Ames is a city of approximately 66,000 residents, situated north of Des Moines in Story County, Iowa. Prostitution and the solicitation of minors for commercial sexual abuse have been reported in the city. For example, in late April, 2023, Ames police announced that a 44-year-old nurse practitioner and bowling alley owner was arrested and charged […]
Mount Jackson is a town of less than 2,000 residents, located in Shenandoah County, Virginia near Winchester. In 2014, law enforcement officials in the town reported an increase in prostitution activity and in response, in March 2014, officers conducted an anti-prostitution operation that resulted in the arrest of “half a dozen” individuals for prostitution-related offenses. […]
Winchester is a city of approximately 28,000 residents in northern Virginia, located in the Shenandoah Valley along Virginia’s northwestern border about 25 miles south of Martinsburg, West Virginia. It is the county seat of Frederick County. Local law enforcement and residents have reported problems related to prostitution in the city, with activities often concentrated in […]
Macomb County is a county of approximately 881,000 residents, located north of Detroit in eastern Michigan. Local law enforcement have reported problems related to prostitution and sex trafficking in certain areas of the county, particularly Mount Clemens. At least one serial killer targeting prostituted women has operated in the county, murdering four young women whom […]
East Palatka is a census-designated place of fewer than 2,000 residents in northeastern Florida’s Putnam County. Law enforcement and local residents have noted problems with street prostitution in the city for decades; individuals attempting to purchase sex in the city have also reported being robbed. Sex trafficking has also been well documented locally. Consumer-level demand […]
Temecula is a city of about 111,000 residents, located near Lake Elsinore and Murrieta in Riverside County, California. Residents and local law enforcement have reported problems related to prostitution (particularly indoor prostitution)and sex trafficking in the city. Temecula has also served as the operating base for a serial rapist of prostituted women 2012-2013. In 2008, four […]
Wall Township is a township of approximately 26,000 residents, located near Asbury Park in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The township has reported problems related to prostitution occurring in and around local motels across decades. To address the issues, officers from the Wall Township Police Department and New Jersey State Police conducted a web-based reverse sting to […]
East Lampeter Township is a community in south-central Pennsylvania, near Lancaster in Lancaster County Its population is about 17,00. East Lampeter Township is one of the six suburbs that border the city, all sharing the same ZIP code with Lancaster. Prostitution and child sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the township. Prostitution has a long […]
Shenandoah is a county of about 45,000 residents in northern Virginia. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented local problems. To curtail prostitution markets in the county, and respond to citizen complaints, police have used tactics to combat consumer-level demand. The Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office has participated in undercover operations headed by the Mount Jackson Police […]
Bellevue is a suburb of about 150,000 residents in King County, WA. It is located across Lake Washington from Seattle. Prostitution and sex trafficking are well-documented problems in the city and have generated, in addition to complaints to police from the community, an array of serious felonies such as robbery, weapons offenses, and serial rapists […]
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