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Arlington police run prostitution sting on Park Row Drive
By SUSAN SCHROCK Police are investing a new hot spot for prostitution in east Arlington. Nine men were arrested for soliciting sex along Park Row Drive east of Texas 360 on Friday. Officers conducted the one-day sting in response to complaints from residents and business owners, who said prostitutes were walking the streets and also approaching men for sex as they left convenience stores, Lt. Jerry Hataway said.Investigators believe the women live in low-rent apartments on Park Row Drive between Watson Road and Susan Drive. The men arrested Friday drove to the area, stopped to talk with female undercover officers dressed as prostitutes and then followed those women back to an apartment for sex, Hataway said.It was the department's first undercover prostitution sting since March. Arlington police have made 61 prostitution-related arrests this year, according to police statistics.“We want to get the message out to the public we are not going to tolerate this. If we can get the men to stop picking up the women, maybe we can make a difference,” Hataway said.The prostitution activity in east Arlington surprised resident Jackie Quillian, who lives in an apartment in the targeted areas. “That's a shame,” said Quillian, who was walking in Carl Knox Park on Wednesday. “You usually hear about them off Division and near the ballpark.” Quillian said she believes prostitutes may have moved to her neighborhood because of the police enforcement in other parts of town.Police made a big push last year to crack down on prostitution along Division Street and the Texas 360 service road in north Arlington, both of which are gateways to the city's rapidly growing entertainment district.The council approved an ordinance last year that would allow police to ticket known prostitutes who are loitering or flagging down vehicles. And the police department made news for posting images of those arrested on suspicion of prostitution on the city Web site and mailing postcards with information about sexually transmitted diseases to their homes.So far this year, half the prostitution arrests have been made on Division Street.Hataway said undercover officers will continue investigating activity along Park Row Drive and may target the prostitutes instead of their male customers next.
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By SUSAN SCHROCK Police are investing a new hot spot for prostitution in east Arlington. Nine men were arrested for soliciting sex along Park Row Drive east of Texas 360 on Friday. Officers conducted the one-day sting in response to complaints from residents and business owners, who said prostitutes were walking the streets and also approaching men for sex as they left convenience stores, Lt. Jerry Hataway said.Investigators believe the women live in low-rent apartments on Park Row Drive between Watson Road and Susan Drive. The men arrested Friday drove to the area, stopped to talk with female undercover officers dressed as prostitutes and then followed those women back to an apartment for sex, Hataway said.It was the department's first undercover prostitution sting since March. Arlington police have made 61 prostitution-related arrests this year, according to police statistics.“We want to get the message out to the public we are not going to tolerate this. If we can get the men to stop picking up the women, maybe we can make a difference,” Hataway said.The prostitution activity in east Arlington surprised resident Jackie Quillian, who lives in an apartment in the targeted areas. “That's a shame,” said Quillian, who was walking in Carl Knox Park on Wednesday. “You usually hear about them off Division and near the ballpark.” Quillian said she believes prostitutes may have moved to her neighborhood because of the police enforcement in other parts of town.Police made a big push last year to crack down on prostitution along Division Street and the Texas 360 service road in north Arlington, both of which are gateways to the city's rapidly growing entertainment district.The council approved an ordinance last year that would allow police to ticket known prostitutes who are loitering or flagging down vehicles. And the police department made news for posting images of those arrested on suspicion of prostitution on the city Web site and mailing postcards with information about sexually transmitted diseases to their homes.So far this year, half the prostitution arrests have been made on Division Street.Hataway said undercover officers will continue investigating activity along Park Row Drive and may target the prostitutes instead of their male customers next.
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found in Local: Texas: Dallas-Fort Worth
Sting's jeans more wanted than Diaz's
STING and The Police attracted the top price for their jeans at a charity auction in Sydney, beating Hollywood star Cameron Diaz.
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STING and The Police attracted the top price for their jeans at a charity auction in Sydney, beating Hollywood star Cameron Diaz.
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East Tennessee man arrested in Kentucky in cyber predator sting
A Knoxville, Tenn. man was arrested Tuesday at a restaurant in Williamsburg, Ky. as part of what the Kentucky Attorney General calls a "cybersafety predator sting."
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found in Local: Tennessee: Knoxville
A Knoxville, Tenn. man was arrested Tuesday at a restaurant in Williamsburg, Ky. as part of what the Kentucky Attorney General calls a "cybersafety predator sting."
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found in Local: Tennessee: Knoxville
Two arrested after drug sting
Police say the men ran after they bought drugs from them in an undercover drug sting.
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found in Local: Alabama: Mobile
Police say the men ran after they bought drugs from them in an undercover drug sting.
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found in Local: Alabama: Mobile
11 arrested in prostitution stingOn Tuesday night Clearwater Police officer posed as decoys at known drug and prostitution areas.
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Man arrested in Southern Kentucky sex sting
A Tennessee man was arrested in Southern Kentucky Tuesday night as he tried to meet with what he thought was a 12-year-old girl. Billy Williams, 48, of Knoxville, was arrested in Williamsburg and charged with unlawful transaction with a minor, a Class C felony punishable by 5 to 10 years in prison, according to Attorney General Jack Conway's office. He is being held at the Whitley County Detention Center. Williams had been communicating online with a decoy from Perverted Justice. Instead of meeting a 12-year-old girl at a Williamsburg restaurant, he found investigators with the Attorney General's Department of Criminal Investigations and officers from the Williamsburg Police Department.
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A Tennessee man was arrested in Southern Kentucky Tuesday night as he tried to meet with what he thought was a 12-year-old girl. Billy Williams, 48, of Knoxville, was arrested in Williamsburg and charged with unlawful transaction with a minor, a Class C felony punishable by 5 to 10 years in prison, according to Attorney General Jack Conway's office. He is being held at the Whitley County Detention Center. Williams had been communicating online with a decoy from Perverted Justice. Instead of meeting a 12-year-old girl at a Williamsburg restaurant, he found investigators with the Attorney General's Department of Criminal Investigations and officers from the Williamsburg Police Department.
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Prostitution Sting Nets 15 Arrests
Police arrested 15 men in a prostitution sting organized on craigslist with the help of a Lenexa hotel.
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Police arrested 15 men in a prostitution sting organized on craigslist with the help of a Lenexa hotel.
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found in Local: Missouri: Kansas City
Township trustee arrested in area prostitution sting
WAUSEON -- A prostitution investigation conducted by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office here has resulted in the arrest of 10 persons, including a Defiance County township trustee.The sting last week re
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found in Local: Ohio: Toledo
WAUSEON -- A prostitution investigation conducted by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office here has resulted in the arrest of 10 persons, including a Defiance County township trustee.The sting last week re
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found in Local: Ohio: Toledo
Snake-handling pastor strikes plea deal
More than 100 snakes, many of them deadly, were confiscated in an undercover sting by police on July 10. Most of the reptiles were found at Coots' home in Middlesboro.
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found in Local: Tennessee: Knoxville
More than 100 snakes, many of them deadly, were confiscated in an undercover sting by police on July 10. Most of the reptiles were found at Coots' home in Middlesboro.
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found in Local: Tennessee: Knoxville
Fulton County sex sting nets 10
It happened at the Arrowhead Motel on SR 108 in Wauseon.
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found in Local: Ohio: Toledo
It happened at the Arrowhead Motel on SR 108 in Wauseon.
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found in Local: Ohio: Toledo