Hobart is a city of approximately 30,000 residents, located in the greater Chicago metropolitan area near Gary, Indiana. The Hobart Police Department conducted its first reverse sting in December 2011, after officers received tips and complaints of alleged prostitution activity in a home. After monitoring the home, police apprehended a man as he left, and […]
Kennebunk, a town of approximately 11,600 residents, is located near the Atlantic coast in southeastern Maine, in York County. The city is not known for substantial street prostitution, but there have been numerous complaints and reports of indoor prostitution for decades. One of those cases involved an effort to address the buyers of prostitution, but not […]
Northborough is a city of about 15,000 residents in central Massachusetts, near Worcester. Prostitution and sex trafficking in the city appear to be concentrated in hotels. For example, in 2015 a 28-year-old woman and her 32-year-old sister were arrested on prostitution charges after police said they agreed to have sex with an undercover police officer […]
Clarksville is a city of approximately 171,000 residents, located along the Kentucky border in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Prostitution is a persistent and visible problem in some pockets of the city, particularly along New Providence Boulevard. At least two cases of domestic minor sex trafficking have been reported in the city and surrounding area. Although it remains […]
Hanover Township is a township of approximately 11,000 residents, located near Bethlehem in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Though a fairly small community, residents and local law enforcement have reported an increase in prostitution activity since roughly 2010. Notably, the Colonial Regional Police Department received complaints about prostitution occurring in at least seven hotels in the township […]
Goleta is a city of about 33,000 residents, located in southern Santa Barbara County, California. Prostitution is a well-documented problem in the city, particularly indoors in storefronts (such as massage parlors) that serve as brothels. In one brothel investigation in 2013, an assault rifle was found in a massage parlor in which women were selling sex. […]
Alliance is a city of about 22,000 residents, located near Akron in northeastern Ohio, in eastern Stark County. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the city, and throughout the county. This activity and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints to law enforcement agencies from residents and businesses. Among the more serious crimes […]
Franklin is a city of approximately 85,000 residents, located along Route 65 in the southern suburbs of Nashville, Tennessee. It serves as the county seat of Williamson County. In an effort to reduce prostitution activity in the city, the Franklin Police Department has conducted at least four reverse stings. In September 2012, for example, FPD officers […]
DeLand is a small city of 37,000 residents located near Florida’s central Atlantic coast, inland from Daytona Beach. It is the county seat of Volusia County. Reverse stings have been conducted there since at least 1996, driven partly by complaints from residents and businesses. The identities of arrestees are regularly publicized. An operation conducted in […]
St. Cloud is a small city of approximately 59,000 residents in the greater Orlando area near Kissimmee, Florida. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the city, 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 […]
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