Brooksville, FL Undercover Prostitution Sting Leads to Arrest of 32 Alleged Johns
The Hernando County seat Brooksville, FL was the site for the Brooksville Police Department's most recent undercover prostitution sting. This operation, according to Kyle Martin from the Hernando Today, took in 32 arrests this week.
Arrests for Prostitution, are often the target of Motions to Dismiss or Motions to Suppress Evidence due to the Entrapment issues that arise in these scenarios. Although Entrapment defenses arise in other cases--most notably drug crimes, sex crimes and theft cases--countless prostitution cases have also been dismissed where courts have found that a particular defendant was not predisposed to commit the crime, but for the persuading and manipulation of the undercover officer.
Like DUI, Prostitution has a tiered sentencing structure for multiple convictions. For the first violation, the State Attorney can charge a misdemeanor of the second degree. For the second violation, the State Attorney can charge a misdemeanor of the first degree, and for a third or subsequent violation, the State Attorney can charge a third degree felony.
