Cops: Online prostitutes nabbed in airport hotel sting
Giving new meaning to the term layover, six prostitutes who advertise their services online were nabbed during a sting at an airport hotel last week, according to police.
Cops: Online prostitutes nabbed in airport hotel sting
Giving new meaning to the term layover, six prostitutes who advertise their services online were nabbed during a sting at an airport hotel last week, according to police.
In April, Tinicum police responded to reports of a shooting inside of an airport hotel, said Sgt. James Simpkins Jr. Investigations revealed that the shot was fired when two people from Philadelphia robbed an escort at gunpoint, he said.
No one was injured by the gunfire and the thieves were eventually caught, but the incident prompted Tinicum police to become more proactive in cracking down on prostitution in the town, Simpkins said.
With the help of state police, the Delaware County District Attorney's Office and the FBI, Tinicum police set up a sting at an airport hotel on Thursday and booked five female prostitutes and one male prostitute through websites. Simpkins declined to identify the hotel where the sting went down or the websites through which the escorts were booked.
All six were charged with prostitution and disorderly conduct and one was also charged with minor drug offenses, police said.
"Our goal is to send a message," Simpkins said. "With prostitution goes violence and we don't want it here in Tinicum."
Arrested were Celeste Fleischman, 43, of Philadelphia; Christina Bohnert, 25, of St. Lucie, Fla.; Demetrius Fung, 22, of Philadelphia; Jennifer Blackwell, 35, of Chesapeake, Va.; Jennifer Boswell, 27, of Las Vegas, Nev.; and Tina Robinson, 34, of Woodbury, N.J.
When asked about the distant addresses of some of the alleged escorts, Simpkins said while those were the addresses the suspects provided, it's unclear if the individuals actually live in those cities.
victimless crime and waste of resources— barry m goldwater
Ridiculous waste of taxpayer cash. The government should never come between 2 sane & consenting adults. Legalize, control & tax all vice crimes and stop wasting INSANE amounts of money on "justice". Governments at all levels are stone cold broke and yet they keep urinating away taxpayers cash on police, courts and jails for vice crimes. Terrible public policy.— kelprod2- right on, except a government should come between two or more consenting adults. some guys are players.
it does look like lou turks on parade here— the lopez! - Hey Barry, I remember you! 'Prostitution is no vice in defense of liberty!'— riverhealer
- Giving new meaning to the term layover... Good barb. I tip my hat.— junethe4th
Some fine bawdy-house wenches, indeed.- Congrats on fine police work. Get these low level criminals off the streets so the murderers and rapists have more room.— jfay
- a prostitute was robbed and their response was to arrest more prostitutes? typical police logic.— eaglesfillthesky
- Wow, those must have been some desperate johns.— drbob1
- If only this could be legalized, the police in places like Tinicum wouldnt have to waste their time and tax money handling this nonsense. The unintended consequences of making prostitution illegal are drugs, other crime (like shootouts) and wasted police enforcement. Brothels have existed since forever-its time to rethink ridiculous laws. Then again, PA still thinks the government should sell liquor, so I wont hold my breath.— shirleyf
- There will always be a market for sex. It should be legal. The providers of the service should registered and checked for STD's regulary. Now stop wasting our tax dollars on something that should be legal.— Wildman Bill
- There's a reason why it's the worlds oldest profession...— aviator
- poor women trying to survive - andsome probably to support a child....disgraceful waste of time to set them up for being arrested and criminally charged. they are consenting adults transacting with other consenting adults - and they are compensated for making others experience some sexual pleasure. a CRIME ??? Insanity.— zen
- Eww! Talk about scraping the bottom of the barrel! But, yeah, victimless crime. Legalize it, and you won't have to worry so much about "related" violence (especially if this country wised up and legalized drugs, too). Stop wasting resources and giving records to people who don't deserve them, and go where the real crimes--with plenty of actual victims--are being committed.— wb2nd
- victimless crime?? it preys on women who are so hooked on drugs that they are forced to sell their bodies, put themselves at risk for injury or disease, which ends up costing taxpayers when we have to pay for their emergency room treatment. Definitely not a victimless crime. Should it be legalized? I would have to say that yes it should be, but certainly not a victimless crime. Arresting these women is the best thing that could happen to them, hopefully it will be a wake up call.
— KingOfPhilly
