Six Arrested in Craigslist Sex Sting
Clearwater Police arrested and charged six women with prostitution after using the Internet including sites like Craigslist to pose as "Johns."
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In the 21st century even the oldest profession gets busted in new ways.
Clearwater Police arrested and charged six women with prostitution after using the Internet including sites like Craigslist to pose as "Johns."
The investigation targeted online prostitution advertisements.
"We use a variety of tools and methods to investigate cases and make arrests," said Elizabeth Watts, police spokeswoman. "Solicitation online is present and to combat it we must be online too."
Detectives met the following women at an undisclosed location in Clearwater before they were taken into custody:
January Stutes, 29, of St. Petersburg
Tori Farrelly, 20, of St. Petersburg
Jessica Gillespie, 20, of St. Petersburg
Jenny Bartolo, 20, of St. Petersburg
Holly Cannarelli, 54, of Clearwater
Stephanie Donaldson, 24, of New Port Richey
David
6:07 pm on Friday, January 20, 2012
So it's okay for officers to use entrapment to catch crooks? They get to break the law in order to uphold the law?
renee holly
7:03 pm on Friday, January 20, 2012
as one of the girls who was arrested, Their primary concern was to gather intel regarding underage girls and boys being pimped. They are authorized to lie and mislead in effort to maintain a good quality moral standard for you citizens to model yourself after.
The reason this is a LAW, that they may lie and mislead and misrepresent the TRUTH is because NO ONE will get together and object officially. We all want to bitch about these things but we wont agree and then band together and take meaningful action.
so the answer to the first comment is YES they get to break the law in order to uphold the law.
Chris
2:30 pm on Saturday, January 21, 2012
It is not entrapment. Too many people use this word and don't know exactly what they are saying. They are doing undercover work to find the people doing illegal actions. A real example of entrapment would having an officer bet some kid to race across the Gandy Bridge and then pulling him over and citing him for speeding/ reckless driving.
brenda ferrell
4:32 pm on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Get a real job. Your just lazy and don,t want to work. Get on your feet not on your knees or back.