Sting going on on the AMP
I just came across this report for south Florida but it will be or is coming here too.
[url]http://www.orlandosentinel.com/fl-fbi-massage-raids-20121124[/url].0, 5042548. Story.
Stay safe.
EE
Surveilance at AMPs. Good Advice if ever approached by Uncle
In light of the nerd with clipboard I saw outside this AMP, I googled a bit and found an interesting article. I'm posting just a part of it. Basically it says what we have heard countless times. Keep Your Stupid Mouth Shut.
In addition, police are combing through their own surveillance photos of customers, said LCPD spokesman Dan Trujillo.
"It's really in their best interest if they come forward instead of us coming to them," Trujillo said."If they come forward voluntarily and talk to our detectives, I wouldn't say (it's) turning themselves in. If they want to come talk to us, it shows their willingness to cooperate, basically."
For months, police took surveillance photos of customers, the vehicles they drove to the spa and their license plates, Trujillo said.
"I'm just saying, it would be better and it would show their willingness to cooperate if they call and give us information," Trujillo said.
Anyone who does so, however, has "no promises" of any leniency, he said.
"If somebody has broken a law, there could be consequences for that," Trujillo said."However, that being said, it's much better if. Customers of one of those businesses come forward voluntarily and offers whatever information they have on those businesses instead of us having to go to them."
While promoting prostitution and accepting the earnings of a prostitute are felonies, prostitution itself and patronizing a prostitute are both petty misdemeanors in New Mexico.
Las Cruces defense attorney Jeff Lahann has a few words of warning for anyone who might think about calling the police and baring their soul.
"What the police don't say. Is that without your confession they will never in a million years be able to make a case against you," Lahann wrote Friday on his blog, Green Chile and Yellow Pads."To convict you for being a 'john' the State must prove that you offered a prostitute money in exchange for a sexual act. Given that almost every act of prostitution involves just two witnesses (employee and customer) to what happened on the massage table, and given that arrested employees would make terrible witnesses (for innumerable practical and legal reasons) , the only way you could be arrested and charged with 'patronizing prostitutes' is if you do exactly what the police have requested and give them a call."
[QUOTE=TheeeGentleman; 1604524]Ad says $40 special. Dreamed that I went there and was told that was for a 1/2 hour for shoulder massage only. Immediately upsold to 1/2 hour for $60. Massage was by the most beautiful 23 year old asian spinner I have ever seen at any AMP. Even better than the ocean; true model quality. Tease led to flip and a request for 1. 00 tip for the basic. Only able to bargain down to. 70. Would never tip this for basic except that she was so damn beautiful, and she knows it.
ONE WARNING. It appears as though some nerd outside with a clip board may be writing down license plates. Park away from the place and handle appropriately. Strange since there seemed to be no chance of a full massage. At least from that beauty.[/QUOTE]