info on the bust

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here is the article
http://www.insidebayarea.com/searchresults/ci_2912922

and here was one of the ad's

http://www.craigslist.org/eby/ers/87564371.html

here the text w/o the pictures.

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[I'm just going to post the info from the article, because links have a way of going dead but posted information remains in our forum, and can be found through the search function]

Early August, 2005

Police stings deal blow to Hayward sex trade

Last week, a woman calling herself Sexy Kelly was advertising a "land of ecstasy" to anyone with $80 willing to drive to her apartment off Industrial Boulevard.

Among those who knocked on her door were a dozen SWAT team members in body armor, toting MP-5 machine guns and a battering ram.

"I'm not some criminal," she said as they loaded her into the van, Santa Rita-bound, while wide-eyed neighbors gawked in the background.

She was just one of [a few dozen] prostitutes Hayward police have arrested in the past three weeks. [...] More than a dozen johns and pimps also were snared in the dragnet.

So much for the land of ecstasy.

"Watch out girls!" says a recent Internet posting directed at local hookers and their customers. "They're doing police stings. They set me up a couple of nights ago, so I'm just putting everybody up on the game ... I hope you guys would do the same ... Girls, be careful, that's all I have to say."

Not everyone got the memo, apparently.

[Where WAS the memo?]

For much of the summer in Hayward alone, 30 to 40 women have been offering love for sale over the Internet every day.

There are almost none now that the police sweep is winding down.

"It has a way of moving around," Hayward police Capt. Phil Ribera said. "Hayward is the real hot spot right now. But now word is getting around, and it will quiet down. I'm not saying it won't come back ..."

The police say they never have viewed prostitutes as hard-core criminals and don't see the flesh trade as a menace to civilization.

But they see a lot of things other people don't. During this recent operation: ounces of methamphetamine, bags of heroin, stacks of hundred-dollar bills.
[...]

From a cop's point of view, hookers are a magnet for sinister characters, drugs and violence. This sweep was launched after two prostitutes were beaten up and robbed by a customer at the Vagabond Inn.

"We don't want this stuff in Hayward," Ribera said.

The last three weeks have featured female cops posing as hookers to bust customers, and male cops posing as customers to bust hookers.

In the case of Sexy Kelly, a female cop posed as a girl looking for work in the escort business.

Kelly — whom police say had four girls turning tricks out of her apartment — apparently made a poor hiring choice. Now she is facing felony charges.

It was strange to see a column of heavily armed men storm an apartment complex and come out with a skinny girl in handcuffs. There may have been less drama when they captured Al Capone. It was sad to see her hauled away.

But there's a reason Sexy Kelly got thrown in jail: She's part of the game.

[...]

Though prostitution is usually a consensual act, it's not a victimless crime, police say.

[...]

As the Internet helps the prostitution trade flourish, the police have to become more resourceful in keeping a lid on it. That's not easy when budget cuts prevent the department from having a vice squad or an undercover drug team.

[An open appeal for a bigger vice squad budget. What a media lapdog. Is there a cock up your ass, media lapdog? ]

After all, the recent operation was cobbled together by officers who have other beats and other things to do.

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I'm just going to post the info from the article, because links have a way of going dead but posted information remains in our forum, and can be found through the search function]

Seven arrested in Pleasanton prostitution sting

PLEASANTON - In an undercover operation at a local motel, Pleasanton police arrested five women Wednesday night on suspicion of soliciting for prostitution.

In the course of the sting, the women arrived at various times at the motel, which was not named by police. Each was arrested after they arranged a deal with an undercover officer, according to a police news release. Members of the department's special investigations unit found the women through ads placed on two Internet sites.

Two men were also arrested on suspicion of aiding a prostitute. Five cars were also towed and seized.

Pleasanton is the latest agency to target Internet prostitution with a sting operation. In September, Dublin and San Ramon police carried out similar prostitution busts using Internet ads. Dublin arrested seven women, and San Ramon arrested a total of 12 people during two stings that primarily targeted johns.

Those arrested were from Castro Valley, Richmond, Oakland, San Francisco, Emeryville, Alameda and Berkeley.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...s/13417689.htm