City/Region Digest.Byline: The Register-Guard LOCAL Prostitution prostitution, act of granting sexual access for payment. Although most commonly conducted by females for males, it may be performed by females or males for either females or males. sting nets 9 arrests SPRINGFIELD Springfield. 1 City (1990 pop. 105,227), state capital and seat of Sangamon co., central Ill., on the Sangamon River; settled 1818, inc. as a city 1840. - Police arrested seven men and two women during an undercover prostitution sting in the downtown area Thursday Thursday: see week. evening. Female officers posing as prostitutes arrested the men, and male officers posing as "johns" arrested the two women, police said. All faced prostitution-related charges. The sting took place between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Last February February: see month. , the City Council declared a crime-free zone in the area bounded by E, South A, 16th and Kelly streets. Police have conducted periodic sweeps against prostitution since then. |
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