It Pays to Advertise III
Lt. James Falvey, the head of detectives at the Milford, Mass., police department, was surfing Craigslist, the online classified ads site, and noticed that there appeared to be ads for prostitutes there. He set up a sting, placing an ad that described an undercover state trooper, and posted an e-mail address. “We started getting swamped with e-mails,” he said. Five men were arrested when they fell for the bait, showing up for appointments with the undercover cop at the designated location: the corner of Medway Rd. and Beaver St. (Boston Globe) ...They should have smelled something fishy about the deal well before they got there.
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