The Cumberland County Human Trafficking Task Force recently conducted Operation Impact Demand VI.   The Hampden Township Police took the lead during this operation in conjunction with the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office and the Sheriff’s Department.  District Attorney Seán M. McCormack commented, “The fuel that feeds human trafficking is the money customers pay for commercial sex.  Operation Impact Demand is designed to curtail the supply of money going into the pockets of human traffickers.”    

Operation Impact Demand and its counterpart Operation “Closed to Trafficking”, which targets illegal commercial sex establishments posing as massage parlors, are part of an overall strategy to drive Commercial Sexual Exploitation traffickers out of Cumberland County.  Friday’s operation resulted in the arrest of fifteen individuals.  This marks the single most arrests during any of the previous Impact Demand Operations.   

McCormack stated after the operation, “Since we began these operations in June of 2022, we have now arrested a total of 60 individuals. Although this is the sixth operation of this type to be conducted over the past year, investigators have found a high demand among individuals who would seek to exploit women remains.  This is what attracts human traffickers to our community and this is why we will continue to conduct these operations.”  

District Attorney McCormack expressed his thanks to the Hampden Township Police for spearheading Friday’s operation.  “We cannot carry out an operation of the scale of Impact Demand without the partnership of departments like the Hampden Township Police and the Sheriff’s Department.  Their efforts and professionalism are greatly appreciated.”    

Future enforcement operations are planned throughout the county and those people that continue to prey on others will be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.  It is alleged that the following individuals sought to engage female escorts in sexual activity for money at a Hampden Township Hotel.  The defendants will be required to appear at District Court 09-3-04 for a preliminary hearing.   

The following individuals were arrest as part of Operation Impact Demand VI:

1. Timothy Loudin, Etters, PA Age 46
2. David Liccciardello, Hershey, PA Age 74
3. Johnny Palm, Elliottsburg, PA Age 37
4. Carlos Franco, Rush, CO Age 35
5. Shawn Liberator, Newville, PA Age 49
6. Abdourah Issaka-Hamidou, Steelton, PA Age 45
7. Norman Decker, Bird In Hand, PA Age 47
8. Julio Maldonado, Whitehall, PA Age 20
9. James Davis, Enola, PA Age 51
10. John Bowden, Mechanicsburg, PA Age 60
11. Steven Bernard, Mechanicsburg, PA Age 54
12. Matthew Sibbach, Lemoyne, PA Age 26
13. Robert Morris, Jonestown, PA Age 43
14. Eric Braswell, Jarvisburg, NC Age 42
15. Corey Johnson, Mechanicsburg, PA Age 35

NOTE: The individuals listed above are presumed to be innocent, unless and until they are proven guilty in a court of law