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Colonial Heights is a suburb of Richmond, Virginia with a population of about 18,000. Police have long been aware of problems with indoor prostitution advertised online and local businesses are concerned with its detrimental effects. To deter local prostitution activity, police have conducted web-based reverse stings. For example, in April 2014, ten men were arrested […]
Manitowoc County is a county of approximately 81,400 residents, located in eastern Wisconsin. Manitowoc is a city in and the county seat of Manitowoc County and has a population of about 35,000. Prostitution activity has been well-documented in the county. This activity, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates result in complaints to law […]
Henrietta is a town of approximately 43,000 residents, located just south of Rochester in Monroe County, New York. Prostitution and child sex trafficking activity has been well-documented within the town for years. Among the tactics employed to address these issues locally are those targeting sex buyers. For example, in April 2014, the Monroe County Sheriff’s […]
Lake County is located in north-central Florida and has roughly 396,000 residents. Its county seat is the city of Tavares, and its largest city is Clermont. Prostitution and domestic minor sex trafficking have been reported in the county, which includes the city of Leesburg. For example, in April 2014 an undercover operation resulted in the […]
Riverside is a city of approximately 24,000 residents, located east of Dayton in Montgomery County, Ohio. Prostitution has been documented in the city and has resulted in complaints to law enforcement. In April 2014, officers from the Riverside Police Department conducted a web-based reverse sting to intercept sex buyers attempting to purchase sex online. According […]
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 […]
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 […]
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