DICKSON CITY — A Chicago woman who advertised sexual services online fled when police officers approached her in a parking lot, according to a criminal complaint. Dariann Payton, 26, of 339 W. 118th St., is charged with prostitution, endangering others and fleeing law enforcement officers. According to the criminal complaint, Dickson City police were monitoring […]
(FOX40.COM) — Over 80 people were recently busted in connection to prostitution and solicitation in Northern California. On June 29, the Stockton Police Department conducted an operation that it said targeted areas known for prostitution and related issues; Sierra Nevada Street, Wilson Way, and the MLK corridor. The mission resulted in 39 alleged prostitutes being […]
A North Strabane Township massage business was raided last night and shut down indefinitely. Police arrested the owner and one worker on prostitution charges. Ying Ting Tu and Xiu Chen were taken into custody at Excellence Body Works Thursday evening after a lengthy police investigation. Officers say 90% of the clients at the business were […]
Three women were arrested by Reading police during an undercover prostitution detail in the downtown area Wednesday afternoon and evening. According to arrest papers, undercover male officers assigned to the vice unit went around in unmarked cars to engage with women believed to be soliciting customers to pay them for sex acts. After the suspect […]
Eleven people were arrested in Claremont on Thursday as three undercover officers posing as prostitutes were contacted by 10 would-be customers and one pimp. The Claremont Police Department “received multiple complaints from residents, business owners, and [passersby] regarding prostitution” near Indian Hill Boulevard and the 10 Freeway, police said in a news release. At that […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A woman reported missing from California was reunited with her family after Portland police arrested nine men during a prostitution sting this past Tuesday. Focusing on a stretch of Southeast 82nd Avenue, police arrested seven of the men – ranging in age from 22 to 51 – on charges of prostitution […]
Fourteen men, including a North Texas fire chief, were arrested Thursday on solicitation charges in a prostitution sting, according to the Denton County Sheriff’s Office. The arrests were made during the Lewisville operation for allegedly attempting to purchase sexual favors for money, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. Those arrested were each charged […]
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A joint human trafficking investigation is underway across several counties in our area, according to court documents obtained by 8 On Your Side. According to complaints dating back to 2021, Lisa Payne ran several human trafficking operations using massage parlors and barbershops in Hillsborough and Manatee Counties. Pinellas sheriff announces initiative […]
CARBONDALE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A professional clown is facing charges after meeting an undercover officer during a prostitution sting, police stated. According to the Carbondale Police Department, on Sunday, May 18 officers began an undercover investigation regarding prostitution. On an online website, officers said they found a man, later identified as Francis Bui, 28, […]
Two women from the Los Angeles area were arrested by Ventura County authorities on suspicion of running a spa business in Newbury Park that offered illegal commercial sex services. Min Qiao, 44, of Hacienda Heights and Xia Baker, 58, of Rowland Heights were arrested earlier this month and are facing charges for pimping and pandering. […]
A Massachusetts man who owns a strip club in Connecticut has been indicted on prostitution and fraud charges, along with the establishment’s manager and bouncer, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. A federal grand jury in Hartford returned a 12-count indictment charging 67-year-old Kenneth Denning, of Holland, Massachusetts, with conspiracy to use an interstate facility to promote […]
A member of the University of Central Florida’s board of trustees was among three people snared this week in a prostitution sting by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. Also arrested was a sheriff’s employee who has since resigned. Harold Mills, 53, who also is a trustee at Rollins College, was invited to Sandlando Park in […]