6 men arrested in reverse prostitution sting in Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Chattanooga police have arrested six men after a reverse prostitution sting.
CPD spokesman Ayriel Novak says members of the Narcotics and Vice Units held the sting at a number of different addresses in the East lake area Wednesday.
The following suspects were arrested and charged:
- 18-year-old Jhony Eddy - patronizing prostitution
- 65-year-old Thomas Eugene Yarborough - patronizing prostitution
- 48-year-old Thomas Mon - patronizing prostitution
- 35-year-old Walfre Garcie Martinez - patronizing prostitution
- 67-year-old William Harp - patronizing prostitution, indecent exposure
- 64-year-old Dennis Terry - patronizing prostitution
The Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) 39-13-512 -- 39-13-515 defines patronizing prostitution as "soliciting or hiring another person with the intent that the other person engage in prostitution, or entering or remaining in a house of prostitution for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity."
It defines prostitution as "engaging in, or offering to engage in, sexual activity as a business or being an inmate in a house of prostitution or loitering in a public place for the purpose of being hired to engage in sexual activity."
Patronizing Prostitution is a Class A misdemeanor.
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