On June 28, 2017 members of a Massachusetts Vice Task Force were conducting a sting operation targeting Johns on prostitution cases. An advertisement was placed on backpage.com offering sexual services for a fee. Around 3:00 p.m., after a series of negotiations through text messages, the defendant appeared at a specific hotel room. He was met…
Continue reading ›The defendant is a successful computer programmer who owns a large Massachusetts based company. On June 28, 2017 members of the Southern Middlesex Vice Task Force set up a sting operation in the Woburn area. They set up an online advertisement soliciting money for sexual services. The undercover officer conducting the operation arranged a date…
Continue reading ›The is a software engineer working in the greater Boston area. He is not a citizen. Several weeks ago the man responded to a backpage.com advertisement offering sexual services for a fee. The man responded to the listing and negotiated a fee for specific sexual services. He was then directed to a hotel. Unbeknownst to…
Continue reading ›The defendant is a professor at a prestigious university. On April 20, 2017 members of the Braintree, Massachusetts police department were conducting a surveillance operation at a local hotel. They had information that one of the rooms was being used by a male prostitute and that he was servicing dozens of local men over a…
Continue reading ›The defendant is the CEO of a large suburban Boston manufacturing company. Several weeks ago he replied to a backpage.com advertisement offering sexual services in exchange for a fee. Several electronic conversations took place. Eventually, through email and texts the defendant and the purported prostitute agreed to meet at a downtown Boston hotel. When the…
Continue reading ›Several weeks ago members of the Boston Police Department were engaged in an undercover operation targeting “Johns” in prostitution matters. The officers entered an advertisement on the Internet offering sexual services in exchange for money. The defendant, a prominent businessman responded to the advertisement and agreed to meet a woman at a local hotel. The…
Continue reading ›In December of 2016 members of the Quincy, Massachusetts police department investigated a prostitution ring being operated under the guise of a massage parlor. The investigation resulted in probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant. On December 15, 2016 the search warrant was executed. It allowed for the search of all persons present…
Continue reading ›The defendant is a software engineer who is legally in this country but not a citizen. On September 30, 2016 he responded to a backpage.com advertisement soliciting customers for sexual activities for money. Unbeknownst to the man, the police had already responded to the add and quickly set up a sting operation using a female…
Continue reading ›The defendant owns a very successful automotive repair shop in southeastern Massachusetts. The prosecution alleged that on March 23, 2016 the defendant responded to an advertisement on backpage.com soliciting males interested in sex. The meeting place was a local hotel. The defendant entered and met with an undercover female police officer. The two negotiated a…
Continue reading ›The Boston Police alleged that several weeks ago an undercover sting operation was taking place in Boston wherein an advertisement was placed on the Internet soliciting people looking for sexual services. A downtown Boston businessman working at a major financial services firm responded to the add and made contact as directed in the listing. He…
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