For three days the Polk County Sheriff’s Office ran a sting called “Operation Hot Date” and their target was prostitutes and pimps who were using Craig’s List to set up meetings. The operation resulted in 28 prostitutes and four pimps being arrested. Those arrested came from Tampa, Pinellas, Orlando, West Palm Beach and Riverview. Undercover officers contacted the woman via Craig’s List and negotiated prices for sexual acts between $125 and $800 according to a story at www.tbo.com.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd put some of the blame squarely on the doorstep of California based Craig’s List for the problem and despite the lack of customers arrested, Judd said that may change shortly. He claimed to have the cell phones and contact books from the prostitutes arrested and their customers may be hearing from Polk County Sheriff’s shortly.
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