Prostitution

Brewery District brothel: Internet site promoted hooker raffle, police say:

33-year-old Christopher S. Johnson, an academic adviser for THE Ohio State University was arrested for raffling off a craigslist hooker at a house party. The alleged hooker was 31-year-old Vanise M. Dunn whose day job is with Franklin County Children Services. The house party was held to honor a bunch of deviants who have nothing better to do than rate the hookers they’ve gotten off of craigslist.

Also arrested were 42-year-old Rusty Blades (Really?) who hosted one of the parties and Hania E. Novembre who Blades rented the house to who worked one of the parties.

Three arrested on prostitution charges:

62-year-old Stephen Arnold Clark of Kennett Township, Pa. was arrested for allegedly running a craigslist whore house.

Also arrested were Cara Briana Martin, 31, and Lacey Nicole Welsh, 20, for allegedly being craigslist hookers and other charges.

On his craigslist ads Clark said his house was near the local high school. I wonder what made him think that was not going to invite attention from police.

Cleaning up Craigslist:

TV station WTNH from New Haven, Conn. thought it would see if craigslist new measures to limit erotic services ads has had any effect. Basically, it hasn’t.

They also talked to Ray Bechard, the founder of Ahava Kids which help rescues Connecticut kids from prostitution. He had something familiar to say.

“Well, here’s what I don’t understand — Craigslist has on its website, under services, a category called ‘erotic’ — if they just removed that, the problem would be mostly solved,” Bechard said.

What a novel concept. I wonder why no one has said this before. Oh wait, they have, it was me.

craigslist won’t do it because of all the traffic it brings to their site.

Prostitution sweep nets 4 arrests:

Police in Arcadia, California arrested 4 in a craigslist hooker sting. One of the suspects was a 13-year-old girl who had been brought by two other women who were allegedly pimping her out.

So no victims huh?

SPECIAL REPORT: Trumping Prostitution on the Popular Craigslist Site:

Just wanted to share with you this quote from Palm Springs, California police about craigslist’s new measures to limit activity on its erotic services section.

Police are optimistic this will help, but they say the only way to stop the abuse completely would be for Craigslist to stop allowing “erotic services” ads.

That’s not likely to happen.

It seems like I remember someone else saying that too.

Fairfield Prostitution Sting Yields 5 Arrests:

Police in Fairfield, California arrested 5 during a craigslist hooker sting. Some were arrested for being alleged pimps as well. Those arrested were…

Danita Donohue, 34, of Vallejo; Alsalima Madking, 28, of Fairfield; and Tracey Cloud, 33, of Vacaville, were arrested for prostitution, according to police.

Donohue also faces charges of possession of Ecstasy, and her driver, a 32-year-old Fairfield man named Joel Outlaw, was arrested for parole violation.

Cloud also had an additional charge of conspiracy, and her driver, a 24-year-old Vacaville man named Clifton Davis, was arrested on pimping and conspiracy charges, police said.

Police in Fairfield said that the sting was not only for prostitution but also for other crimes that are associated with it like drugs for example.

Online ad leads to alleged prostitutes:

Those are Kristine Lough, Michelle Farmer and Angelina Casias. They were arrested during a craigslist hooker sting by Albuquerque police.

Now I’m not for using the services of alleged prostitutes but I have to say it seems the alleged hookers in Albuquerque are a lot better looking than say Chattanooga.

Police bust Craigslist prostitution business:

Punta Gorda Police have done it again. They’ve arrested another alleged craigslist hooker. This time they arrested Shane Boyett on charges of prostitution.

In case you didn’t know the Punta Gorda police department is kind of famous for using the internet to their advantage. They have busted several drug dealers in their area just by using MySpace.

craigslist hookers be warned.

Man shot at after responding to Craigslist ad:

Again here’s another story showing the perils of using the erotic services section of craigslist.

A 37-year-old guy from Concord, California ordered a hooker off of craigslist.

After she got there the guy put $100 on the table, because some people seem to think that if the money doesn’t actually change hands there’s no crime.

Anyway she asks for a glass of water and when he goes to get it she grabs the $100 and tries to take off.

He grabs her, she screams, which causes a big man with a gun to show up.

The first guy pushes her out the door then two shots are fired through the door.

Luckily the man wasn’t injured except for in his wallet. This isn’t the first time either that I’ve posted a story about a guy who was shot at through the door. Let us not forget about the guy in Minnesota who was shot in the face after trying to cancel his hooker order.

APD conducts Craigslist prostitution sting:

Police in Asheville, North Carolina have arrested 8 in a craigslist hooker sting.

Those arrested were…

-Melissa Sexton Wilson, of Alexander – Solicit for Prostitution

-Audra Leigh Bradley, of Black Mountain – Massage without License

-Dawn Foreman Jones, of Asheville – Solicit for Prostitution

-Lisa Leikos, of Burnsville – Solicit for Prostitution

-Amanda Smith, of Asheville – Solicit for Prostitution

-Shelly Sluder, of Asheville – Solicit for Prostitution/Possessions of Schedule 3 Controlled Substance

-Emily Denise Miller, of Asheville – Practice Massage without License/Adult Entertainment without License/City Ordinance Violation (Massage)

And before all the ‘hobbyists’ and enablers start their usual tripe Asheville is far from a Bible beating mountain town in North Carolina. Asheville is a very progressive city. Think of it as Vail but in the east.

Two arrested in Internet-based prostitution sting:

Police in Punta Gorda, Florida arrested 25-year-old Jacie L. Palumbo and 50-year-old Alan L. Russo. The pair were arrested after police noticed their ads not only on craigslist but on Backpage and TravsList.

I don’t know who Trav is but his list is nothing but hookers.

2 Charged With Online Prostitution:

Police in Manchester, Conn. have arrested two people who had ads up on craigslist. Those arrested were 59-year-old Gary Maharne and 30-year-old Sonya Mowatt. Both were advertising their ’services’ on craigslist and were operating out of their homes.

Clemson Police Charge Two In Craigslist Prostitution Bust:

Police in Clemson, South Carolina have arrested two in a craigslist hooker sting. Those two would be Megan Veronica Hayes of Easley, SC and Dimitra Seas of Greenville, SC.

I guess police departments are getting their last round of stings in before craigslist’s new measures eliminate *snicker* prostitution.

Police raid home offering sex services on Craigslist:

Police in Cherokee County Georgia raided an illegal massage parlor that was advertising on craigslist.

Arrested were Terri Confer, 55, Carla Fortner, 44, Annie Walker, 43, Jennifer Adams, 22, Cheri Phillips, 53, and Deborah Ingram, 42.

Memphis Police Arrest Three Women Selling Sex on Craigslist:

In no order they are Sirita Tolbert, Angel Jackson, and Jessica Cavazos. They were busted by Memphis police for being craigslist hookers.

The hotel they were busted at was near a school zone too so there could be mandatory jail time involved.