The Kansas City Star
Police said Wednesday that last weekend’s prostitution sting netted several prominent people among the 100 arrested, and has reduced the number of Internet ads for escort services.
Among those arrested were a priest from St. Joseph, a Clay County sheriff’s deputy, the head track coach at Shawnee Mission South High School and an executive vice president of a Baptist college in Iowa.
The sting focused on escort services and involved 20 law enforcement agencies in Kansas and Missouri. It was the largest local sting of its kind, according to Sgt. Brad Dumit of Kansas City’s vice unit.
“Everyone worked very well together,” Dumit said. “We were very successful.”
Dumit said he was planning similar stings in the future.
The sting began with police placing four ads in a weekly newspaper and on the Internet. Police said men who answered the ads and agreed to exchange something of value for sex acts were arrested. Police said women who agreed to provide sex acts in exchange for something of value also were arrested.
