(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Two men were arrested after Cook County sheriff’s police and federal authorities raided a residential brothel on the Northwest Side of Chicago last week, officials said.
The sheriff department’s Special Victims Unit and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security executed a search warrant Friday at an apartment in the 4800 block fo West Roscoe Street after investigators reportedly learned patrons were exchanging money for sex.
Detectives found financial documents and recovered two guns, including a Glock that had been modified to be fully automatic, the sheriff’s department said in a news release.
A 22-year-old man who lived at the apartment, Joseangel Villagran, was the brothel’s doorman, authorities said. He was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and promoting prostitution.
The alleged operator of the brothel, 34-year-old Antonio Sanchez Cortes of Libertyville, was taken into custody in that village. He was charged with promoting prostitution.
Two women at the brothel site were offered services from victim advocate specialists who accompanied police, the sheriff’s department said.
Both Villagran and Sanchez Cortes were granted bond at court hearings over the weekend, officials said.
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