The streets are hot this weekend
The big game is tomorrow and Uncle Leo is goin wild! I still managed to dodge around and find brandy, my current fav. DAMN! That girl is fine!
There's a new Sheriff in town!
FYI....Huntington monger arrested!
HPD STING: Prostitutes Rounded Up on Sixth and Seventh Avenues; One Man Nabbed for Trying to Warn Ladies of the Evening
By Tony Rutherford
Huntington News Network Writer
Huntington, WV (HNN) -- Utilizing a confidential undercover informant, members of the Huntington Police Department set out Sept. 19, 2005 on a prostitution sting.
Melissa Burns, 28, was arrested in the 1100 block of Eighth Avenue at approximately 3:25 p.m. after she flagged down the informant and offered to perform a sex act.
At 5:13 p.m. in the 1900 block of 6 ½ alley, Sarita Emery, 38, flagged down the undercover officer. In addition to soliciting prostitution, she was charged with additional misdemeanors --- possession of a crack pipe and an outstanding bench warrant. Seven minutes later, Crystal Richardson, 32, flagged down the undercover officer behind St. Joseph Catholic High School. The arrest was made at 5:20 p.m. in the 1300 block of 6 ½ alley.
Terri Morrison, 26, stood in the 1400 block of 6 ½ alley flagging motorists. At 5:55 p.m. she offered sex to the undercover officer in the 1100 block of 8th Avenue. 25 minutes later, Nancy Ballengee, 40, was arrested at 14th Street and 6 ½ alley after flagging down the officer. She was also in possession of drug contraband. The final female arrest occurred at 7:00 p.m. when Jennifer Cook, 27, was taken into custody in the 1500 block of Seventh Avenue after flagging down the undercover informant in the 1500 block of 6 ½ alley.
Police arrested Russell Simpkins, 37, of Wurtland, Ky., for impeding the undercover prostitution investigation. The man , who was arrested at 15th Street and 6 ½ alley at 6:12 p.m., began telling women that an undercover officer was trying to pick them up. He also had an outstanding misdemeanor bench warrant.
On September 20, officers arrested James Walls, 67, of Proctorville, Ohio, in the 1400 block of 7 ½ alley after they were informed that he was inside a vehicle with an alleged prostitute. He was charged with soliciting prostitution and indecent exposure.
The police reports called the string of arrests “an undercover chronic prostitution investigation.”
Soliciting for prostitution is a misdemeanor. Based on the immediate reports, those charged appeared to be first-time arrestees for soliciting prostitution.