Hull, MA
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Auto Seizure | ✓ |
Buyer Arrests | ✓ |
Cameras | ✓ |
Community Service | ✓ |
Employment Loss | ✓ |
Identity Disclosure | ✓ |
IT Based Tactics | ✓ |
John School | ✓ |
Letters | ✓ |
License Suspension | ✓ |
Neighborhood Action | ✓ |
Public Education | ✓ |
Reverse Stings | ✓ |
SOAP Orders | ✓ |
Web Stings | ✓ |
Hull is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, located on a peninsula at the southern edge of Boston Harbor. Its population is approximately 10,000, and other noteworthy communities in the Hull area include Brockton and Rockland. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city and surrounding communities, and in other areas of the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes associated with the local commercial sex market is sex trafficking. For example, in October 2022, police officers arrested a 54-year-old man, after executing a warrant to search his home. The man was charged in connection with “Trafficking of Persons for Sexual Servitude,” “Engaging in Sexual Conduct for a Fee,” and “Possession of a Class B Substance.” The man’s identity was publicly disclosed.
Key Partners
- Hull Police Department
- Norwell Police Department
- Plymouth County District Attorney
Key Sources
Sex Buyer Arrest, Identity Disclosure:
- https://patch.com/hull-bishop-who-blessed-gov-baker-arrested-online-prostitution-sting (2017)
- https://jgpr.net/hull-police-department-arrests-man-on-sex-trafficking-drug-possession-charges-after-executing-search-warrant/ (2022)
- https://dailyvoice.com/hull-man-hit-with-prostitution-sex-trafficking-drug-charges-police/ (2022)
Background on Sex Trafficking, Child Sexual Exploitation, Related CSAM in the Area:
- “5 Charged in Brockton Abduction and Rape”, Brockton Enterprise, August 14 2001.
- “Sex Ring Has Boston Ties”, Brockton Enterprise, May 18 2007.
- http://easton-ma.patch.com/plymouth-county-da-denies-ignoring-complaints
- http://www.enterprisenews.com/man-held-on-prostitution-charges
- https://www.nbcboston.com/9-arrested-in-prostitution-sex-trafficking-sting/ (2015)
- https://www.boston25news.com/10-charged-with-sex-trafficking-at-plymouth-massage-parlors (2015)
- https://www.patriotledger.com/lawyer-says-police-lied/ (2017)
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/three-charged-with-child-sex-trafficking (2017)
- https://rockland.wickedlocal.com/whitman-man-indicted-on-sex-trafficking-charges (2019)
- https://patch.com/former-brockton-resident-indicted-sex-trafficking-charges (2019)
- https://www.wcvb.com/article/plymouth-county-human-trafficking-sting-massachusetts (2021)
- https://www.boston25news.com/child-rape-suspect-served-volunteer-football-coach-brockton-high-school (2021)
- https://patch.com/brockton-man-accused-sex-trafficking-scheme (2021)
- https://959watd.com/two-men-from-brockton-taunton-face-sex-trafficking-charges/ (2021)
- https://www.justice.gov/former-massachusetts-resident-sentenced-12-years-federal-sex-trafficking (2022)
- https://www.enterprisenews.com/brockton-matthew-magic-engram-sentenced-sex-trafficking (2022)
- https://www.justice.gov/brockton-woman-sentenced-role-conspiracy-operate-prostitution-business (2022)
- https://wareham.theweektoday.com/presentation-human-trafficking-scheduled (2022)
Background on Prostitution in the Area:
- “Unemployed Man Is Prostituting”, Lodi News-Sentinel, May 29 1975.
- “Judge: Man Can’t Be a Prostitute”, St. Petersburg Evening Independent, July 17 1975.
- “Man Acquitted of Prostitution”, Lakeland Ledger, July 17 1975.
- “Brockton Police Try to Drive Hookers off Streets”, Brockton Enterprise, April 18 2007.
- “Some Shocked, Others Not Surprised by Allegations of Prostitution at Brockton Spa”, Taunton Daily Gazette, October 25 2011.
- “Brockton Police Make Prostitution Arrests”, Brockton Enterprise, March 16 2012.
- https://www.capecod.com/10-people-arraigned-plymouth-prostitution-investigation/ (2015)
- https://www.justice.gov/brockton-woman-sentenced-role-conspiracy-operate-prostitution-business (2022)
- https://dailyvoice.com/brockton-woman-who-helped-run-violent-prostitution-ring-gets-probation-doj (2022)
Documented Violence Against Individuals Engaged in Prostitution in the Area:
- “Officials Probe Ties to 2 Brockton Murders”, Boston Herald, August 10 1993.
- “Slain Prostitute Had Fear of Strangers”, Boston Herald, August 11 1993.
- “Slayings Add New Risk to Life on the Street”, Boston Herald, August 22 1993.
- “5 Charged in Brockton Abduction and Rape”, Brockton Enterprise, August 14 2001.
- “Serial Rape Suspect Caught after Three-Year Hunt”, Brockton Enterprise, June 12 2008.
- “Serial Rape Suspect Faces Charges in New Bedford Attack” Quincy Patriot Ledger, June 17 2008.
- “Suspected Serial Rapist Is Held without Bail; Man Who Is Charged in Attack on Five Prostitutes Worked in Waltham”, Waltham Daily News Tribune, June 18 2008.
- “Rockland Woman Charged with Prostitution,” Quincy Patriot Ledger, August 8 2008.
- “Prostitution Thrives Online on South Shore,” Brockton Enterprise, November 3 2008.
- “Serial Rapist Pleads Guilty in Brockton Attacks”, Brockton Enterprise, January 4 2010.
- “Victims Face Rapist; Admitted Rapist Brian Knippers Sentenced to 25-30 Years”, Brockton Enterprise, January 7 2010.
- “New Hampshire Man Serving Prison Sentence Pleads Guilty to Raping New Bedford Prostitute”, New Bedford Standard-Times, January 30 2010.
- “Undercover Sting in Rockland Ends in Prostitution Charge,” Abington Mariner, February 1 2013.
- https://www.patriotledger.com/article/20130201/NEWS/ (2013)
- https://959watd.com/rockland-alleged-prostitute-arrested-twice-in-less-than-a-year-as-a-result-of-undercover-sting/ (2013)
- https://dailyvoice.com/brockton-woman-who-helped-run-violent-prostitution-ring-gets-probation-doj (2022)
State | Massachusetts |
Type | City |
Population | 10293 |
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