NEWS RELEASE                                             

For Immediate Release
May 24, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
  (850) 651-7420

COMPLAINTS SPARK SUCCESSFUL PROSTITUTION STING

      After receiving numerous complaints about prostitutes frequenting the Sylvania Heights area, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office responded with an undercover sting to target solicitors.

   Members of the Problem Oriented Policing Unit, K-9 Unit, Community Police Unit, and Sheriff’s Posse took part in the operation.

     Seven men have been charged with solicitation of prostitution and one faces additional charges of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

     Residents in Sylvania Heights who want to work with deputies to clean-up their neighborhood have complained that prostitution is a growing problem, connected obviously to drug activity.

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