MARQUETTE — Five men have been arrested by the Marquette County Sheriff’s Department and other local agencies for human trafficking and child prostitution in the Upper Peninsula, said the Marquette County Prosecutor’s Office.

The undercover sting operation resulted in the arrest and charges brought against Adam Duellman, 37, of Gwinn; Robert Wheeler, 20, of Kalamazoo; Joseph Ross, 37, of Marquette; Jeremy Kohler, 41, of Iron Mountain; and Christopher Ek, 44, of Wausau, Wisconsin.

All five individuals were charged with the following offenses:

– Child sexually abusive activity, a felony with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and/or a $100,000 fine. Conviction of this offense requires the subject to register as a sex offender.

– Use of a computer to commit child sexually abusive activity, a felony with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and/or a $20,000 fine. This charge carries the possibility of a consecutive sentence within the discretion of the sentencing court.

– Accosting a child for immoral purposes, a felony with a maximum penalty of four years in prison and/or a $4,000 fine.

Conviction of this offense requires the subject to register as a sex offender.

– Use of a computer to commit accosting a child for immoral purposes, a felony with a maximum penalty of seven years in prison and/or $5,000 fine. This charge carries the possibility of a consecutive sentence that is within the discretion of the sentencing court.

Local agencies that assisted in the operation are the Marquette Police Department, Chocolay Township Police Department, Forsyth Township Police Department, Negaunee Police Department and Ishpeming Police Department. TV personality and journalist Chris Hansen with the TruBlue network was also embedded in the operation.