MI - Buying Sex Could Land You 25 Years on the Sex Offender Registry

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Maybe we can then put all the politicians, celebrities and police officers on the online registry so they can see first hand what it's like?

05/12/2014

A move is underway in the Michigan Legislature to crack down harder on those who hire prostitutes.

Supporters of the effort say too often, prostitutes are arrested and those who hire them are not.

The effort is part of a move to fight the growing problem of human trafficking in Michigan.

A key bill in the package defines soliciting for prostitution as a tier II registrable offense, which would put the offender's name on a registry for 25 years.

Other parts of the package include creation of a registration system for sex industry workers, to help prevent the movement of workers from strip clubs to prostitution.

Hearings began last week in Lansing in the Senate Families, Seniors and Human Services Committee. More will be scheduled in the future.

NC - DA seeking tougher charges against officer (Michael Hayes) involved in prostitution ring with minors

Michael Hayes

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03/19/2014

By Ben Powell

BRUNSWICK COUNTY (WECT) - The Brunswick County District Attorney's office hopes to enhance charges against Northwest Police Officer Michael Hayes, who was allegedly involved in a prostitution ring in Boiling Spring Lakes.

District Attorney Jon David said that his office is pursuing felony charges of participation in prostitution with a minor. David says they want to strip Hayes of his badge and "make sure he never works in law enforcement again."

Hayes was initially arrested in May and charged with one count of solicitation of a minor for prostitution and one count of filing a false report.

The investigation took place between November 2012 and January 2013 in the Boiling Spring Lakes area, according to authorities.

Arrest reports show Hayes contacted a then 17-year-old girl via a Craigslist advertisement for a sex act. He then reportedly met the girl in Boiling Spring Lakes and exchanged $60 for the sexual act.

Hayes was also charged for making false statements and false reports to a Brunswick County Deputy regarding damage from bullet strikes on his car the night of November 27.

Hayes is one of five people arrested in connection with a prostitution ring in Boiling Spring Lakes.

Earlier this week, _____ was sentenced to least six and a half years in the Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to human trafficking of a minor.

_____ now must register as a sex offender. He and _____ were arrested nearly a year ago.

According to David, prosecutors told Judge Hill in court that _____ and _____ worked together to bail a 17-year-old girl out of jail in November, 2012 and then force her to prostitute herself to pay back the bond money.

The court was also made aware that many of the sex acts occurred in cars on the back roads of Boiling Spring Lakes between November 2012 and January 2013.

Investigators believe that _____, _____, and _____ used stolen guns to attempt a robbery on Hayes when he was with a girl. According to reports, that's when shots were fired into the vehicle and a false police report was later filed by Hayes.

Hayes will appear in front of a jury on April 21. Wolfe will appear in court on May 19, while charges against _____ are still pending.

MD - Howard County Police have charged a Baltimore police officer (Charles William Hagee) with sex offenses against a teenage girl

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03/19/2014

Howard County Police have charged a Baltimore police officer with sex offenses against a teenage girl.

Charles William Hagee was arrested this morning at Baltimore police headquarters and will be charged with third- and fourth-degree sexual offense and sexual solicitation of a minor.

Howard County Police received a tip regarding the prostitution of a 14-year-old girl in Columbia. Detectives believe Hagee contacted the girl through a phone number posted to an online prostitution advertisement.

Police believe the two exchanged text messages before meeting at his home and engaging in sexual activity on three separate occasions between January and May, 2013.

The Baltimore Police Department has confirmed Hagee, a 19-year veteran assigned to the Special Enforcement Section, has been suspended without pay.

The investigation is ongoing. Police encourage anyone who may have been a victim, or has additional information about Hagee, to come forward and contact police at 410-313-2630.