Man charged with pimping woman in NW suburbs

A West Side man has been charged with promoting prostitution at an Arlington Heights-area hotel.

Gabriel Johnson, 31, is charged with one felony count each of promoting prostitution and being an armed habitual criminal.

A West Side man has been charged with promoting prostitution in the northwest suburbs.

Gabriel Johnson, 31, is charged with one felony count each of promoting prostitution and being an armed habitual criminal, according to a statement from the Cook County sheriff’s office.

About 7 p.m. on Thursday, members of the sheriff’s Vice Unit conducting an undercover operation learned Johnson was profiting from “acts of prostitution” by a 24-year-old woman at an Arlington Heights-area hotel, the sheriff’s office said.

Gabriel Johnson

Johnson showed up while investigators were in the hotel room and was ordered to get on the ground when officers saw a gun in his waistband, the sheriff’s office said. The officers arrested him and recovered a loaded 9 mm semi-automatic weapon.

At the time of his arrest, he was also wanted on an outstanding warrant for a charge of unlawful use of a weapon.

The woman was also taken into custody, but was not charged, according to the sheriff’s office. She was offered victim services.

Johnson, who lives in Austin, is expected to appear in court for a bail hearing on Friday, the sheriff’s office said.

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