but if anyone around Boston gets the Globe, there is an article about a 90 year old man who called the cops on a provider who ripped off a gold chain of his.  The cops initially charged him with solicitation but dropped the charges after they took pity on him.  They should be giving him a medal.

I think all prostitution-related charges should have been dropped for both, if they were dropped for the (unnamed) man. :-

Some are kleptomaniacs.  They will even steal change from your car while you waiting to get a hotel.

Can't agree with that assessment.  

If either party steals from the other during p4p, the other should be able to go to the cops. However, the charges should be about theft. Both parties were still participants in p4p, but only one got charged for it.

Gold is still around $1,300 an ounce which is down from the high of $1,800 +/- of a few years back but it is still a high price.  Theft is theft and it doesn't matter that the price of gold is down

I can't believe a guy in the hobby thinks she should be charged for hooking but the old fuck gets a break? Maybe he was an asshole and she should have stolen his clothes and his walker too. Unless  
it was my father. Then it's ok!

Hooker not let that happen. Bitch is thief

You missed the part where I said it should be legal.
 

where I was trying to be funny.

As I read the woman's age and saw that someone found her mugshot, I had a passing thought...

...but if you leave them open it is?

As it should be! Those cops loaded on every charge they could.  
Had little to do with P4P activity.  
I suspect this isn't her first rodeo.  
It takes a heartless bitch to rip off a guy that old.

When the police informed him that they would have to charge him with solicitation after reporting the theft, the cheeky old bastard replied:  "I don't give a f**k, I'm 90 years old".  
That's chutzpah right there

I would accept that logic if the cops were as concerned about loading up every charge they could when the shoe is on the other foot.

I can only hope for same at 90