras, 48, of the 200 block of Patrick's Crossing in Williamsburg. He was also charged with a using a vehicle to promote prostitution.

Torrey Darnell Mitchell, 36, of the 400 block of Maple Avenue in Newport News.

Carter Curtiss Smith, 38, stationed aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Elwood Alexander Stokely Jr., 25, of the 4800 block of Wycliff Road in Portsmouth.

Sergio Tabares-Cristo, 23, of the 1700 block of Madison Avenue atFort Eustis.

Carlos Bradley Worley, 44, of the 10800 block of Warwick Blvd in Newport News.

Timothy D. Bershers, 44, of the 12500 block of S. Tripp Avenue in Aslip, Ill.

Robert Monds, 33, of the 100 block of Trinity Drive in York County.

Brett James Rumor-Powell, 25, 45000 of Cedar Bush Road in Hayes.

Andrew Charles Straley, 39, first block of Locksley Drive in Hampton.

Wayne Anthony Scott, 34, 300 block of Misty Creek Court in Newport News.

Jesse Maurice Deshazo, 39, 2200 block of Livingston Street in Newport News. He was also charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana.