Solicitation and Prostitution

When we think about sex crimes, our minds may not immediately jump to prostitution and solicitation. More likely, we consider the possession of child pornography, rape and sexual assault as the more common sex offenses. However, a significant number of Maryland...

A 44-year-old Maryland woman is accused of offering sex to a local police officer after she apparently called the wrong phone number. The woman, who is accused of prostitution, apparently made the call to a drug enforcement officer with the Frederick Police Department...

A nationwide sex crimes sweep has led to the recovery of two minor girls in Maryland -- along with the arrest of five people who are accused of sexually exploiting those youngsters. The girls were found through the Operation Cross Country endeavor, which seeks to...

There are times when someone is charged for a crime that he or she didn't commit. Sometimes, being at the wrong place at the wrong time is a legitimate defense, or you can explain yourself in other ways. Solicitation and prostitution is illegal in Maryland, so it's...

If you live in Maryland, then you may have heard about how the police are going to be live tweeting a prostitution sting. This could involve putting up photos of people accused of soliciting a prostitute or of the prostitutes themselves. The problem with this is that...

A neighborhood in Baltimore, known as Charles North, recently saw a rally that focused on both transgender women and unjust profiling by the police. The event that spurred the rally, however, did not take place in Baltimore, but in Arizona. The rally was called "We...

Eleven people in Baltimore have been charged as the result of a major prostitution sting. This was a targeted effort by the police to crack down on the rampant solicitation and prostitution in the area.In order to lure in people who would be making their...

A police officer in Baltimore was arrested at the police station when it was determined that he was guilty of committing sexual crimes against a 14-year-old girl. He was given a bail total of $75,000, which he then posted in order to await his trial without being...

A 43-year-old woman awaiting trial in Baltimore County for charges related to prostitution was recently accused of operating a brothel in Montgomery County. Police say that they were led to the accused woman by a woman whom they met at the Red Roof Inn in...

Baltimore residents may be interested in the recent sentencing of a man for acting as a pimp in a sex trafficking ring that spanned from 2008 until January 2013. The 35-year-old Mexican national was sentenced to life in prison on Feb. 19 in a Georgia federal...