Prostitution sting nets 13 arrests in Gadsden
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It was called Operation Tricks, and the sting to crack down on prostitution in Gadsden led to 13 arrests in about a month, Gadsden Police Sgt. Wayne Keener said.
Keener said the Gadsden Police Department's Special Operations Team received some complaints about prostitution, found some of the major problem areas in the city and developed an undercover operation to address the problem.
“The goal of the operation was to crack down on the amount of prostitution by arresting the prostitutes and the johns, who would offer sexual favors for money or solicited money for sexual favors,†Keener said.
The officers had audio and video recordings of the exchanges.
One woman told the undercover officer when making the deal for sex in exchange for money that she wasn't on drugs, but only wanted to have her teeth fixed.
One man who solicited sex from a female officer posing as a prostitute was on his way home from work.
When the undercover officer was approached and the deal was made, other officers were given a signal and moved in to make the arrest.
During the operation, 13 people — five women and eight men — were charged with prostitution, which is a misdemeanor. They ranged from ages 24 to 74 and were of different races. Several prostitutes also had drug paraphernalia on them when they were arrested.
East Broad Street is an area known for prostitution, but there were arrests in the western part of Gadsden, too, Keener said.
Keener said prostitution is dangerous, not only because of the health consequences from various sexually transmitted diseases that can be acquired by prostitutes or johns, but because of drug abuse and violence.
http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/2010…
Keener said the Gadsden Police Department's Special Operations Team received some complaints about prostitution, found some of the major problem areas in the city and developed an undercover operation to address the problem.
“The goal of the operation was to crack down on the amount of prostitution by arresting the prostitutes and the johns, who would offer sexual favors for money or solicited money for sexual favors,†Keener said.
The officers had audio and video recordings of the exchanges.
One woman told the undercover officer when making the deal for sex in exchange for money that she wasn't on drugs, but only wanted to have her teeth fixed.
One man who solicited sex from a female officer posing as a prostitute was on his way home from work.
When the undercover officer was approached and the deal was made, other officers were given a signal and moved in to make the arrest.
During the operation, 13 people — five women and eight men — were charged with prostitution, which is a misdemeanor. They ranged from ages 24 to 74 and were of different races. Several prostitutes also had drug paraphernalia on them when they were arrested.
East Broad Street is an area known for prostitution, but there were arrests in the western part of Gadsden, too, Keener said.
Keener said prostitution is dangerous, not only because of the health consequences from various sexually transmitted diseases that can be acquired by prostitutes or johns, but because of drug abuse and violence.
http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/2010…
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Keener is a retard, ignoring the fact that the dangers are a *consequence* of the legal restriction, not a *cause*. Of course, the "oversight" is deliberate.