the police for help because officers tend to expose sex workers to harassment. This prostitution sting resulted in four people being arrested for engaging in prostitution, seven for enticing for the purpose of prostitution, two for loitering for prostitution, one for obstructing, and one for simple possession of marijuana. Popular apps or once popular apps like Whisper, Snapchat, message boards. Police say reversal stings effectively address the immediate crime, and they deter those who come into Charleston looking for prostitutes because of the public record that comes with a soliciting or engaging in prostitution arrest. McConihay and the detectives from the CPD Special Enforcement Unit, authorities were able to utilize a reverse operation where they focused on those seeking prostitutes. Police say the sting started after citizen complaints and concerned business owners on the West Side.Īccording to Sgt. Foltz was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to one count of persuading. Man accused of striking woman with hammer, charged with malicious assault Matthew Benjamin Foltz, 29, of Cleveland, Ohio, used the messaging application Whisper to engage in sexually explicit conversations with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl from Virginia. The Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division arrested 35 suspects in multiple Adult Prostitution Operations and Online Solicitation of Minor Operations in January.
