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19 Arrested In Reverse Prostitution Sting

Howard County police continue their reverse prostitution operations. The most recent undercover effort resulted in 19 men being charged with solicitation of prostitution in Laurel.

Detectives and female officers worked to identify suspects soliciting prostitutes along U.S. 1 in Laurel Oct. 2. Female officers in plain clothes worked undercover in areas targeted by citizen complaints to determine whether they would be approached and offered money for sex. Suspects who approached the female officers and made such offers were arrested.