Multiple members of the law enforcement team are members of the Montana Human Trafficking Task Force. As part of the operation, advertisements were placed on websites known to law enforcement to be used for illegal commercial sex. The advertisements offered commercial sex within Missoula County and contained images of a female along with explicit language offering only commercial sex. An undercover phone number was provided in the advertisement. The undercover officer provided Johansson with the hotel's location.
Then the undercover officer provided a room number. Johansson arrived shortly thereafter and knocked on the door. He was immediately apprehended and identified.
Johansson is currently being charged with felony prostitution. A person, later identified as year-old Wesley Delano, engaged in a text message conversation with an undercover agent who was using the phone number from the advertisement. Delano was provided with the name of a hotel and a room number. Delano arrived at the hotel, came to the room number provided, and was apprehended. His phone number was dialed, and it was confirmed he was in possession of the phone used to communicate with the undercover agent.
According to court documents, Delano was also in possession of marijuana and methamphetamine. Delano is currently being charged with felony prostitution and felony criminal possession of dangerous drugs.
He was provided with the hotel and room number, arrived at the agreed-upon location, and was arrested. Spackman is currently being charged with felony prostitution. A person, later identified as year-old Jacob Crouch-Short, responded to the online undercover advertisement and spoke with an undercover agent.
