Nearly two dozen men have been arrested for visiting the Plano brothel that was made public when neighbors witnessed the raid on a short-term rental home.
Now 23 arrests of men at the Plano house are part of the Dallas Police investigation. Ranging in age from 27 to 70, the men are charged with solicitation of prostitution. It’s a state jail felony. They were booked at the Dallas County Jail, but their cases are being filed with Collin County prosecutors, Dallas Police said.
Plano Police said the September raid in their city was the result of the Dallas Police investigation. “This is a sex trafficking case,” said Dallas Police Special Operation Major Devon Palk. “This particular operation is closed. There are still potential investigative leads that are being followed.” Palk would not discuss what happened to the women involved except to say that women in sex trafficking cases are generally treated as victims and offered care from social service agencies. Palk said short-term rental homes are a change in tactics from where sex trafficking traditionally occurred. It allows traffickers to avoid law enforcement and blend into neighborhoods.Sarah Smith, the new property manager at the Dallas house Friday said she was not serving there last summer when the prostitution accusations surfaced. She said the owner has told her the questionable activity only went on for two days. Smith said the out-of-state owner is now planning to switch to long-term rental of the property. But Smith defended short-term home rentals. “Short-term rentals are good because who wants to stay in a hotel with 2 beds when you could have four bedrooms and 7 beds,” Smith said.
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