Nashville LEO BP bust procedures
Affidavit excerpts, no personally identifying info. Thanks to the senior who sent me these links.
-Jeepster1.
Metro LEO activity can be found at:
[URL]https://sci.ccc.nashville.gov[/URL]
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"COMPLAINT NUMBER: 2015-0503541 WARRANT NUMBER: GS725487
PROSECUTOR: Kyle M Williams
DEFENDANT: xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
VICTIM:
STATE OF TENNESSEE, COUNTY OF DAVIDSON
AFFIDAVIT
PROSTITUTION
T.C.A. 39-13-513
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, (Select one) _x__ Commissioner, ___ Metropolitan General Sessions Judge, the prosecutor named above and made oath in due form of law that (Select one)__x_ he ___ she (Select one) __x_ personally observed ___ has probable cause to believe that the defendant named above on 05/28/2015 in Davidson County, did intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly engage in prostitution. The probable cause is as follows:
The defendant was contact by an undercover detective by the ad she placed on backpage.com. The undercover detective was fitted with an electronic listening device and given recorded buy money prior to meeting the defendant. The defendant stated her price for an hour was 140 dollars and an additional 60 dollars for fetishes. The defendant agreed to meet the undercover at the extended stay on Elm Hill Pike (2525 Elm Hill Pike). Once the undercover detective arrived at the Extended Stay, the defendant was contacted by phone and the defendant directed the undercover detective to room 303. Once the undercover arrived to the room the defendant opened the door to the room and the undercover detective went inside. Once inside the room the defendant stated she would perform oral sex on the undercover detective as part of the fetish. Once the defendant agreed to the act the undercover detective gave the take down and the defendant was placed into custody, and advised of Miranda. The defendant stated that we could search her room and located in a top drawer of the dresser was a plastic baggie containing approximately 1 gram of marijuana and several marijuana roaches. The defendant could not produce satisfactory identification and the defendants identification could not be confirmed with a picture therefore the defendant was not issued a citation.
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Prosecutor: Kyle M Williams 00012427 _______________________________________________________________________________________________
A R R E S T W A R R A N T
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Information on oath having been made, that on the day and year aforesaid, and in the County aforesaid, the offense
of Prostitution B MISD, as aforesaid, has been committed and charging the defendant thereof, you are therefore commanded, in the name of the State, forthwith to arrest and bring the defendant before a judge of the Court of General Sessions of Davidson County, Tennessee, to answer the above charge.
Sworn to and subscribed before me on 05/29/2015 02:19:26 .
_________________________________________
Carolyn Piphus
Judge of the Metropolitan General Sessions Court/Commissioner"[/I]
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[I]"COMPLAINT NUMBER: 2015-0503541 WARRANT NUMBER: GS725491
PROSECUTOR: Kyle M Williams
DEFENDANT: xxxxx x xxxxx
VICTIM:
STATE OF TENNESSEE, COUNTY OF DAVIDSON
AFFIDAVIT
Prostitution- Promoting
39-13-515
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, (Select one) _x__ Commissioner ___ Metropolitan General Sessions Judge, the prosecutor named above and made oath in due form of law that (Select one) __x_ he ___ she (Select one) ___ personally observed _x__ has probable cause to believe that the defendant named above on 05/28/2015 in Davidson County, did unlawfully (Enter brief description of the offense] promote prostitution
and that the probable cause is as follows:
While police were inside 2525 Elm Hill pike room 303 talking with the co-defendant, the co-defendant gave police verbal consent to search her phone. Inside the phone there was a picture of a male and when asked who he was the co-defendant stated it was her man, Dewayne. From the balcony of the hotel police observed a vehicle with a male white and the co-defendant inside, same male black who was in the picture on the co-defendants phone. Detectives made contact with that vehicle and asked if they knew the woman inside the room. The defendant stated the woman inside the room was his girlfriend. The defendant was read Miranda and under Miranda stated that he and the co-defendant came to Nashville approximately a week prior from South Carolina. The defendant went on to say that while he is away from her, he watches out for her and makes sure she is safe. Furthermore, the defendant was found with several disposable visa cards on his person which is typically used to fund prostitution and the promotion of such. The co-defendant stated that she does not purchase her clothing that it gets paid for by the co-defendant as she spoke in casual conversation with detectives. When detectives asked hotel management for the room records, records showed the defendant paid for the hotel room, the same hotel room in which the co-defendant used to prostitute. The defendant also stated that they came to Tennessee so that they could earn money to pay for procedures that co-defendant needed, consequently, the co-defendant stated that she could earn up to 8000 dollars a week from prostitution. During the search of the vehicle in which the defendant was the front passenger, detectives located a pistol (Kel-Tec P-11 serial number: apt27 with 4 rounds in the magazine) under the drivers seat and a bag of 6 bullets in the glove box. Also located in the vehicle was marijuana in both the front driver door pocket and the rear left passenger door pocket. All subjects under Miranda stated the marijuana was not theirs and the pistol was not theirs. The defendant stated he was a convicted felon for drug charges in 2010 in another state. When detectives ran the defendants history it showed felony charges of cocaine distribution and an entry for board of parole in South Carolina.
ESignature
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Prosecutor: Kyle M Williams 00012427 _______________________________________________________________________________________________
A R R E S T W A R R A N T
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Information on oath having been made, that on the day and year aforesaid, and in the County aforesaid, the offense
of Prostitution- Promoting E FELONY, as aforesaid, has been committed and charging the defendant thereof, you are therefore commanded, in the name of the State, forthwith to arrest and bring the defendant before a judge of the Court of General Sessions of Davidson County, Tennessee, to answer the above charge.
Sworn to and subscribed before me on 05/29/2015 02:34:00 .
________________________________________
Carolyn Piphus
Judge of the Metropolitan General Sessions Court/Commissioner"[/I]
The basics of getting busted
Brief explanations of the patronizing statutes, from two Nashville attorneys:
[url]https://www.nashvillecriminallawyer.com/practices/prostitution-solicitation/[/url]
[URL]http://www.mckinneylawfirm.com/Articles/Patronizing-Prostitution-Charges-in-Nashville-Tennessee.shtml[/URL]
-Jeepster1.
Mayoral candidate Bill Freeman discusses prostitution
Bill Freeman gets asked about his enforcement plans, should he be elected:
[URL]http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2015/04/17/mayoralchatter-bill-freeman-on-feminism-prostitution[/URL]
-Jeepster1.
Nashville Scene Sex Trafficking Cover Story
Long story, might be a rehash of previously published data? Does have some details of the new Promoting statutes that I hadn't seen elsewhere.
[URL]http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/sex-trafficking-of-minors-remains-a-dirty-secret-andmdash-and-agents-officers-and-victims-supporters-want-to-bring-it-into-the-light/Content?oid=5134970[/URL]
-Jeepster1.
News flash: No prostitutes in Nashville since 1863
Problem solved long ago. They just rounded up the ladies and put them on a boat to Kentucky. That was easy.
Oops, Kentucky sent them back, [i]"so out of sheer desperation, Spalding and the Union Army created in Nashville's the country's first system of legalized prostitution"[/i]
[URL]http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-curious-case-of-nashvilles-frail-sisterhood-7766757/?no-ist[/URL]
-Jeepster1.
California suit aims to legalize hobby there
California providers file suit to force legalization in that state.
[URL]http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2015/04/14/exclusive-cincinnati-lawyers-file-legalized.html[/URL]
-Jeepster1.