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• Alleged prostitution in No Man's Land Play Video

  September 23, 2012 1:21 AM

  Massa Spa, located at 3313 West Colorado Avenue in Colorado Springs, closed its doors after the third prostitution arrest at the business this year. Sun Demanett, 58, was arrested on suspicion of keeping a place of prostitution and Tau Sook Lee was arrested on prostitution charges. Though it's a... more »

• Man witnesses major prostitution bust in Colorado Springs Play Video

  September 2, 2012 12:37 AM

  Colorado Springs Police Department's Metro Vice, Narcotics, & Intel Division conducted a major prostitution bust Friday night in Colorado Springs. Eight people were arrested at the intersection of Bijou St. and Bonfoy Ave., allegedly for involvement in prostitution. The police report says an investigation was launched after receiving numerous... more »

• 4 charged in alleged statewide child-prostitute ring in CO

  January 30, 2012 8:02 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The Colorado attorney general says a child-trafficking ring coerced or lured at least four girls under the age of 18 into prostitution in five Colorado cities. A 70-count indictment made public Monday charges four people with taking the girls to locations in Denver, Boulder, Lakewood, Grand... more »

• Denver mayor releases phone records

  June 15, 2011 1:22 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Denver mayor-elect Michael Hancock is fighting back over allegations that he solicited prostitutes. Hancock released phone records on Tuesday to The Denver Post and Denver's KUSA-TV and the news organizations found no phone numbers for the former Denver Players and Denver Sugar prostitution businesses and its... more »

• German insurer says it organized orgy for salesmen

  May 19, 2011 1:17 PM

  BERLIN (AP) - A German insurance company says it organized an orgy with prostitutes in a renowned Hungarian spa to reward its best salesmen. A spokesman for Ergo insurance said Thursday one of its subsidiaries had organized the party in Budapest's art nouveau Gellert Baths in a clear violation... more »

• Colorado 'John schools' bill gets initial OK

  May 10, 2011 4:17 PM

  DENVER (AP) - House lawmakers have given preliminary approval to a bill raising the fines for soliciting prostitution to create a scared-straight-type program aimed at discouraging sex solicitation in Colorado. The House passed the proposal Tuesday on a voice vote. It would raise minimum fines for soliciting prostitutes to... more »

• Bigger penalties for soliciting prostitutes gains backing

  March 26, 2011 2:49 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A bill tacking on much bigger penalties for soliciting a prostitute has won initial backing in the Colorado Senate. Lawmakers supported the change yesterday with no debate. The measure adds a minimum $5,000 fine for the crime of buying sex, up to a maximum of $10,000.... more »

• State senate proposes "John Schools" to combat prostitution

  March 20, 2011 9:31 AM

  DENVER (AP) - The state Senate plans to work tomorrow on a bill that hopes to crackdown on prostitution by creating a statewide network of so-called "john schools." They would be scared-straight-type programs for men who solicit sex from adult prostitutes. Democratic Senate President Brandon Shaffer says he will also... more »

• Prostitutes' clients under scrutiny in Colorado

  March 19, 2011 1:24 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A new prostitution crackdown in Colorado focuses on customers, not the prostitutes. The state Senate plans to work Monday on a bill to create a statewide network of so-called "john schools." They would be scared-straight-type programs for men who solicit sex from adult prostitutes. Democratic... more »

• Alleged brothel building being auctioned

  March 6, 2011 7:03 PM

  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) - A building that federal authorities say was used for prostitution in Grand Junction is being auctioned off next month. Internal Revenue Service special agent John Harrison told The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel that about 70 percent of the proceeds from the April 14 auction... more »

• Proposed legislation would provide training for "Johns"

  December 13, 2010 1:54 PM

  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - People caught hiring prostitutes in Colorado could be offered a chance to undergo a class on the impact of the sex trade. Proposed legislation being considered by Colorado's district attorneys would give first-time solicitation suspects a chance to learn about the human cost of prostitution... more »

• Prostitution now illegal in Pueblo

  October 20, 2010 12:53 PM

  The world's oldest profession is now illegal in Pueblo. On Oct. 12, city council passed an ordinance prohibiting prostitution. Although there is a state statute in Colorado prohibiting prostitution, Pueblo hasn't had a city ordinance to address the problem in nearly 30 years. Now anyone who engages in prostitution... more »

• UPDATE: Springs teen victim of sex trafficking ring

  August 19, 2010 12:07 PM

  Grand jury indictment claims 17 year old Colorado Springs girl did not return home from school in May because she was suspended and instead went to her ex boyfriend's house. Her ex boyfriend Daivean Shields, then arranged for her to be taken to Denver to make money. She was... more »

• Colorado Springs teen lured into prostitution

  August 19, 2010 9:52 AM

  Six people have been indicted in Denver for allegedly playing a role in the coercion of a Colorado Springs teenager into prostitution. Those indicted Wednesday include Daivean Shields, 19, the teen's ex-boyfriend, and David Glenn Abney. Prosecutors say last year, when the victim was 17, she went to... more »

• Sheriff: Man sold wife's sexual services

  March 17, 2010 6:52 PM

  A Minnesota man has been arrested in Chicago and charged with selling his wife's sexual services on Craigslist. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says the woman had paid sexual encounters in eight states before she called a national anti-sex trafficking hot line. Dart says she went along with the... more »

• New police satellite office opens on east side

  February 8, 2010 4:42 PM

  The Pueblo Police Department has opened a new satellite office on the east side of town. The office is located at 731 E. 4th St. and will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The office will be staffed with a detective and a civilian clerk,... more »

• New police station set to open on Pueblo's east side

  January 29, 2010 12:19 PM

  The Pueblo Police Department plans to open a sub-station on the east side, where prostitution has been a problem. The new satellite office will be located at 731 E. 4th St. The building formerly housed Glendale 4, an HIV/AIDS Outreach Clinic. In April 2009, News First 5 ran a story... more »

• Prostitution spike in Colorado Springs

  November 11, 2009 10:59 PM

  An alert's been issued about a spike in prostitution in one section of Colorado Springs. Detectives with Metro VNI say they've seen a big increase this year on east Platte avenue. So far this year, they've arrested 87 prostitutes and "Johns" there. In that same area last year, there were... more »

• ACORN plans internal investigation

  September 16, 2009 5:04 PM

  An advocacy group says it is ordering an independent investigation after two employees were caught on camera appearing to advise a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp to lie about the woman's profession. ACORN chief executive Bertha Lewis said Wednesday that the group will work with its advisory council... more »