[QUOTE=Horsetrader; 1138647]Returned from a business trip early Friday evening and scouted the W / W and B / CB loops before heading home. Passed on one hag in pigtown and one on Brunswick.
End of second loop in B / CB found two possible WSW at Pontiac and 2nd, one looked OK the other looked very good. Decided to loop around to check out the neighborhood and found 2 more possible WSW, also on 2nd. It seemed odd to find no decent SW after an hour of cruising and then all of the sudden there were 4 decent WSW within 2 blocks of each other on 2nd. When I returned to that corner there were about 4 men hanging by the good looking girl so I kept moving. A few minutes later the men were gone so I pulled over about half block away. The good looking girl followed and motioned me to roll down the passenger window. Her face and hair looked good up close. She didn't get in. She just said "are you dating?" I said nothing and just drove away.
I may have missed a golden opportunity, but it just didn't feel right. Five minutes later all four girls were gone. Didn't see anyone pulled over.
Left the streets unsatisfied. Finished the evening at an AMP.
Horsetrader[/QUOTE]I have seen LEO set up stings right where you were cruising. 2nd and Pontiac / Patapsco. Also, in CB on Fairhaven near Patasco, probably the neighbors or that restaurant on the corner called LE and complained. Once a few years ago I saw a sting at the Aldi's on Washington Blvd near Patapsco. The two ULE decoys were standing in front of Aldi's, while their backup, a Hispanic male, stood across Washington Blvd at the bus stop. They would direct the guys into Aldi's parking lot, then an unmarked "knocker" looking car would come down Washington Blvd from the Morrell Park direction and grab the unlucky monger. One LEO would drive the monger's car away, while the other LEO took the guy in the unmarked car. In the 15 minutes I was inside shopping, they grabbed four or five guys. If you follow the basic rules of mongering, or just trust your instincts like Horsetrader did, you can avoid these situations.
Rp