Boerum Hill Prostitution Sting Ensnares Lazy, Cheap Johns

"Same as it ever was"

Police from the 76th Precinct arrested seven "horndogs" last Saturday night on the "slimy corner" of Butler and Nevins streets in Boerum Hill for soliciting sex from undercover cops posed as prostitutes. As the Brooklyn Paper points out, each of the johns were caught in the same way every time, as if taking their cue from Talking Heads: they'd roll up to the corner in their car and throw out a price, ensuring their arrest for solicitation, a misdemeanor. BP lists the details of each bust, including one man who "lightly injured" an officer, as well as the (seemingly) stingy prices each offered (which ranged from $10 for oral sex to $28 for intercourse). Police have nabbed 20 men as part of "Operation Losing Proposition" on that corner alone.

These johns should really do their research though; if they had, they'd know that the Butler/Nevins corner has been targeted by cops for months now. The "roach motel for would-be johns" has been yielding monthly prosecutions since at least this past January; five men, including one bearing flowers, were busted in April alone.

"Operation Losing Proposition" dates back even farther, to January 1991, which must make it the longest lasting undercover police operation in the city not to utilize old "Reliable."

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By Ben Yakas in News on June 9, 2010 3:17 PM

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Stiff01

Dumb asses . You have to get them to expose themselves before you show or indicate the money . Ask the hoe if she's a cop, then ask them to walk up too the window and expose themselves to you first, then you do the same . That way they can't legally bust you for solicitation . Being that they would have committed a crime themselves . No cop is gonna blow there cover , They'll tell you to move on .

grizzzly

1. Best sting name ever.

2. "Yo, what can I get for Thirteen..." (rummages around in change bin )"13.24?"

freddynyc

Isn't the rule to cop a feel first (no pun intended) or ask to see some nookie?

Manitoba

My old street! Warms my heart.

eflash

this sounds like a ridiculous waste of time

r1b2

Forgive me, but I so don't want $10 windies or a quickie for $28.

JenChungsBaby

Thanks for filling me in on the going rate. I definitely would have overpaid.

jaycjay

Well, you have to remember that undercover cops posing as hookers will say yes to whatever you offer. You might have to negotiate a little if you make the above offers to a real one.

JenChungsBaby

Yeah, I should have known that from the last time I was arrested.

Bottomless Chips

Sounds like a waste of tax payer dollars to me. The sugar daddies of NYC are no different. Buying material goods vs. straight up cash---not so different to me.