4 Women Arrested in Connection with Naperville Prostitution Sting
The Naperville Police Department arrested four women in "Operation Cross County VI," a nationwide crackdown on prostitution and trafficking organized by the FBI.
Four women were arrested and charged with prostitution at a Naperville hotel Friday after the Naperville Police Department participated in the FBI’s “Operation Cross County VI,” a nationwide crackdown on child sex trafficking. While no children were involved in the Naperville sweep, 79 child victims of prostitution were discovered and more than 100 pimps were arrested across the country during the three-day operation, according to the FBI. “Even though our arrests didn’t net any children involved in prostitution, it was under that particular operation,” Naperville Police Department Sgt. Gregg Bell said. “In our cases, all of the individuals that were arrested were all adults.” Police said Sharon Lynn Romaine, 50, of Vernon Hills; Melissa …
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10:22 am on Monday, July 16, 2012
Why not legalize prostitution and make pimping a mandatory 10 years hard labor? Make trafficking a mandatory 20 years per count hard labor, and a capitol offense for slavery and kidnapping? more ›