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Craigslist Helps in Prostitution Bust

Some cyber-savvy prostitutes have found out that high-tech hooking isn’t as discrete as they first thought. Earlier this week, Covington Police arrested three women who were trying to sell their goods and services on a popular website. But as Joe Webb tells us, the john they hooked up with was Johnny Law. The three women will all face prostitution charges in Kenton County. They weren’t rounded up on the street corner.

Capt. Teal Nally, Covington Police: “We received some complaints, multiple complaints that there was prostitution activity going on in our city and those services were being offered through Craig’s List.”

So, officers trolled the popular site. If you go to Cincinnati services and click on erotic, there are 531 different offers of all kinds. Police made initial contact online and face-to-face contact at two Covington hotels Wednesday night.

“These hotels certainly had nothing to do with this and actually they were assisting the police department.”

Police say one woman actually advertised on her own website.

“In fact, that night that she came to meet the police officer, she brought the same outfit that she had on in the website with her.”