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EXCLUSIVE ACCESS to prostitution bust

Newport News police are undercover and cracking down. Only 10 On Your Side was with the police department during a two day operation to kick prostitution out of the city, but prostitutes weren’t the only target over the weekend.

Jefferson Avenue is one of the busiest streets in Newport News and it’s the focus of a two day prostitution crackdown.

“We are continually flooded with calls from the citizens that live in the neighborhood about all the prostitutes that walk up and down the street and peddle their wares in their backyard, and they’re always finding debris that’s left behind after the prostitute and the john get together and it’s actually disgusting to go back there and see some of the things that show up in peoples’ backyards,” says Captain Keith Hartman.

“A lot of this is 24 hours trade. They frequent the hotels up and down Jefferson Avenue. You see the prostitutes walking up and down day and night. It doesn’t really matter what time.”

Through 10 On Your Side’s exclusive access to the police operation, we quickly learned Captain Keith Hartman is right of both prostitutes and the men who buy their services, called “johns.” On the first day of the operation, female detectives and officers went undercover, posing as prostitutes in broad daylight.

“Can I do anything for you here? We’re trying to make some money,” said one of the undercovers to a man in a truck.

It didn’t take long for them to make a deal and only 10 On Your Side was there as they lured the alleged john to the motel room.

“Police! Police,” shouted the officers when the man walked into the hotel room.

Once the man was in custody, he was processed. That’s when we confronted him.