6/21/2010 – Brooklyn, NY — (as reported on nydailynews.com) Brooklyn prosecutors have busted Bloods gang members on charges of running several sex trafficking rings that recruited girls from junior high schools. Prostitutes as young as 15 were routinely beaten and deprived of food if they didn’t earn $500 a day selling their bodies, the Brooklyn district attorney’s office [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 20, 2010
5/20/2010 – Northern California — A mother of a mentally disabled teen who was abducted and sold for sex on Craigslist.com doesn’t have anything good to say about the multi-million dollar classified website that is often the critic of anti-sex trafficking advocates; “It’s absolutely unacceptable that you have a spot on your web site where [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 3, 2010
5/3/2010 – Hartford, Conn — (AP) Connecticut’s attorney general has issued a subpoena to Craigslist Inc., seeking proof from the website that it is fulfilling its promise to help stop advertisements for prostitution. Richard Blumenthal says he has found that thinly veiled prostitution ads continue to appear in Craigslist’s adult services section. He is seeking, among other things, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 26, 2010
4/26/2010 – National, USA — Craigslist.com is often the target of anti-prostitution critics regarding their refusal to prohibit blatant ads for prostitution. Those critics now have additional reason to question the motives of Craigslist.com after a recent New York Times article claims much of their millions in revenue is directly linked to those prostitution ads. According [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 16, 2010
4/16/2010 – Fond Du Lac, WI — The first of a group of individuals involved in an online prostitution scheme where responding ‘Johns’ were attacked and robbed has been sentenced to prison. Stevi J. Smet, 19, (see photo top left) was arrested last year along with three others and charged with prostitution and armed robbery. This [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 13, 2010
4/13/2010 – Braintree, MA — A Chelmsford priest was among eight people who were arrested during a prostitution sting at a New Hampshire hotel last Friday. Nashua police conducted the sting on Friday utilizing Craigslist.com. The Rev. William Ventura, 31, who was serving as parochial vicar of St. John’s Parish, was among those arrested, police said. He [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 1, 2010
4/1/2010 – Maryland — Craig Corey II, 23, has pled guilty in a Maryland court for operating a prostitution ring from his apartment in Anne Arundel County. Court documents indicate that Corey would travel from Ft. Meade to his hometown in Ohio. There he would recruit others to assist with his prostitution operation. Federal prosecutors with the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 1, 2010
4/1/2010 – Union City, NJ — (as reported on NJ.com) Union City police have arrested 16 people on prostitution charges since March 23, focusing on those who specifically operate in the municipality. The following persons were charged with promoting prostitution: Jenny T. Egan, 54, of New Providence; Tina Miller, 34, and Justin Beard, 30, both of Philadelphia; [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 30, 2010
3/30/2010 – Chicago, IL — (as reported at suntimes.com) A Minnesota man who allegedly pimped his wife out for sex on craigslist has been charged with a felony following his arrest at a downtown Chicago Hotel. Clinton Danner, 32, of Rockford, Minn., is accused of forcing his wife to have sex with strangers at locations across [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 30, 2010
3/30/2010 – Philadelphia — The infamous Phillies fan accused of offering to prostitute herself for tickets to see her team in the World Series scores a win and a loss in court. Susan Finkelstein, 44, made headlines after she posted a Craigslist ad titled “Desperate Blonde Needs WS Tix” and then reportedly solicited sex from an [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 4, 2010
3/4/2010 – Milwaukee, WI — A Milwaukee man has pled guilty in federal court to prostituting six minor girls throughout Wisconsin and other states. With his guilty plea, Todd “King Tut” Carter, 40, is facing 30 years to life in prison under federal sentencing guidelines. Carter was originally charged in January of 2009. Court papers show that [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 3, 2010
3/3/2010 – Westchester, NY — A divorced mother of four and registered Westchester nurse from Chappaqua was arrested Feb. 19 for soliciting prostitution via the Internet. Melinda “Mindy” Brennan, 46, first caught police attention when neighbors began reporting suspicious behavior at Brennan’s rented home. Neighbors reportedly noticed men coming and going at odd hours and only [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 29, 2010
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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