Internet prostitution sting nets 7 local arrests
Chesterfield County police have arrested seven men who, authorities say, took the bait in a one-day Internet sting operation targeting online prostitution.
The men, who ranged in age from 22 to 50, were charged with solicitation for prostitution after their arrest on Friday. Two live in Richmond and four in Chesterfield.
Police said they created fictitious posts on Internet sites that advertise female companionship but are often used a front for prostitution. Meetings were arranged between undercover female detectives and men seeking sex who contacted the detectives online.
The men were arrested after police confirmed their intention to exchange money for sex, police said.
"What we're trying to do is curtail any of this type of activity from happening in the county," said Chesterfield police Lt. Jeff Parlier of the department's vice and narcotics unit.
"So basically as time allots, we'll set one of these operations up . . . on a random, unannounced basis."
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While their intentions are probably good, this amounts to nothing less than entrapment, which is, the last time I checked the Constitution, illegal! And as Jason and Lance have said, is this really a wise use of law enforcement funds, considering the problems we currently face?
Is this really a good use of Police time in Chesterfield County? Surely, there are other crimes more worthy of solving than enticing and trapping adult men?
After all, let me remind you that we do live in a state that supports its own gambling via its own lottery and sells drugs in the form of Alcohol in its own ABC stores.
Aren’t we just picking which poison we don’t profit from?
At the end of the day, you, the police, become sneaks doing this kind of thing not to excuse prostitutes or Johns but it seems to me you fall to their level setting this up.
Give it up, officers. Go find real crime.
Lance
One of these days America will grow up and realize prohibition has never, and will never work. It’s called the worlds oldest profession for a reason; we should legalize it, tax it, and make it safe.
Or I suppose we could just continue flushing our tax dollars down the drain for this nonsense, after all our most vital programs are already so terribly over funded.
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