Jason Goins, 32, of Washington, D.C., United States is a major from the U.S. Air Force. He was one of the two active members of the air service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces who were recently arrested when the Montgomery County Human Trafficking Task Force conducted a john sting operation in Ohio, USA.
Also arrested was Shawn Rykken, 45, of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. He is a U.S. Air Force staff sergeant stationed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
![Jason Goins (©Montgomery County Sheriff's Office)](https://conandaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/jason-goins-montgomery-county-sheriffs-office-1.png?w=600)
![Shawn Rykken (©Montgomery County Sheriff's Office)](https://conandaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/shawn-rykken-montgomery-county-sheriffs-office-1.png?w=600)
There are still no details about where Goins was stationed. It was only confirmed that he was not stationed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
An Alamy photo taken at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base shows an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) material research engineer of the same name. A U.S. Air Force officer working at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters in Washington, D.C. has the same name.
On July 18, 2017, a Defense Logistics Agency article mentioned an AFRL Advanced Power Technology Office project engineer of the same name. On July 20, 2023, a U.S. Air Force major of the same name was mentioned in a Dayton Daily News article.
From September 25-30, 2023, the Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission (OOCIC) of Ohio’s 51st attorney general Dave Yost, 66, led a human trafficking crackdown throughout Ohio called Operation Buyer’s Remorse. Including Goins and Rykken, a total of 160 people were arrested.
As part of the investigations, search warrants were conducted at 11 massage parlors suspected of human trafficking activities. A total of 104 survivors of human trafficking were interviewed and provided services from health care and social service organizations.
Most of the arrestees are from Ohio while others are from other parts of the U.S. including Alabama, California, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia. Some are from other countries including Afghanistan, Bhutan, India and Nepal.