New Brunswick, NJ
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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 | ✓ |
New Brunswick is located in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well documented in the city and surrounding areas. For example, in 2013, two juvenile girls, ages 15 and 17, were rescued from an internet prostitution ring after an investigation by the New Brunswick Police Department and the FBI. In each case, the juvenile were rescued by police with the assistance of the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency. Multiple cases of targeted violence against individuals engaged in prostitution (including both prostituted persons and sex buyers) have also been documented.
To combat consumer-level demand, the NBPD has conducted reverse stings since at least 1992. Officers occasionally release the identities of the johns arrested during these operations. In 2010, police conducted a raid of two brothels after a month-long investigation. The 2010 raid resulted in 14 arrests of both johns and prostituted women. In 2011, the police conducted a raid of three brothels, which resulted in 16 arrests. Police responses to prostitution in New Brunswick are driven in part by persistent complaints by residents.
Key Partners
- New Brunswick Police Department
Key Sources
- Brothel Raids Resulting in John Arrests:
- “Raids on 2 New Brunswick Brothels Yield 28 Arrests”, Newark Star-Ledger, March 17 1992.
- “7 Women, 12 Men Seized in Second Prostitution Raid”, Newark Star-Ledger, April 30 1992.
- “11 Are Seized on Sex Charges”, Newark Star-Ledger, April 29 1995.
- “16 Held in Raid on Alleged Brothel”, Newark Star-Ledger, October 31 1998.
- “New Brunswick Police Raid Two Brothels, 14 People Charged”, Newark Star-Ledger, April 16 2010.
- “Law & Order; New Brunswick; 14 Arrested in Raids on Two Brothels”, Newark Star-Ledger, April 17 2010.
- “Police Arrest 16 in Sweep of Three Alleged New Brunswick Brothels”, Newark Star-Ledger, March 8 2011.
- Street-Level Reverse Stings:
- “New Brunswick Targets Prostitution by Threatening to Unmask ‘Johns'”, Newark Star-Ledger, September 11 1992.
- “New Brunswick Prostitution Sting Nets 50”, Newark Star-Ledger, May 12 1993.
- Shaming:
- “New Brunswick Targets Prostitution by Threatening to Unmask ‘Johns'”, Newark Star-Ledger, September 11 1992.
- “Police Arrest 16 in Sweep of Three Alleged New Brunswick Brothels”, Newark Star-Ledger, March 8 2011.
- Sex Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation in the Area:
- “11 Arrested in Internet Prostitution Ring; Teen Girls Rescued, Cops Say”, Newark Star-Ledger, June 25 2013.
- “Two Children Rescued from Internet Brothel, Eleven Arrested in Scheme”, New Brunswick Today, June 26 2013.
- “Union County Man Pleads Guilty to Recruiting Minor to Work as Prostitute,” Watchung-Green Brook Patch, May 14 2015.
- “Plainfield Man who Recruited Teen for Prostitution Gets 12-Year Sentence,” Newark Star-Ledger, December 9 2015.
- Background on Prostitution in the Area:
- “Lawmen Padlock New Brunswick Go-Go Bar”, Newark Star-Ledger, July 28 1990.
- “Prostitute Raids Net 10 Arrests”, Newark Star-Ledger, June 18 1994.
- “Raiders Nab 109, Shut 3 Bordellos”, Newark Star-Ledger, July 6 1995.
- “New Brunswick Snares 8 in Gun and Sex Cases”, Newark Star-Ledger, September 28 1996.
- “Six Arrested in Raid on Alleged Sex Bash; New Brunswick Police Say Hosts Advertised Lap Dances by Hookers”, Newark Star-Ledger, October 6 1998.
- “2 Officers Indicted as Bordello Operators; Prostitution Alleged in New Brunswick”, Newark Star-Ledger, December 5 1998.
- “N.J. Law: Police Deny Running New Brunswick Brothel”, New York Times, December 13 1998.
- “Police Roundup 7 in Prostitution Raid”, Newark Star-Ledger, January 30 1999.
- “Prostitute Testifies 2 Policemen Ran Brothel; Unable to Get Money, Woman Called Police”, Newark Star-Ledger, August 16 2000.
- “Witness Identifies Cop as Brothel Operator; Addict Bolsters State’s Case against Officers”, Newark Star-Ledger, October 12 2000.
- “Officers Convicted of Running a Brothel”, Newark Star-Ledger, October 27 2000.
- “New Brunswick Outreach Programs Target Prostitutes”, Press of Atlantic City, October 29 2000.
- “Metro Briefing; New Jersey; New Brunswick: Retrial Denied for Ex-Officers”, New York Times, March 28 2002.
- “Prison Gates Await Two Ex-Cops who Ran a Brothel; Former New Brunswick Detective Insists, ‘I’m Not Giving Up,’ Effort to Be Vindicated”, Newark Star-Ledger, September 30 2003.
- “Million-dollar Madam gets 10 years in Prison,” The Daily Journal, September 30, 2014.
- https://www.facebook.com/njcom-nbpd-releases-names-of-eight-arrested-in-undercover-prostitution-sting-on (2013)
- Documented Violence against Individuals Engaged in Prostitution in the Area:
- “Man Gets 4 Years for Fatal Stabbing of Prostitute who Tried to Rob Him”, Newark Star-Ledger, August 17 1989.
- “N. Brunswick Man Cleared in Beating of Prostitute”, Newark Star-Ledger, December 20 1991.
- “New Brunswick Man Gets Prison for Robbery of Prostitute”, Newark Star-Ledger, August 9 1993.
- “Cop Shoots Woman”, Trenton Times, September 11 1996.
- “Officer Kills Woman”, New York Times, September 11 1996.
- “Shooting in New Brunswick Sparks Protest; Crowd Insists on Fair Probe”, Newark Star-Ledger, September 12 1996.
- “State to Monitor Review of Shooting by Cop; Prosecutor Will Sit in on Proceeding in Suspected Prostitute’s Killing”, Newark Star-Ledger, October 4 1996.
- “Grand Jury Clears Cop in Death of Woman”, Newark Star-Ledger, November 14 1996.
- “Lawsuit in Police Shooting”, New York Times, March 11 1997.
- “New Brunswick, Police Named in Wrongful Death Suit”, Newark Star-Ledger, March 11 1997.
- “Embattled Cop Quits the Force Prior to Hearing; New Brunswick Officer Had Been Involved in Shooting Death of a Suspected Prostitute”, Newark Star-Ledger, March 25 1997.
- “Discontent Simmers on Police Insensitivity”, Newark Star-Ledger, October 19 1997.
- “Hung Jury in Prostitute Murder”, Newark Star-Ledger, December 20 1997.
- “Metro News Briefs; New Jersey; Family of Slain Woman Protests Officer’s Pension”, New York Times, May 10 1999.
- “Sentiment Won’t Ease Mother’s Pain for Daughter; Outreach Program part of Agreement”, Newark Star-Ledger, November 2 2000.
- “Woman Pleads Guilty to Strangling in Hotel”, Newark Star-Ledger, January 23 2001.
- “Charges Not Considered in Officer’s Pension; New Brunswick Cop Got Lifetime Disability Despite Fatal Shooting”, Newark Star-Ledger, November 15 2002.
- “A New Witness, A New Trial for Man Accused of Killing Prostitute”, Newark Star-Ledger, March 7 2004.
- “Man’s Third Trial Begins Slaying by Hammer; Carpenter Is Accused of Killing Prostitute”, Newark Star-Ledger, March 18 2004.
- “Carpenter Convicted of Killing Prostitute; Third Trial Ends with Guilty Verdict in 1995 New Brunswick Murder”, Newark Star-Ledger, April 8 2004.
- “Pair Guilty in Stickup of New Brunswick Brothel; New Yorkers Held Customer at Gunpoint and Tied Him Up after He Arrived”, Newark Star-Ledger, May 19 2006.
- “Somerset Man Indicted in Armed Robbery of Prostitute”, Newark Star-Ledger, October 28 2009.
- “Appeals Court Rejects New Brunswick Man’s Efforts to Win New Trial for 1995 Murder”, Newark Star-Ledger, July 11 2014.
| State | New Jersey |
| Type | City |
| Population | 51579 |
| Location |
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