I suggest do a search for the online version of the Winona newspaper. Can't be too many.

Next time you think about cooperating with LE, get a lawyer and that immunity offer in writing or no deal.

Maybe she has some priors, or a charge that is larger waiting.  Maybe she was caught with more than just a lust for the male body.
PM me and I'll tell you more of the story.

But I carry my bread dough in a baggy!

When this snow is gone, i will be too.  But it is fun playing in someone else' sandbox.

don't think about cooperating at all. The majority of the time they can't make a case against YOU without YOUR help. Their job is NEVER to help YOU, no matter what THEY say.

If you are too much of a coward to stand up for yourself, or too dumb to have a contingiency plan for this circumstance, find something else to do.

I hope they put that dumb bitch UNDER the jail - that's what she gets, fucking rat ho.

FUCK her. Can't handle the consequences of her own actions so she thinks she can take everyone else down with her. No sympathy. Again - FUCK HER. Don't care if you like it or not.

This has been covered before, stfu,

LE can and will lie to get what they want

and they have quotas to fill

According to the Winona paper, the escort has been charged.  Wonder how she feels about having cooperated with LE now.  Guess that depends on what they "promised" her

Great point!

I'm not saying what she did was right.  This response is inapprorpiate.  You're scary, dude.

sounds like she has 'issues!'   once you guys find the article....search her name in the search bar of the newspaper....shes had several dealings with LE....probably why they didnt want to strike a deal. PM for details.

So you don't believe that you have enough capacity for common sense while under duress to realize that rolling over for them is counter to your best interest?

If that's true, that fact is what should frighten to you. Next time you 'date', tie a string around your finger to remind youself that intelligent people should not be so easily manipulated, and perhaps even dare to speculate that in a room full of ego-driven peons from a vice squad, you may very well be the smartest guy in the room.

. . . who arrested her.  The "Southeast Minnesota Narcotics and Gang Taskforce."  Well, its good to know that there is no more gang and narcotics activity in Southeast Minnesota.  Otherwise, they wouldn't have had the time to send the entire task force to enforce a misdemeanor prostitution bust.

The part of my brain that is enjoying re-reading The Federalist Papers by Hamilton, Jay, and Madison has a tendency to be capable of only "ohshitohshitohshitohshit" when I'm scared.  I also don't approve of her helping to sting hobbiests, but I don't know how brave or analytical I'd be when the time came either.

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There is more to this story than a simple prostitution bust.

It's pretty basic and has been covered here countless times. NEVER talk to police, with the exception of providing your name and address. That is all you are required to say.

Miranda clearly states: "Anything you say can and will be used against you." There is absolutely NOTHING you can say that will help you in any way, shape or form - no matter what they say or promise. Anything you say prior to being Mirandized can also be used.

I realize that if/when you are put into the position of having to deal with the cops your adrenaline starts pumping and you're scared. They are trained to capitalize on your fears. They will say anything, act like they are trying to help you, promise you things, threaten you, etc. It doesn't mean crap.

Keep the name and phone number in your cell phone or wallet of an attorney who specializes in prostitution. If they have not formally arrested you (they will typically say they are placing you under arrest and read you your Miranda rights) ask if you are free to leave. if they do not respond continue to ask until they give you a yes or no response.

If they do arrest you ask them when you can make your phone call. Your FIRST call should go to the attorney - not your buddy, your wife, or anyone else.

That's my 2 cents!

the sons a bitches still lied, sounds like she didn't learn from past mistakes

She's not going to bargain with them & take the fall for one charge if more wasn't at stake. Regardless, (IMHO) she made her choices all by her lil ol lonesome, & should take the fall ALONE!! In essence, she has potentially destroyed these guys lives because they complimented her by showing an interest in paying for her company. What ever the consequences she spared herself of, I would hope, & suspect the alternative consequences are going to hurt her the most.

Why are you and so many people willing to take the side of the escort with so little information?  This woman has a number of convictions including one felony and you still attack the police for lying; is it just some dislike for authority figures that makes you so negative toward the police?

As was pointed out before, this was done by the narcotics people.  Did you ever think that she had drugs IN HER POSSESSION and they decided not to arrest her for possession but only prostitution?

Also the article says misdemeanor prostitution.  Not gross misdemeanor, which I think it could have been since it was a "public" place.  Maybe that was the deal.  

Nobody here knows the full story.  And without all the information it seems like a personality flaw to harbor such animosity toward a group of people who, overall, are good for society.

There should be a "like" and "dislike" button on the forum!!! That would save a bunch of time reading all the posts that say the same frickin thing over and over....

It's easy for us to say what we should or should not do in such a situation but unless you've actually faced it, who knows if you would remember to be quiet or panic.  Many members o LE are professionals trained in tactics to try and get the person they are questioning to do exactly that, panic and/or say something stupid.

Well, for one thing they may have primarily been after her for drug offenses but that didn't stop them from charging her for prostitution or using her to snare a couple of guys looking for  good time.

For another, I suspect that what we really hate is the side of a legal system that criminalizes sex between consenting adults when it is pay to play.  There are plenty of people out there who are doing terrible such as stealing, assaulting, kidnapping, rape, murder, etc. I completely support LE efforts to stop such things and catch the people who do them and I find it a terrible waste of scarce resources (which we help pay for) when they go after people for doing what we do.

If this site did that, it would get sued. Lol I wouldn't mind a poke though.

A like / dislike button in the forum so we don't have to read the same comments over and over.