Six arrested in Cranberry prostitution sting
Thursday, December 01, 2011
By Liz Navratil, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Six people were arrested during an overnight prostitution bust in Cranberry.
Late last night and early this morning, undercover officers from Cranberry, Moon and Monroeville met with people who had advertised prostitution services online, Cranberry police said in a statement.
Arrested in the busts were Sherrie Cogley of Sarver; Danielle Tabb of Homestead; Nachell Coleman of Duquesne; Amber Bonnoni of Natrona Heights; Tara Wolfe of New Kensington; and Waylon Brown of Pittsburgh.
Cranberry police described the bust as a “proactive” effort to prevent prostitution from occurring in the area.
“While Cranberry Township does not see significant occurrences of prostitution, the location of major highways coupled with numerous hotels makes it an area where this type of activity is likely,” according to the department’s statement.
See the full article from “Pittsburgh Post Gazette”
December 1, 2011
Cranberry Makes Prostitution Bust After Investigation With Moon, Monroeville
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Six people were arrested in an overnight prostitution sting, following a Cranberry Township police investigation with assistance from Moon Township and Monroeville.
A local hotel was used by Cranberry police as the meeting point for the arrests late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.
Those arrested were identified by police as Sherrie Cogley, of Sarver; Danielle Tabb, of Homestead; Nachell Coleman, of Duquesne; Amber Bonnoni, of Natrona Heights; Tara Wolfe, of New Kensington; and Waylon Brown, of Pittsburgh.
Sgt. Chuck Mascellino said Cranberry does not see much prostitution activity, but police decided to launch a proactive investigation because the proximity to major highways and many hotels make Cranberry an area where prostitution is likely to happen.
See the full article from “WTAE Pittsburgh”
December 1, 2011
6 Charged In Cranberry Twp. Prostitution Sting
Posted: 2:32 pm EST December 1, 2011Updated: 2:43 pm EST December 1, 2011
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Police arrested six people in an overnight prostitution sting at a Cranberry Township hotel.
Investigators said officers went online and responded to sites that offered sex for money. Police said within a few hours they had several meetings confirmed.
Police said they used the Holiday Inn Express in Cranberry Township as their meeting point; a place they stressed is not a problem hotel.
Tara Wolfe, Amber Bonnoni, Sherrie Cogley, Nachell Colemen, Danielle Tabb and Waylon Brown were arrested and charged.
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Police said prostitution has become a problem in several areas including Moon Township and Monroeville.
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Police said they will continue to do whatever is necessary to keep prostitution out of their communities.
See the full article from “WPXI Pittsburgh”
December 1, 2011
Hinckley came within an inch of killing Reagan: That’s how close the last bullet came to penetrating the president’s heart. The president lost half his blood supply as his left lung was flooded. Had the Secret Service not gotten Reagan to a hospital within minutes, doctors said, he might well have died.
Hinckley wounded a police officer, a Secret Service agent and Press Secretary James Brady before his sixth and final shot ricocheted off the presidential limousine and struck Reagan beneath his left armpit as agents shoved him into the back seat of the vehicle.
Brady, shot in the head, survived against the odds but was so severely injured he was never able to return to his White House duties.
Hinckley had left numerous letters and notes for Foster, a freshman at Yale University, after seeing her in a breakthrough role as a child prostitute in the movie “Taxi Driver.”
See the full article from “WPXI Pittsburgh”
November 30, 2011
Mr. Frank later was the co-author of legislation, along with then-Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., that tightened the regulatory net on those same institutions, an act that has been savaged by Republican presidential candidates this year as a drag on job creation. Republicans also have frequently blamed Mr. Frank for the subprime mortgage crisis because of his close ties with mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a charge that Mr. Frank has regularly denied.
At a news conference Monday in Newton, Mass., Mr. Frank cited the redrawn congressional map in Massachusetts as a factor in his decision to retire after 16 terms. The revised district — along with voters’ anti-incumbent mood — might have triggered a difficult re-election fight that would have demanded the kind of intense fundraising that Mr. Frank said he dislikes.
Mr. Frank is also the best-known openly gay politician in America. He revealed his sexual orientation early in his career, almost 25 years ago. In 1990, he was formally reprimanded by the House for his association with a male prostitute.
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November 29, 2011
Pa. nixes move to rebuild burned strip club
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PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pittsburgh’s zoning board has rejected a request by a man who wants to reopen a former strip club that was heavily damaged in a 2005 fire.
An attorney for Daniel Smithbower, of Murrysville, tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review he will appeal Wednesday’s decision.
Smithbower has argued that he has a legal right to rebuilt and reopen the club known as Butta Bing, because it formerly operated as a strip club.
But zoning officials ruled Smithbower lost that right because the building didn’t house such a business from 1978 until it burned in 2005. One witness told the city the building was vacant from 1999 until the fire.
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November 23, 2011
A Burgettstown couple charged with taking a 6-year-old child to a Moon apartment complex where Moon Police were conducting a prostitution sting have waived their rights to a preliminary hearing.
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Chappell is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of criminal conspiracy. Police waived a felony promoting prostitution charge first filed against him. Sienicki is charged with endangering the welfare of a child, promoting prostitution, criminal conspiracy and prostitution. Drug possession charges against her have been waived
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Eight others were charged with prostitution-related offences in connection to the Oct. 28 sting.
Dozens have been charged this year with prostitution-related crimes during Moon Police prostitution stings, including former Pittsburgh narcotics detective Talib Ghafoor, 55, and his fiance, Sabina Earlene Sailer, 43, who are scheduled to appear next month in common pleas court.
Related Topics: Local Crime, Prostitution, coraopolis district court, and moon police
See the full article from “Patch.com”
November 16, 2011
A Burgettstown couple charged with bringing a 6-year-old child to a Moon Police prostitution bust have waived their rights to a preliminary hearing.
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Chappell is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of criminal conspiracy. Police waived a felony promoting prostitution charge first filed against him. Sienicki is charged with endangering the welfare of a child, promoting prostitution, criminal conspiracy and prostitution. Drug possession charges against her have been waived
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Eight others were charged with prostitution-related offences in connection to the Oct. 28 sting.
Dozens have been charged this year with prostitution-related crimes during Moon Police prostitution stings, including former Pittsburgh narcotics detective Talib Ghafoor, 55, and his fiance, Sabina Earlene Sailer, 43, who are scheduled to appear next month in common pleas court.
Related Topics: Local Crime, Prostitution, coraopolis district court, and moon police
See the full article from “Patch.com”
November 16, 2011
Seven people charged in a prostitution sting that Moon Police conducted in October face hearings today in Coraopolis District Court.
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Ashley Nicole Jones, 19, of Irwin, was charged with criminal conspiracy, prostitution and possessing instruments of crime.
Amy Rose Newman, 23, of Delaware, was charged with promoting prostitution, criminal conspiracy, prostitution and possessing instruments of crime.
Dafney Sienicki, 30, of Burgettstown, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, promoting prostitution, criminal conspiracy, prostitution and possessing instruments of crime.
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James Melvin Chappell, 48, of Burgettstown, was charged with endangering the welfare of children, promoting prostitution and two counts of criminal conspiracy. Police said Melvin brought a 6-year-old child with him.
Jeffrey Murphy, 20, of Delaware, was charged with criminal conspiracy, prostitution and possessing instruments of crime.
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Related Topics: Local Crime, Prostitution, coraopolis district court, crescent police, mary murray, and moon police
See the full article from “Patch.com”
November 15, 2011
CORAOPOLIS, PA. – Police say they’ve arrested 11 people from three states in a prostitution sting conducted using two vacant apartments near Pittsburgh International Airport.
Moon Township police say four people from Newark, Del., and one from Cleveland, Ohio, were among those arrested on prostitution or related charges Friday.
Police Chief Leo McCarthy says the apartment complex doesn’t have a problem with prostitution, though other apartment buildings, hotels and motels near the airport do. Detectives contacted people who advertised prostitution services on the Internet and arrested them at the apartments that police were allowed to use for the sting.
One couple, 48-year-old James Chappell, of Hanover Township, and 30-year-old Dafney Sienicki, of Burgettstown, also face child-endangerment charges because they had a 6-year-old with them at the time. Online court records don’t list attorneys for them.
See the full article from “Philadelphia Daily News”
November 13, 2011
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