21 Arrested In Internet Prostitution Investigation

May 3, 2013

An Escambia County Sheriff’s Off task force has arrested 21 1 people in an internet prostitution investigation known as “Operation Back Page”.

The operation was conducted in three phases in January, March and April of  this year and is ongoing with more arrests possible, the Sheriff’s Office said Thurday. The investigation was conducted by the ECSO’s Special Victims Unit, Narcotics and TAC units.
The names, photographs and charges of those arrested in the operation, as released by the ECSO, are:

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15 Responses to “21 Arrested In Internet Prostitution Investigation”

  1. Mike on August 28th, 2013 4:35 pm

    Laugh all you want, but part of this operation requires the execution of search warrants against anyone who was unlucky enough to have simply have had contact with one of these people. I accidentally replied to one of the undercovers on POF (I thought it was a regular girl!). I was rewarded with a search of my home followed by death threats when they realized I was innocent. I have recordings of all of this and there is absolutely nothing I can do. If you use a personals website and live in Pensacola, make sure you have a security system and an attorney.

  2. Ronica on May 14th, 2013 1:41 pm

    Well to some of you out there that are blinded by your idea of what is moral I am one of the girls that was busted and I am neither on drugs or alcohol of any kind. I lost my job due to economic down fall. I am a single mother raising my children alone with no help and the help that state is willing to provide is not enough. I have a college degree and nothing. Oh yeah and by the way never once did I offer sex or provide sex.
    I like many others get caught in this little set up. I provide a compaionship and nothing more how hard that may be for some of you to believe. There are people out there that are simply lonely and would pay for someone to just htvangout with yes there are those that think they are getting more and that is where i leave. If there was job out there that would provide the type of income that this has provided I would gladly accept but there isn’t so some of you need to get off you high horse and realize not everything is as it seems. I will be fighting my charge because I know I did nothing illegal. You would look rough to if you had been held for hours in a cold room. What lenghts would you go through to protect and shelter and feed your family?

  3. Bee on May 6th, 2013 6:41 am

    Clearly, under their names, it indicates what the person is being charged with: prostitution, or aid-abet prostitution (which, for the uneducated or just plain stupid, is the “John”).

  4. bigbill1961 on May 4th, 2013 9:04 pm

    Kudos to David Morgan and the ECSO. Keep up the great work.

  5. supply vs. demand on May 3rd, 2013 10:24 pm

    I see many people commenting on a lack of “johns.” There are two main reasons.

    First, law enforcement does not know who the johns are. The girls advertise… they are easy to find.

    Second, if you want to stop somebody selling rotten fruit on the side of the road, do you go arrest the 50 customers that day, or the one person selling the fruit?

    Cutting off the supply is an easier way to solve the problem. Not that Johns are not equally responsible, they are just harder to target and still leave the supplier untouched.

  6. Very Concerned on May 3rd, 2013 8:23 pm

    I know police departments have many flaws like anything else but under David Morgan’s clock you have to admit there has been more and more arrests on the dirtiest of crimes. Meth labs & prostitution ruin so many people’s lives from getting children hooked on drugs, ruining marriages, diseases, death and not to mention a person’s word and reputation that is so important in a society of building trust.
    David Morgan and Escambia co. officers keep up the good work! Busting all these offenders is not an accident. Thanks for your strategy, willful drive and your obsession if I may to get these types of people off the streets so they can get on the proper road to rebuilding their lives…

  7. Stringer Family on May 3rd, 2013 5:03 pm

    @Why850

    Earlene’s decisions are her own. She is 25 yrs old. Her brother’s do not either live in Pensacola nor should they with children of their own have to answer for her actions due to drug abuse. They do provide for Earlene’s children as well as their parents and that is MORE than they are required to do. She has chosen as life of drugs, prostitution & wrong decisions. A family can only attempt so many times to “fix” someone before you give in and 13 YEARS if quite a long attempt.

  8. Bamatami on May 3rd, 2013 1:34 pm

    why850…you grew up in church, yet you say “your brothers should be beating you for this”?!” Apparently, you didn’t listen. And EJ and David, don’t beat your sister.

  9. Bob on May 3rd, 2013 12:25 pm

    Wow!!! I can better understand the Sheriff needing 15 million extra..When you start hauling them in 20 at a time. It will happen again and again. Blame it on drugs and the poor economy if you wish,but this group would not take a job if it were offered to them..

  10. pm on May 3rd, 2013 11:18 am

    how about that – no a JOHN listed -WHY- Has anyone in this county ever heard of the sex slave market. Any man or woman that would exploit a prostitute is more than likely guilty of aiding and abetting slavery. Would like to see a little follow-up on this kind of illegal activity. However, I seriously doubt that will happen because the JOHNS are more than likely upstanding members of the local community and most of them probably are “good Christians”. Please pardon my cynicism but what I am writing is true more often than not. It will be very interesting to see is any of the phases of this investigation include the willing participants that paid for services rendered are arrested and charged.

  11. eeyore on May 3rd, 2013 10:19 am

    …they dont call this the “worlds oldest profession” on a whim…as long as there are people, this occupation will always be around…

  12. paul on May 3rd, 2013 9:19 am

    I’ll bet most of them are doing this to support a drug habit… I would rather see our law enforcement go after their dealers instead of picking the easy soft targets..

  13. Jane on May 3rd, 2013 4:32 am

    We blame the prostitutes, but what about the people who use them? Aren’t they just as bad?

  14. Sarah Grace on May 3rd, 2013 2:45 am

    It is troubling how the decline of morality has come to the point of people grinning in their mugshots. No one has anything to be proud of here….and no one else thinks it’s funny. You are a drain on the legal system and on society. Also, does the risk of STD’s and AIDS not trouble anyone? I am surprised that anyone has to pay for sex these days, I thought that it was given away freely. Do you really have so little respect for yourselves and your families and hope for your lives that this is what you’ve come to? Behave yourselves! Set some standards for yourselves! Church is always the first good place to start a new life and find real hope and real friends and salvation in Jesus Christ.

  15. why850 on May 3rd, 2013 2:18 am

    Earlene (denise),

    Its hard to imagine this is what you’ve become.. we grew up in church together, spent the night at each others houses etc..
    When I saw you criminal history I was shocked and to know you have a child…wow.
    I hope you wake up and realize your a pretty girl with a lot to offer and this lifestyle hurts more than just you- seeing this is so upsetting. Your brothers should be beating you for this…
    EJ & David help your sister.

    Praying for you to make better choices and get help

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