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Anti-Prostitution Campaign
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Chief Norman Williams
Wichita Police Department |
The Wichita Police Department is committed to proactively addressing crimes and to improving the quality of life for our citizens. To achieve these goals, and in the spirit of our community policing philosophy, the department works closely with our citizens and neighborhoods, employing a number of proactive initiatives including prostitution arrest operations, also known as “prostitution stings.”
Prostitution stings represent one aspect of the department’s comprehensive effort to rid Wichita of crimes that detract from our quality of life. A number of other criminal offenses coincide with prostitution, including assault, robbery and theft. Because many prostitutes and other persons associated with prostitution are drug users, illegal drug sales and usage are also linked with and perpetuated by prostitution. Therefore prostitution increases public health concerns, specifically the spread of sexually transmitted diseases including HIV, and other blood disorders.
Prostitution also exists, because those who solicit it, also known as “johns,” are willing to risk arrest. These “johns” are equally responsible for related criminal public safety and public health issues. They make it increasingly difficult for prostitutes to break the cycle of crime, violence and drug use.
Individuals who have been arrested and charged in connection with prostitution-related offenses during the past seven days are listed below. Information includes names, dates of birth, and booking photographs. Photographs and information will be posted for a duration no longer than 30 days.
If you have information about a crime in progress, please call 911. To report information concerning prostitution or any form of criminal drug activity, please call one of the listed Patrol Bureaus or file an online suspicious activity report by clicking HERE.
Patrol South 337-9200 Patrol North 688-9500 Patrol East 688-9300 Patrol West 337-9400
Prostitution and Other Morals Related Arrests
All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a Court of Law.
The following individuals have been arrested for one or more of the following City Ordinances. To view the actual ordinance just click on it and then copy and paste the ordinance number into the search field. If you have any questions please call Officer Alex Recio at Patrol South, 337-9200 or email him here at arecio@wichita.gov.
UPDATED 07/08/08
**********Photos will be posted for 30 days from date of arrest. Updates will be on a as needed basis.**********
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Name: Curtis L. Bentley
Charges: Soliciting for Immoral Purpposes
Arrest Date: 07/07/2008
Arrest Location: 900 S. Market
Home City: Wichita |
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Name: Orville L. Allen
Charges: Patronize a Prostitute, Patronizing a Person Offering Sodomy for Hire, Prostitution in Anti-Prostitution Emphasis Area
Arrest Date: 06/28/2008
Arrest Location: E. Funston & S. St. Francis
Home City: Wichita |
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Name: Barbara J. Boyd
Charges: Prostitution, Sodomy for Hire, Prostitution in Anti-Prostitution Emphasis Area
Arrest Date: 06/28/2008
Arrest Location: E. Funston & S. St. Francis
Home City: Wichita |
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Name: Angel P. Fuentes
Charges: Patronize a Prostitute, Loitering for the Purpose of Soliciting, Prostitution in Anti-Prostitution Emphasis Area, Tag Illuminated
Arrest Date: 06/21/2008
Arrest Location: 2300 S. Topeka
Home City: Wichita |
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Name: Judith A. Santiago
Charges: Prostitution, Loitering for the Purpose of Soliciting, Prostitution in Anti-Prostitution Emphasis Area
Arrest Date: 06/21/2008
Arrest Location: 2300 S. Topeka
Home City: Wichita |
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Name: Gerald E. Allen
Charges: Loitering for the Purpose of Soliciting, Prostitution in Anti-Prostitution Emphasis Area
Arrest Date: 06/19/2008
Arrest Location: 2232 S. Broadway
Home City: Wichita |
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Name: Poppilyn M. Courtney
Charges: Loitering for the Purpose of Soliciting, Prostitution in Anti-Prostitution Emphasis Area
Arrest Date: 06/19/2008
Arrest Location: 2232 S. Broadway
Home City: Wichita |
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Name: David L. Davis
Charges: Promoting Prostitution
Arrest Date: 06/12/2008
Arrest Location: 1908 S. Emporia
Home City: Wichita |
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Name: Crystal L. Folkers
Charges: Promoting Prostitution, Possession of Narcotics, No Drug Tax Stamp
Arrest Date: 06/12/2008
Arrest Location: 1908 S. Emporia
Home City: Wichita |
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Name: Patricia L. Burton
Charges: Loitering for the Purpose of Soliciting, Prostitution in Anti-Prostitution Emphasis Area
Arrest Date: 06/12/2008
Arrest Location: E. Pawnee & S. Broadway
Home City: Wichita |
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