The Lee County Sheriff’s Office today said that on Thursday September 30, deputies with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics and Street Crimes Unit arrested seven individuals and charged them with solicitation of prostitution during a sting operation in Fort Myers.

The sting was conducted after receiving numerous citizen complaints about prostitution activity in and around the area of South Cleveland Avenue in Fort Myers.

Those arrested and their charges are as follows:

Barbarita Araujo, dob 07/01/71, Fort Myers – Solicitation Prostitution 2nd offense

Patricia Esdellek, dob 07/05/90, Fort Myers – Solicitation Prostitution 1st offense

Valerie Earl , dob 05/15/61, Fort Myers – Solicitation Prostitution 4th offense

Lorenzo Cornejo, 08/10/47, Fort Myers – Solicitation Prostitution 1st offense

James Fyfee, dob 12/25/1954, 1610 Truman, Lehigh Acres – Solicitation Prostitution 1st offense

Rebecca Fontes, dob 12/10/70, Cape Coral – Solicitation Prostitution 1st offense

Dannielle Zinderman, dob 10/25/74, Fort Myers – Solicitation Prostitution 1st offense