Va. Detectives No Longer Allowed To Pay And Receive Sex In Prostitution Stings...

Associated Press February 18, 2006 at 10:52 AM

The sheriff said Friday he will no longer allow detectives to receive sexual services while investigating suspected prostitution after they spent $1,200 at massage parlors last month and sparked a public outcry.

Spotsylvania County Sheriff Howard Smith defended the practice as necessary to obtain a conviction but told his department he was suspending it.

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