Entries from Bostonist tagged with 'prostitution'
July 5, 2008
Prostitutes are moving to the suburbs, and Wellesley can add erotic massage to its list of attractions. Police made the second bust in seven months of an alleged house of prostitution in Wellesley. An anxious Sergeant Marie Cleary of the Wellesley Police Department was quoted in the Globe protesting too much: "It's an extremely uncommon thing to happen in Wellesley." Craigslist and other online classifieds have made it easy for suburban brothels to attract Johns.......
Continue Reading "Don't Call it "Whoresley""March 10, 2008
--This isn't local, but the big crime story of the day is the revelation that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was involved with a prostitution ring. He made a public statement alongside his wife earlier today. Our motherblog Gothamist has all the details. [Gothamist] --In political sex scandal news related to our State House, the arraignment of Carl Stanley McGee, the Deval Patrick aide who is accused of "sexual battery on the boy whom......
Continue Reading "Boston Blotter: NY Governor In Prostitution Bust"January 15, 2008
A story about hookers would usually be part of the Boston Blotter, but the sudden burst of coverage in the Suburban Hooker Plague deserves its own post. Bostonist is underwhelmed by the Suburban Hooker Plague because prostitution happens all the time in the city, and prostitution-related incidents are so common that they rarely rank on the Blotter. That is, unless the BPD's ongoing "Operation Squeeze" nets a lot of people or particularly old or young......
Continue Reading "Horrors! Plague of Hookers in the Suburbs!"