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World War I sounded the death knell for the American beer and liquor industries. Symbols of Hun militarism, out-of-control immigration, and the unchecked influence of the Roman Catholic Church, the German beer garden, Irish saloon and Italian organ grinder became targets of zealous reformers who wished to purge liquor from American life.
Hillsborough County became a battleground for “wet” and “dry” factions, the latter being led by ministers and housewives who decried the corrupting effects of drunken soldiers, sinister saloonkeepers, and Latin residents disobeying Sunday blue laws.
In 1886, a Women’s Christian Temperance Union chapter formed in Tampa. Other women’s volunteer groups championed the cause. The Anti-Saloon League preached a simple message: Reward virtuous politicians and punish the wicked.
Women pointed to a roster of villains and victims: sack-clothed children, blue-collar factory workers who squandered their pay at the corner bar, battered and bruised homemakers, prostitutes who preyed upon besotted customers, and rosy-cheeked politicians and libertine priests.

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Police said the woman’s medical condition has not caused bruising in the past. They declined to name the condition.
Harris has his own theory for why charges would be filed against him in Tampa: He says Volusia County officials have a vendetta against him. He previously faced multiple charges there, including grand theft, for which he spent three years in prison.
He speculates that Volusia officials are bitter that he was acquitted of the 1999 rape charge.
Harris said his troubles started back in police academy days.
Lake County records show he withdrew from the Lake Tech Institute of Public Safety in 1998 for “other reasons.”
But Harris said he wasn’t allowed to graduate because he was a “whistle-blower.” He claims to have exposed that law enforcement officials had sex with prostitutes before arresting them.

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… At this point they have established that they do believe she is a victim, and they are working to identify the suspect,” Watts said.
But police want to get the word out that the crime does not appear to be a random act, Watts said.
On Monday, a day before the school year started in Pinellas County, police said they would have an increased presence near the school for an undetermined length of time as they investigated the incident.
The 31-year-old woman told investigators that she was near the school around 3:30 a.m. looking for a friend’s house when a man approached her and threatened her, then took her to a parking lot at the school and sexually battered her, police said.
Afterward, the man stole the woman’s purse and ran off, police said.
Since then, detectives learned the woman had escort service ads on at least two websites.

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Police: Attack victim agreed to meet suspect near school
Updated: Thursday, 26 Aug 2010, 1:02 PM EDTPublished : Thursday, 26 Aug 2010, 12:51 PM EDT
CLEARWATER – Police say an attack on a woman near an elementary school earlier this week was not random.
The woman, who told officers a man sexually battered and robbed her in the parking lot at Plumb Elementary School early Monday morning, had placed an escort service ad on at least two websites and had made arrangements to meet a man across the street from the school, according to detectives.
It is not known why the two moved on to the school’s property, where the woman told detectives the attack had occurred.
Monday, police described the suspect as a 17 or 18 year old black male about 5 foot 6 inches tall. They said he weighed around 170 pounds and was last seen wearing black shorts, black Nikes, and a purple and orange jersey and ball cap.

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Polk County residents among 44 arrested for soliciting sex
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02/1992, 2703 Wilson Boulevard, Lakeland – Gonzalbez is charged with aiding and abetting prostitution.Tammy Johnston, DOB 1121/1974, 3010 Donovan Drive, Auburndale – Johnston is charged with soliciting another for prostitution, and violation of probation – grand theft/fraud/possession of methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia.• Virgil Stanton, DOB 1225/1932, 1311 U.S. Highway. 92 W. Lot 30, Auburndale – Stanton is charged with deriving proceeds from prostitution.• Kristen A. Dufault, DOB 0322/1980, 336 Monroe Circle, Davenport – Dufault is charged with soliciting another for prostitution.• Gerald Thomason, DOB 0827/1990, 415 Club Circle, Lake Wales – Thomason was charged with deriving proceeds from prostitution, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and resisting without violence.Keola Reid, DOB 0516/1988, 415 Club Circle, Lake Wales – Reid was charged with soliciting another for prostitution (married to Thomason).Juvenile – 17-year-old, Lake Wales. The juvenile was charged with soliciting another for prostitution.“Prostitution and the destructive lifestyles of those who commit this crime threa …

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Sheriff’s Office Sting Targets Prostitution
Published: Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 11:43 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 11:43 p.m.
LAKELAND | The world’s oldest profession became the focus of a four-day undercover investigation by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
The effort netted 44 arrests for prostitution and other charges.
The arrested men and women arrested ranged in age from 17 to 77 years old.
They face a variety of charges that include soliciting another for prostitution, deriving proceeds from prostitution, aiding and abetting prostitution, drug possession, disorderly conduct, and violation of probation.
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“One of the most important things we do in the community is to ensure a safe, wholesome, quality of life,” Judd said. “With prostitution, we are not going to have people potentially spreading disease in our community.”

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The investigation began in April after deputies received complaints from area residents about prostitution and drug sales taking place in the 34th Street corridor in Lealman. Undercover detectives bought narcotics in the area and identified 58 suspects.

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Thirty men and women arrested for alleged prostitution and drug activity
More arrests are expected
Posted: 9:48 AMLast Updated: 38 minutes ago
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Thirty suspects were placed behind bars Friday after an undercover investigation connected them with an influx of prostitution and drug sales in the Lealman area of St. Petersburg, and more lock ups are expected.
According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, an investigation began in April after complaints about prostitutes and narcotics sales along the 34th street corridor poured in from Lealman residents.
Deputies set up a sting operation nearby at Lealman Intermediate School, located at 4900 29th Street North.
Undercover detectives sold narcotics in the area and their investigation identified 58 suspects.
Around 6 p.m. Friday, deputies conducted a round up, taking many of the suspects into custody.

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Dozens targeted in St. Pete drug, prostitution sting
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After months of complaints from residents who say prostitutes and drug dealers are doing business along the U.S. Highway 19 corridor of Lealman, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office detectives swarmed the St. Petersburg neighborhood Friday making arrests.
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Around 6 p.m., detectives assigned to the Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit began rounding up suspected prostitutes and street level drug dealers. As of 9 p.m., deputies had arrested about half of the people they sought, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
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Prostitution, drug use and crime go together, said Lt. Kent Viera.
“If you need to pay a drug habit, you commit burglaries, you commit robberies and then you get violent crimes with them. A lot of these girls that are doing prostitution are beaten up by some of the characters they hang around with,” he said.

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Billie is gearing up for the fourth and final season of the hit, Secret Diary of a Call Girl. She reportedly signed a £2 million deal to reprise her role as saucy Hannah Baxter.

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