Feb 4, 2009 11:33 pm US/Eastern
I-Team: 'Call Girl Next Door' Follow-Up
Reporting
Jim Osman
(CBS 3)
It's an upscale and quiet neighborhood in Kennett Township - where the average price of a
home is more than double the national average - that State Police say they
found a prostitution ring.
Police say the homeowner, 62 year old Stephen Clark,
allowed two women to use his house for prostitution which they advertised on
the erotic services section of craigslist.
"Exclusively men were going into the residence and
coming out a very short time later ranging in 15 minute visits up to an
hour" , Trooper Monthei told I-Team Reporter Jim Osman.
It's exactly what the CBS 3 I-Team found in three South Jersey neighborhoods in our exclusive undercover
investigation in November.
A 47 year old grandmother of three in Pleasantville, Atlantic County advertised she's a busty playmate
who is in need of work.
She told our undercover researcher there was a fee for the
hour and that she had purchased condoms.
Craigslist promised action in November 2008.
40 State Attorneys General including Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Delaware signed an agreement with
Craigslist.
Craigslist announced the company would require anyone who
posts on Craigslist erotic section to pay a fee with a valid credit card and
give a working phone number so authorities could track the women.
But the CBS 3 I-Team discovered just last week that the
grandmother from Pleasantville she's offering her services again in another ad.
The same goes for a woman from Lindenwold.
When we called New Jersey Attorney General Ann Milgram's
office ,they told us they didn't have anyone to do an interview about the topic
and that the office simply signed the crackdown agreement and responsibility
remains with Craigslist.
But no matter who's ultimately responsible for catching
the internet prostitutes, Trooper Corey Monthei says all of us should be alert
for suspicious activity because prostitutes are not limited to any one
neighborhood.
"Folks would be naive to think that this kind of
stuff is not occurring everywhere. In fact, this does occur everywhere in every
demographic in the country", Trooper Monthei said.
The I-Team attempted to contact the man charged in the Kennett Township case to no avail.
In a published report he said the case is a big
"misunderstanding."
Craigslist said it expects the agreement and crackdown to
work.
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