Cumberland County, NC
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Tactics Used |
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Reverse stings | ✓ |
Shaming | ✓ |
Auto seizure | ✓ |
Community service | ✓ |
Public education | ✓ |
Neighborhood action | ✓ |
SOAP orders | ✓ |
John school | ✓ |
Letters | ✓ |
Cameras | ✓ |
Web stings | ✓ |
License suspension | ✓ |
Cumberland County is an area in central North Carolina with roughly 320,000 residents. The county contains the city of Fayetteville and surrounding areas, and has had cases of documented sex trafficking. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office and the Fayetteville Police Department have been conducting street level prostitution stings with undercover female officers posing as prostituted women and male officers posing as potential clients. The first known reverse sting in the city occurred in 1988. The department has also captured several charged with forcing others into prostitution. The photos, names, and other details about the arrested are reported to the media with details of the arrests.
Key Partners
- Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office
- Fayetteville Police Department
Key Sources
- http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1056901/
- http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7797447
- http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/11070058/
- Fayetteville Observer, May 24, 1988. Bragg soldier charged with soliciting.
- digtriad.com, July 30, 2006. Prostitution sting results in 29 arrests.
- Sex Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation in the Area:
- “Counselor Charged with Sexual Assault”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, May 21 1997.
- “Second Woman Says Man Imprisoned, Tortured Her”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, November 1 2006.
- “Man, 62, Engaged in Child Prostitution”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, August 23 2008.
- “Detectives: Woman Prostituted Girl to Support Drug Habit”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, March 31 2009.
- “Public Safety”, Fayetteville Observer, March 31 2009.
- “Detectives: Fayetteville Man Paid Prostituted Teen for Sex”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, April 1 2009.
- “Charge: Cumberland Schools Employee Paid Student for Sex”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, June 15 2009.
- “Mother of Missing Fayetteville Girl Arrested”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, November 14 2009.
- “Slain Fayetteville Girl’s Mother Released on Bond”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, February 24 2010.
- “Woman’s Body Found Near Fort Bragg Identified”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, July 2 2010.
- “Fayetteville Pair Charged with Human Trafficking”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, November 18 2010.
- “Accused Child Killer: ‘Release Me'”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, May 17 2011.
- “Raleigh Officer Charged with Promoting Prostitution of a Minor”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, February 16 2012.
- “Fayetteville Police Make Third Arrest in Prostitution Bust Involving Raleigh Officer”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, March 16 2012.
- “Fayetteville Man Arrested on Charges of Prostituting Teen”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, May 7 2012.
- “Prosecutors Shift Approach on Underage Sex Trafficking”, Raleigh News & Observer, October 5 2013.
- Background on Prostitution in the Area:
- “Fayetteville Prostitution Ring Linked to New York Charges”, Lumberton Robesonian, July 13 1977.
- “Prosecutor Ties Prostitution Ring to Eight States”, Williamson Daily News, July 14 1978.
- “Towns”, Junction City Daily Union, July 3 1980.
- “Hay Street Is Getting Cleaner”, Hendersonville Times-News, October 29 1982.
- “Fayetteville Police Target Prostitutes”, Wilmington Star-News, October 30 1982.
- “Police Battle Sale of Drugs, Prostitution”, Fayetteville Observer, March 31 1992.
- “Police Target Drug Dealing, Prostitution”, Fayetteville Observer, February 24 1993.
- “Fayetteville Police Hold Meetings to Help Neighborhoods Help Themselves”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, February 2 1999.
- “Suspect in Slayings of Augusta-Area Women Clams Up”, Sumter Item, October 18 2000.
- “Fayetteville Community Watch Coordinators Want Police Substation in their Neighborhood”, CBS/WRAL-TV 5, October 25 2000.
- “Prostitution Case Spans 5 Years”, Fayetteville Observer, June 28 2003.
- “Ex-Cops Admit Paying for Sex”, Fayetteville Observer, July 4 2003.
- http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/article_1cad2cae-10cc-5df9-a016-45511c31038d.html
- Violence committed against prostituted women in the city:
- http://www.examiner.com/article/a-serial-killer-fayetteville-nc
- http://www.examiner.com/article/the-cluster-of-murders-is-haunting
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2038984/John-Boyer-Long-haul-trucker-serial-killer-murdered-prostitutes-US.html
- http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/article_088445f4-7a4d-59a9-bf52-bcccdf97fb1f.htmll
State | North Carolina |
Type | County |
Population | 315207 |
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