I am not going to be prospecting for new ladies that are new or not reviewed. With the BS going on whereby the Le are trolling for hobbyist as well as providers, it is not smart to respond to any posts that are TGTBT. This is the trap Le sets for hobbyist. Their declared mission statements are completely misrepresented. The target is everyone and anyone. It may be a smart choice to see only our local gorgeous ladies that we know and trust. NO drama, just don't fuel the fire that justifies the efforts of our LE that makes these ridiculous arrests of the good tax paying people of The great State OF Arizona. There is a Governors race that is about to escalate to a political war of financial attrition therefore, our current Governor wants to make a statement on her way out. All this frivolous and victimless prosecution will subside after the election and next years super bowl.
YOLO so, quit doing the hobby we all love, NOT. There are no law breakers around here.

I would have thought all the smart guys would already picked their Fab 5 and waited till this legal tornado blew over.
  Welcome to the storm cellar, please bring refreshments.

There are way too many wonderful, beautiful, fantastic ladies with solid reputations out there to take a chance of becoming pork bait.  

I said this many times, Phx has some of the best providers in this hobby hands down.
Just go with the highly rated providers here and screen them by asking other hobbyist who saw them, basic questions about their date.
Also a person should always ask more than one hobbyist who reviewed the provider, to make sure the lady is legitimate and safe

No issues with your general points about safety and screening, but in that context can you provide more info on the actions you described as going totally off the deep end?

Being new to this, we want to be sure we aren't doing anything stupid.

Ok I admit I may be a little naive when it comes to vulnerability and LE. I very seldom if ever anymore see any provider that posts on backpage and only see reputable established providers that have been around for awhile. So who's really more at risk in a possible LE sting? I'm not talking about those that are focused on underage providers. If LE sets up a provider as we have read on this board several times over the last couple weeks and today is it the provider that has more to lose and deal with legally or do the hobbyist also have a lot to lose as far as solicitation and possible prosecution, fines etc. thanks