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Nat’l: Woman arrested for running prostitution ring from elderly woman’s home

7. February 2010

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2/7/2010 – Boston, MA (as published on whdh.com) — Police are investigating a possible prostitution ring out of West Roxbury.
Officers arrested a woman last week who they say was running an escort service out of an elderly woman’s house.
The suspect was employed as the 92-year-old woman’s caregiver. She was allegedly using this home as a [...]

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Advocates prepare to rescue underage Super Bowl sex trafficking victims

5. February 2010

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2/5/2010 – South Florida — While millions prepare for the big game, pimps and panderers hope to cash in by trafficking young girls as prostitutes in South Florida this weekend to Super Bowl fans. Dozens of volunteers who have traveled from as far as New York City and Alabama are organizing to help identify the [...]

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Nat’l: Dallas PD hopes to offer rehabilitation over incarceration for prostitutes

1. February 2010

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2/1/2010 – Dallas, TX — Go to rehab or go to jail? Most sane people would choose the latter regardless of the crime committed and Dallas police hope the same can be said for their city’s thousands of prostitutes.
Deemed the Prostitution Diversion Initiative, Dallas police hope that treating women involved in street prostitution as victims [...]

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Nat’l: Atlanta lawmaker seeks to treat young prostitutes as victims

1. February 2010

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02/01/2010 – Atlanta — Senator Renee Unterman of Atlanta has introduced a bill that would ensure that young girls involved in prostitution would be treated as victims and not criminals.
Under the bill, girls under the age of 16 (age of consent) could not be charged criminally for acts of prostitution. Instead, girls 15-years old and [...]

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Nat’l: Caught carrying 3 condoms in D.C. and you may be arrested for prostitution

31. January 2010

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Nat’l: Caught carrying 3 condoms in D.C. and you may be arrested for prostitution

1/31/2010 – D.C. — Planning a big weekend? Considering buying the Trojan variety pack to celebrate Valentine’s Day? If you do, you’d better leave all but two behind – because if you get caught in D.C. with an unlucky three and you may be arrested for prostitution.
According to a slue of published reports, D.C. now [...]

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Intl: Study reveals ‘why men use prostitutes’

31. January 2010

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1/31/2010 – Eaves study — A UK study entitled ‘Men Who Buy Sex; Who they buy and what they know’ was released in December 2009. The study involves 103 men who described their use of trafficked and non-trafficked women in prostitution and  their awareness of coercion and violence.
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Research published in 2005 found that the [...]

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Nat’l: Vigilante fake cop busted during hooker sting

31. January 2010

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1/31/2010 – Detroit, MI — A Detroit Vigilante was taken into custody after he interrupted an undercover prostitution sting claiming he was a police officer.
According to published reports, the unnamed 51-year old suspect approached undercover female police officers on January 20 and flashed a Detroit Police department badge. The man yelled “get off the street,” [...]

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Nat’l: Sex-for-series tickets charges to be addressed

29. January 2010

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Nat’l: Sex-for-series tickets charges to be addressed

UPDATE: 1/29/2010 – A Bucks County judge today dismissed one charge and upheld another in this case of sex for tickets. Prosecutors agreed to drop the charge of promoting prostitution and the judge upheld the appropriateness of the lesser engaging in prostitution charge. The case is set for trial February 24, 2010. You’ve gotta love [...]

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Nat’l: New York woman busted for BCD prostitution

29. January 2010

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Nat’l: New York woman busted for BCD prostitution

1/29/2010 – Seabrook, NY — There’s one big problem with turning tricks at your apartment BCD style (Behind Closed Doors), the neighbors often don’t like it!
According to published reports, a New York woman was keeping her business off the streets, but her neighbors were none too impressed with her solution – her apartment.
Police arrested Xuesu [...]

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Nat’l: Naval commander caught in prostitution sting

29. January 2010

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Nat’l: Naval commander caught in prostitution sting

1/29/2010 – North Charleston, SC — A naval commander got caught trying to play sink the submarine with a faux hoe in North Charleston according to published reports.
This past Tuesday morning Capt. Glen Melvin Little, 55, was arrested and charged with solicitation of prostitution. Little is the commanding officer of the Naval Weapons Station in [...]

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Nat’l: Male prostitute arrested for robbing ‘John’

29. January 2010

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Nat’l: Male prostitute arrested for robbing ‘John’

1/29/2010 – Gastonia, North Carolina — A man looking for public sex in Gastonia got what he paid for….   SCREWED…  according to police records.
Brian Alan Carter, 20, (see photo left) obviously is trying to fill the often void role of the white supremacist gay sex boy toy, agreed to perform a sex act on 40-year-old [...]

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Nat’l: Craigslist escort arrested after leaving two year old in closet

29. January 2010

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Nat’l: Craigslist escort arrested after leaving two year old in closet

1/29/2010 — Mesa, AZ – This past Monday Mesa, Arizona police arrested a 21-year-old woman who reportedly locked her 2-year-old son in a closet and left for work.
According to published reports, at about 5 p.m. an officer of the court was serving an eviction notice to an apartment belonging to Corinna May Davis (see photo [...]

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Nat’l: First licensed male prostitute in NV gets trickle of ‘Janes’

29. January 2010

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Nat’l: First licensed male prostitute in NV gets trickle of ‘Janes’

1/29/2010 – Nevada — According to published reports, Nevada has licensed its first male prostitute and he hasn’t exactly seen a flood of ‘Janes.’
The male prostitute, working out of the Shady Lady Ranch brothel, works under the name ‘Markus.’ The Shady Lady, billed as the ‘A gem in the high desert’, is located about 150 [...]

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Nat’l: Intelius co-founder charged with lieing about prostitution

28. January 2010

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1/28/2010 – An executive with the Bellevue-based background check company Intelius is facing federal charges on allegations that he lied to a grand jury when he denied having sex at Rick’s strip club in Seattle.
Testifying as part of a years-long investigation into several businesses associated with Seattle strip club mogul Frank Colacurcio Sr., Intelius co-founder [...]

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Nat’l: Ft Smith woman arrested for child trafficking

5. December 2009

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12/5/09 – Fort Smith, AR — A Fort Smith woman was arrested in late November for allegedly transporting minors for the purpose of prostitution.
According to published reports, Joy Trotter, 39, was arrest November 19 after a lengthy investigation showed Trotter was taking girls as young as 14 to local hotels and residences for sex with [...]

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