Newburgh, NY
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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 | ✓ |
Newburgh is a city of approximately 29,000 residents, located 60 miles north of New York City near Poughkeepsie in Orange County, New York. Street prostitution and sex trafficking have posed significant problems for the city for at least four decades. Among the more serious problems was the murder of a prostituted woman, and sex trafficking of children. To address such issues, the City of Newburgh Police Department began conducting frequent anti-prostitution stings in the mid-1970s. Early stings often employed both male and female undercover officers, who worked in tandem as decoy johns and prostituted women. As individuals approached the decoys and offered to buy or sell commercial sex to/from the officers, they were arrested by police.
Anti-prostitution operations continue to occur on a routine basis. For example, in December 2018, four men were arrested during a prostitution sting conducted in response to complaints from residents of prostitution taking place throughout the area. The operation was conducted by officers with the City of Newburgh Police Department and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office Task Force. The identities of the arrested sex buyers were publicly disclosed.
Since at least May 1981, Newburgh Police have used shaming tactics to deter johns. In an article posted in the Newburgh Evening News, members of media supported this decision, noting that “for too long, only women were identified in prostitution arrests while men accused in these cases remained anonymous.”
In 2004, the city started a john school program. Attendance is mandatory for all arrestees charged with patronizing a prostituted woman.
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Reverse Stings:
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- “Police Nab ‘Big Nell’, 5 Others; House Raid Produces Morals Charges”, Newburgh Evening News, November 30 1970.
- “State Police Raid a Notorious Brothel in Newburgh”, New York Times, November 30 1970.
- “Prostitution Crackdown Set”, Newburgh Evening News, April 29 1977.
- “Prostitution Crackdown Under Way”, Newburgh Evening News, April 29 1977.
- “Prostitution Crackdown Vowed; Newburgh Arrests Made; Decoys Due”, Newburgh Evening News, May 16 1981.
- “Prostitution Round-Up Nets 6 Women, 5 Men”, Newburgh Evening News, May 17 1981.
- “Sixth City Suspect Seized in Prostitution Crackdown”, Newburgh Evening News, July 21 1982.
- “4 Want Trials in City Prostitution Dragnet”, Newburgh Sunday News, August 3 1982.
- “Hooker Sweep Nets 13”, Newburgh Evening News, June 19 1985.
- “Sweeping the Streets: Police Stage Major Arrest of Hookers and Johns”, Newburgh Evening News, August 8 1986.
- “‘John’ Crackdown Continues in City”, Newburgh Evening News, August 10 1986.
- “Police Crack Down on Prostitution”, Newburgh Evening News, May 10 1987.
- “Newburgh”, Hudson Valley Morning News, August 15 1991.
- “Police Conduct Prostitution Sweep”, Hudson Valley News, September 14 1991.
- “Newburgh Confronts Evils of Prostitution”, Hudson Valley News, November 10 1991.
- “Newburgh Confronts Prostitution Evils”, Hudson Valley News, November 10 1991.
- “Sweeps Have Reduced Prostitution Activity in City, Police Say”, Hudson Valley News, February 9 1992.
- “Seven Arrests Made in Prostitution Sting”, Middletown Times Herald-Record, May 28 2004.
- “Prostitution Sweep Conducted”, Mid-Hudson News Network, April 5 2008.
- “East End Prostitution Sting Leads to 9 Arrests”, Middletown Times Herald-Record, May 4 2008.
- “Newburgh Prostitution Ring Busted; 14 Arrested”, Middletown Times Herald-Record, May 5 2009.
- “Prostitution Sting Leads to 7 Arrests in Newburgh”, Middletown Times Herald-Record, March 7 2011.
- “Prostitution Arrests in Newburgh”, Mid-Hudson News Network, July 2 2011.
- “Newburgh Prostitution Sweep Nets Nine”, Mid-Hudson News Network, August 19 2011.
- “Six Arrested in Newburgh Prostitution Sweep”, Mid-Hudson News Network, September 24 2011.
- “Six Charged in Newburgh Prostitution Sting”, Middletown Times Herald-Record, November 4 2011.
- “City Newburgh Police Make Several Arrests During Latest Prostitution Sweep”, Hudson Valley Insider, September 30 2012.
- “Prostitution Sting in Newburgh,” Hudson Valley News Network, November 6 2015.
- https://www.facebook.com/davidmhoovler/posts/1 male arrested patronizing prost (2016)
- https://hudsonvalleypost.com/7-arrested-in-hudson-valley-prostitution-bust/ (2018)
- http://westchester.news12.com/story/38547662/state-police-7-charged-in-prostitution-sting (2018)
- http://midhudsonnews.com/News/2019/April/27/Newburgh_prost_sweep 10 men arrrested (2019)
- https://hudsonvalleypost.com/10-hudson-valley-residents-arrested-following-prostitution-sting/ (2019)
Shaming:
Sex Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation in the Area:
- “Police Free Women in Slave Ring”, Newburgh Evening News, March 4 1964.
- “White Slavery Ring: Police Investigation Reveals Lives of Prostitution Slaves”, Newburgh Evening News, March 10 1984.
- “Rivera Arrested in the Promotion of Prostitution”, Newburgh Evening News, March 18 1984.
- “Teen Prostitution: Not Just a ‘Big City’ Problem”, Newburgh Evening News, August 25 1984.
- “Newburgh Man Indicted on 205 Counts in Sex Trafficking Case”, Mid-Hudson News Network, April 11 2013.
- “Bail Set for Man in Prostitution Case”, Middletown Times Herald-Record, April 25 2013.
- “Plea Deal Offered in Forced Prostitution Case”, Middletown Times Herald-Record, June 20 2014.
- “Guilty Plea Ends Sex Trafficking Case”, Middletown Times Herald-Record, June 25 2014.
- “Guilty Plea Announced in Human Trafficking Scheme”, Hudson Valley Press, July 2 2014.
Background on Prostitution in the Area:
- “Police Act Against Crime in Newburgh”, Newburgh Evening News, February 11 1967.
- “Newburgh Vice Halted, Police Say”, Newburgh Evening News, February 23 1967.
- “No Prostitution Here: Maurer”, Newburgh Evening News, October 7 1970.
- “Prostitution Crackdown Arrests Made”, Newburgh Evening News, August 22 1977.
- “50 Years Ago”, Newburgh Evening News, May 30 1981.
- “2 Men Plead Guilty in Newburgh Sex Ring”, Newburgh Evening News, July 21 1984.
- “Prostitution Breeds More Crime, Say Officials”, Hudson Valley News, November 10 1991.
- “Newburgh Program Helps Troubled Women Get New Lease on Life”, Middletown Times Herald-Record, March 28 2009.
- “Six Women Arrested in Newburgh Prostitution Sweep”, Mid-Hudson News Network, January 19 2013.
- “Five Arrested on Prostitution Charges in City of Newburgh”, Middletown Times Herald-Record, June 29 2014.
Documented Violence against Individuals Engaged in Prostitution in the Area:
State | New York |
Type | City |
Population | 28201 |
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