Jan. 11
Arrest (prostitution) — Police arrested Ceejay A. Thompson, 25, of the first block of Wynnewood Avenue, Westmont, after she solicited an undercover officer for sex in the 3000 block of Crawford Place, according to  a report. Thompson was charged with prostitution. She was released pending a municipal court hearing.  
Theft, 4:30-7:30 p.m. — A wallet, valued at $15, was stolen from the Larchmont Animal Hospital, located on the 200 block of Hartford Road, police said.
Jan. 12
Theft — A metal table, metal chairs and a cart—total value $725—were stolen from outside the Panera Bread on Centerton Road, police said. The incident occurred sometime between 2:30 p.m. Jan. 11 and 8 a.m. Jan. 12.    
Burglary, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Jewelry, cash, savings bonds and other items—valued at approximately $3,500— were stolen from a home on the 600 block of Hartford Road after the residence was left unlocked, police said.

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January 20, 2012  |  
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Susan was a crack addict and prostitute whose life was saved by Jesus Christ. That’s what she would say when you met her; she had no compunction about sharing details of her sordid past because the Lord cleansed those sins from her.
Christ may have removed the sins but he left much of Susan otherwise unchanged after she got clean; at 35, she looked at least a decade older, her graying hair matched by a haggard expression—all testimony to her many years on the Philadelphia streets. She still had a hot temper and a foul mouth lacing sentences with old addict slang and obscenities when provoked. Her street name—“Light Skin Susan”—came from her high-yellow tone; in North Philly’s black community complexion remains a salient characteristic, leftover from the old days when blacks with light skins were seated in the front pews in churc …

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GEORGE FOREACRE is not a coldhearted guy. But he couldn’t help but celebrate this week’s death of notorious strip-club mogul Robert Laflar, who faced trial in October in the fatal beating of Foreacre’s friend. “I know he [Laflar] has children, and they’re innocents. That’s the ones I feel bad for,” said Foreacre, 37, who survived the 2009 attack outside Laflar’s strip club that left him with four fractured vertebrae and his buddy Jimmy Koons dead. “But when you dance with the devil, you got to answer to the devil, and he answered to the devil today. It’s a good day.”

The FBI was investigating Laflar’s strip clubs and his auto-salvage shop, Gianni’s, in connection with alleged kickbacks involving the Philadelphia Police Department and the Department of Licenses and Inspections, the Inquirer reported last February.

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Stratford massage parlors raided, 4 women arrestedJanuary 19, 2012|By James Osborne, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Police raided two Stratford massage parlors Thursday that are suspected to be part of a prostitution ring with connections to New York City.
Shortly after 1 p.m., officers swept into Heavenly Hands Massage on Yale Avenue and then the Natural Massage Center on West Laurel Road, arresting two employees at each place.
Detectives had been investigating the establishments for a month after receiving reports from neighbors of men parking down the street and walking to the establishments, said Stratford Police Chief Ronald Morello.
At both locations, undercover officers allegedly were offered sex in exchange for money. When police went to the businesses Thursday, they found only one customer, who appeared to be getting a legitimate massage. But they found hidden surveillance cameras with no monitors – believed to be a mechanism for someone else to track customer traffic. “It’s a network. These women travel around. They get busted, and they g …

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The innkeepers at The Inn at Laurel Lake ran a house of prostitution out of their historic bed and breakfast, police say.

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The innkeepers at The Inn at Laurel Lake ran a house of prostitution out of their historic bed and breakfast, police say.

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Police say after a month long investigation it was revealed the establishments were operating as houses of prostitution, where male clients would receive sexual acts in exchange for cash.

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Owners of historic bed & breakfast in Lee charged with offering prostitution services for guests
Published: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 7:24 PM     Updated: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 8:18 PM
An photo of The Inn at Laurel Lake, taken from the inn’s website.

The Berkshire Eagle is reporting Tara Viola, 39, and her husband Thomas Fusco, 47, owners of The Inn at Laurel Lake were arrested Thursday afternoon on charges related to prostitution.
Each was charged with one count of keeping a house of ill fame and conspiring to promote prostitution, and Viola faces an additional count of soliciting sexual favors for a fee.

The Berkshire Eagle quotes a member of the Lee police department who said the prostitution charges stem from a therapeutic massage service that was offered to guests.

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THE LORD works in mysterious ways in “Flowers of War,” the story of a scoundrel who shields Chinese hookers and orphans from invading Japanese in 1937 Nanking.
The movie is a massive clash of content and tone, a strange hybrid of “City of Life and Death” and “Father Goose” that nevertheless, in the hands of Zhang Yimou, musters a few striking moments.
“Flowers” stars Christian Bale as Miller, a wayward, ex-pat Yank who’s on a bender in Nanking when the Japanese invade. He stumbles into a convent where girls and prostitutes take refuge from marauding soldiers, and, in a stupor, impersonates a cleric in order to keep Japanese soldiers at bay.
Miller is looking for money, booze, and maybe some private time with gorgeous pro Yu Mo (Ni Ni), but in due time comes to take a serious moral interest in the lives of the women in his care.

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In the course of the operation, on Monday night, officers raided a property that was being used as a brothel, carried out 32 stop searches, stopped four kerb crawlers and issued cautions to six prostitutes.

“Local residents have told us that vice and drugs are key concerns for them and we want to send a clear message that prostitution and selling illegal drugs will not be tolerated in our community. We had a high visibility presence in Easton and St Paul’s throughout the night, deterring criminals and providing reassurance for the local community. This was a successful operation that we will be running again in the near future.”

“It was a really successful night. We made six arrests overall for kerb crawling, theft and drugs offences, uncovered a brothel and disrupted the vice trade in the area.”

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