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The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office said Friday it charged four men with crimes related to child exploitation following a days-long sting operation centered in Danville.
The Contra Costa County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested six men while conducting Operation Broken Heart, from Feb. 26 to March 7.
The two other suspects’ cases are still being reviewed by prosecutors.
The operation targeted adults on the internet allegedly intending to travel to meet minors for sex.
On Feb. 29, Alexander Derrick Hellmund, 59, of Concord, allegedly arrived at an apartment complex in Danville to pick up a 13-year-old boy and take him to Concord for sex.
Hellmund was arrested and charged with suspicion of attempting to kidnap a minor for sex, attempted lewd acts with a minor, and arranging to meet a minor for sex.
On Feb. 28, Elmer Desiderio Ramirez-Lucha, 45, of Pittsburg, allegedly arrived at an apartment complex in Danville to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex.
Ramirez was arrested and charged with attempted lewd acts with a minor and arranging to meet a minor for sex.
On Feb. 28, Mahmut Guzelsu, 27, of Benicia, allegedly arrived at a park in Danville to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex. Guzelsu was arrested and charged with attempted lewd acts with a minor and arranging to meet a minor for sex. He was released on bail.
On March 7, Brady Allen Godsey-Lally, 27, of Brentwood, allegedly arrived at an apartment complex in Danville to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex. Godsey was arrested and charged for attempted lewd acts with a minor and arranging to meet a minor for sex
The operation was run by the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office and the Danville Police Department in conjunction with multiple local, state, and federal agencies that make up the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
The DA’s office did not elaborate whether the sting operation also involved the investigation into 50-year-old Fairfield resident Jaime Rodriguez, who died at the hospital allegedly after attempting to hang himself while in sheriff’s custody following his arrest by the task force in Danville on Feb. 27 on suspicion of trying to meet who he thought was a 13-year-old boy for sex.
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