Articles Posted in Prostitution, Pimping, and Soliciting

Woburn District Court: In January 2011 Burlington, Massachusetts police were investigating incidents of prostitution originating through www.backpage.com . They observed an advertisement showing a white female wearing lingerie offering unspecified services at a specified hourly rate. The advertisement listed a phone number. Officers placed a call and the woman provided them with a hotel address.…

Malden District Court: The police applied for a complaint against the defendant alleging that he had paid for a sexual favor from a masseuse operating out of a hotel. The defendant was approached and questioned by a police officer as he was leaving and admitted to paying for a massage and receiving the sexual service.…

Woburn District Court # 10-228, 10-2297. The prosecution alleged that in early August of 2010 Woburn, Massachusetts police received information that a massage parlor was being used as a house of prostitution. Officers quickly determined that the establishment was not properly licensed. On September 23, 2010 a law enforcement task force took up surveillance at…

Boston Municipal Court. On February 18, 2010 members of the Boston Police under the direction of the human trafficking division were conducting a surveillance at an upscale Boston Hotel. The officers were armed with information that two women were conducting sexual activities for money in adjoining rooms. From a room across the hall officers watched…