Prostitution stings net 6 arrests in Butler Twp.

UPDATE @ 12:27 p.m.

Arrested on Feb. 17 were: Steaphon Haygood, 46; Geri Lynn Brooks, 35; and Michael L. Williams, 26, all charged with soliciting and possessing criminal tools.

Arrested on Feb. 18 were Michael D. Geter, 23; Jay Marcus Jones, 32; and Melvin D. Jackson, 35, all charged with soliciting and possessing criminal tools.

Everyone but Brooks is no longer listed as a jail inmate.

FIRST REPORT

Six people were arrested last week during prostitution stings in Butler Twp.

This happened at a hotel on Miller Lane.

Rob Streck, acting police chief, Butler Twp., said the stings happened Feb. 17-18 by a group of local agencies called R-Storm, which formed to help each other with manpower issues.

The officers used website advertisements to lure the men and woman to the hotel, he said.

“One of the main goals of that … is a look at human trafficking and make sure we’re battling the human trafficking and also the prostitution,” Streck said.

He said it’s also a way to trespass individuals from the Miller Lane hotels.

NewsCenter 7’s Andy Sedlak is working this story today, and will bring you the latest on the ongoing effort to battle prostitution.

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