I can be dangerous out there, fellas. Read the whole story at The Bradenton Herald…

Men robbed at house of prostitution

Two men report being robbed while visiting a house of prostitution Thursday.

According to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office report, both men at first reported being robbed on the street.

After investigators questioned the two men, inconsistencies with their stories were detected. Both of the men eventually said they went to visit the house of prostitution, at different times.

When the first man entered the home at about 5 p.m. Thursday, five to eight men, one armed with a handgun, confronted him.

The suspects took the man’s money, about $40, and the keys to his Chevy Blazer, before tying him with his shoelaces and placing him a back room.

The other victim went to the house at about 8:40 p.m. and also was confronted by five to eight men.

They took his money, about $700, and the keys to his Cadillac Escalade.

The man was tied up with his shoelaces and put into the back room, where there were about four or five other men, also tied up.

The victims managed to free themselves and escape, then called law enforcement. When deputies arrived at the house, they found it empty.

The new Craigslist rules are evidently not cramping the style of some internet-marketing working girls, Read the whole story at The Bradenton Herald…

Bradenton police online prostitution sting nets 4 at hotel
By BETH BURGER

A woman with short dark hair reaches behind her neck posing as if she is going to remove a bikini top in front of what appears to be a hotel room door.

“We can cook, clean, have a night out on the town or just spend a quiet evening together,” begins an adult services ad on the Craigslist classified ad Web site.

Her name is Tina. She is 26 with brown hair and blue eyes, according to the ad.

And for $100 you get to enjoy her company for a half hour, according to the ad.

This was just one of several Craigslist ads Bradenton Police Department detectives responded to as part of a prostitution sting in which four women were arrested Thursday afternoon.

In real life, the woman is a 28-year-old Bradenton woman, and her name isn’t Tina.

When an undercover detective called and met her at the Holiday Inn Express, she agreed to perform oral sex for $150, according to the arrest report.

She was immediately arrested by several investigators who had been monitoring the transaction with hidden video and audio equipment, according to the report.