[QUOTE=Lshllc;3425329]I'm a long time member, infrequent poster and very infrequent hobbyist. I set up a massage with Henna this afternoon. Got to location and waited. As I waited, there was a lot of LE activity in and around and it is a pretty quite area, definitely not SV or any other "hot spots". Had a guy walk past me only to double back behind me and gave a nod to someone as he got back to where he started from. Put me on alert but decided to stay and await Henna's arrival to see if she was alone. Right after that a mpd car parked in the auto parts store across the street and left after a few minutes. The kicker was when another marked car from one of Memphis' suburbs pulled into the lot and slowly drove by. Henna was already about 20 minutes late, so I decided to leave. I pulled into the auto parts store and walked inside just in case they were looking at me. Exited the parts store a few minutes later. As I pulled out into traffic, I noticed the cop was still sitting in the lot across the street. He was obviously waiting on me. He crossed the street and fell in behind me. I was going 5 under the limit and he rode right behind me one lane over for half a mile. Finally, I got into the right lane and turned at the next intersection. He got over and turned left.
I texted Henna and told her I hated to cancel but there was a ton of LE activity. Weird thing is that she never texted me back. Makes me even more suspicious. I would expect her to try to put me at ease or be pissed that I cancelled at the last minute.
Started realizing all I had to lose and, for me, it just is not worth it. It could have all been coincidence and I'm definitely not disparaging Henna. I have no idea. Maybe I sat there too long (about 20 minutes) and the hotel called the cops on me, but there were several other folks sitting in vehicles besides me.
Happy trails and be safe! I'm out for good.[/QUOTE]Your description sounds like you might have been meeting at an hourly? / I have had that same kind of thing happen around those in the past. In fact, recently I was meeting a young lady at one and did my usual arrive early, scope out the area, etc. She then was running about 10 late and I didn't want to hover any longer so went to a Walgreens to buy a drink about four blocks away. The girl calls me and says she is at a gas station about two doors down from the hourly and she sees two marked in auto parts store across the street. I tell her stay put and I'm driving that way. I see two cars in another parking lot the other way and tell her things don't look good to me either. We decide on another hourly about 10 minutes away. I have figured out which car is hers and tell her to pull away. Sure enough, one of the marked follow her for about a block then turn off. I keep following her and all is clear when we reach the new place where our date then did take place. I'm sure LEO was just looking for someone to grab at the first hourly. Not a full sting. Conclusion: know the area and look it over carefully first, every time.
