Independence sting turns up sex-trafficking victim, 2 pregnant womenJust a little more information about Independence’s big prostitution sting from the other day, which hauled in 27 suspects. Among them: two pregnant women. Police also say they helped rescue a woman they believe was the victim of sex-trafficking.
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UPDATED: Here’s a ruling on an earlier appeal from Purkey, who reportedly confessed to 16-year-old Long’s rape and murder because he wanted to do life in a federal prison, instead of getting death or ending up in a state facility. Purkey was already a suspect in the murder of an elderly woman, Mary Ruth Bales, [...]
Independence police made 27 arrests in a three-day prostitution sting last week.
That number represents a department record for such an operation, Capt. Ken Bergman said Tuesday — and it could have been higher.
“At one point we were so busy booking or transporting that we couldn’t go ahead with some deals that were waiting,” Bergman said.
Police [...]
2 Pregnant Woman Caught In Prostitution StingPolice Say Sex Slave RescuedPOSTED: 4:04 pm CDT September 29, 2009UPDATED: 5:54 pm CDT September 29, 2009INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Two pregnant women were arrested during a prostitution sting over the weekend.“That was very disturbing,” Capt. Ken Bergman said. “They were too far along — 6 months and [...]
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Big numbers during Independence prostitution stingFrom Brian Burnes: Independence police made 27 arrests in a three-day prostitution sting last week. That number represents a department record for such an operation, Capt. Ken Bergman said today – yet it could have been more. “At
one point we were so busy booking or transporting that we [...]
Breaking News Independence police bust prostitutes and customersBy Michael Glover – michael.glover@examiner.netPosted Sep 28, 2009 @ 05:00 PMA weekend prostitution sting operation by Independence police resulted in the arrest of 27 people.Police detectives arrested 13 men trying to pay for sex and 14 females trying to offer up sex for money.The operation happened Thursday [...]
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… I feel as a young person living in an independent country we need to be given opportunities to work and be productive. But as it is, if you do not know somebody somewhere, your chances are very slim. You have people who went to university but still are no different from those who did [...]
Authorities say former Blue Springs man Todd Barkau did some sick, sick things to a 12-year-old girl. The 37-year-old allegedly raped the 12-year-old, trained her to be a dominatrix and prostituted her between January 2002 and February 2005.That would be shocking enough, but then there’s the 12-year-old girl’s mother, who allowed Barkau to teach her [...]
