Detroit Escorts: Woman In Fla.-Based Hooker Probe Avoids Prison
June 29, 2011 at 9:01 am | In Detroit escorts | No CommentsDETROIT — A woman who helped run an international prostitution ring went before a Detroit federal judge on Tuesday to learn her sentence.
In a court filing, Laurie Carr’s attorney said she’s a single mother making $2,600 a month working for a ticket broker in Hollywood, Fla. She had asked for leniency in her sentencing, and got it. The judge ruled she would be on two years of supervised release in Florida.
The Miami-area woman is the former wife of Greg Carr, a Michigan native who ran a Florida-based prostitution service that sent women to see customers in big cities and other countries. He was recently sentenced to 14 months in prison.
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Detroit Escorts: Brighton man accused of sexually abusing kids in Haiti
June 29, 2011 at 9:01 am | In Detroit escorts | No CommentsLast Updated: June 25. 2011 1:00AM
Brighton man accused of sexually abusing kids in Haiti
Oralandar Brand-Williams/ The Detroit News
Detroit —A Brighton man who operates a residential school for poor children and orphans has been indicted on charges of sex tourism.
Authorities say Matthew Andrew Carter, 66, forced boys at his Morning Star Center school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to engage in sexual conduct in exchange for money, gifts or continued care at the school.
The self-described missionary, who authorities say also goes by at least three other names, was arrested May 8 and is in custody in Miami on a charge of traveling to Haiti from the United States to engage in sex with minors from the mid-1990s until April.
He was indicted by a grand jury in May and an overriding indictment was filed Thursday that adds three more charges. He faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
Detroit Escorts: Young, Broke, and Beautiful: Broke-Ass Stuart Wanders Across America on a Budget
June 29, 2011 at 9:01 am | In Detroit escorts | No CommentsYoung, Broke, and Beautiful: Broke-Ass Stuart Wanders Across America on a Budget
The “pimp daddy of budget travel,” Broke-Ass Stuart, professes that being “broke-ass” is more than just a financial state; it’s a state of mind. The acclaimed S.F. travel writer and self-proclaimed “wanderer, big mouth, and seeker of the weird and wonderful” debuts his travel show Young, Broke, & Beautiful this Friday at 11 p.m. on IFC. Zany and eccentric, this travel series wanders far off the beaten track, offering a quirky alternative to the more traditional travel shows on air.
Young, Broke, & Beautiful takes viewers on a tour of six cities, abandoning travel guide favorites like New York and San Francisco and heading instead to New Orleans, followed by Baltimore, San Diego, Boston, Detroit, and Memphis. The list of cities alone promises something new — how many travel shows have you seen about Detroit, anyway?
Detroit Massage Parlors: Former Thai sex tycoon vies to become lawmaker
June 28, 2011 at 12:24 pm | In Detroit massage parlors | No CommentsAnd in his quest to win a parliament seat in elections Sunday, the 49-year-old one-time massage parlor king is betting a public tired of divisive, hypocritical leaders will agree.
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Prostitution is illegal in Thailand but rarely prosecuted. Chuvit’s massage parlors were thinly disguised brothels, and he doesn’t see anything wrong with them – except the payoffs police demanded ($300,000 a month, he claims, not to mention the Rolex watches and free services thrown in on top).
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After returning home, he made a fortune during a late 1980s real estate boom. When a client took him to an upscale massage parlor, he had an epiphany. “I said ‘Oh wow, it’s good!’ It’s like a Hugh Hefner: You know, surrounded by the beautiful girls, making money.”
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He sold his slice of the sex business years ago, and says he’s done with it for good. But when people ask about his former life, “I say yes … I should go back to the massage parlors,” he sighed. “Because that was better – cleaner than politics.”
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Detroit Adult Entertainment: South Florida woman to be sentenced in Detroit prostitution case
June 28, 2011 at 7:25 am | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsThe Associated Press
Updated: 5:32 a.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2011 Posted: 4:06 a.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2011
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— A woman who helped run an international prostitution ring is asking Detroit federal judge for leniency as she returns to court for her sentence.
In a court filing, Laurie Carr’s attorney says she’s a single mother making $2,600 a month working for a ticket broker in Hollywood, Fla. The Miami-area woman is returning to court Tuesday.
She’s the former wife of Greg Carr, a Michigan native who ran a Florida-based prostitution service that sent women to see customers in big cities and other countries. He was recently sentenced to 14 months in prison.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Detroit is recommending a year and a day in prison for Laurie Carr, which would allow her to shave her sentence for good behavior.
Detroit Adult Entertainment: 90 years ago, boxer Johnson sought his own pardon
June 28, 2011 at 7:25 am | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsJohnson was hated by many white Americans, especially after retaining his title by defeating white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 1910 “Fight of the Century.” Jeffries had come out of retirement for the bout, and Johnson’s victory infuriated whites, setting off deadly race riots across the country.
Three years later, Johnson was convicted of violating the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for immoral purposes. But the flamboyant boxer’s real crime had been flaunting white society by having romantic relationships with white women.
Authorities first targeted his relationship with Lucille Cameron, who later became his wife, but she refused to cooperate. They then turned to Johnson’s former mistress, a prostitute named Belle Schreiber, to testify that Johnson had paid her train fare from Pittsburgh to Chicago, for immoral purposes. An all-white jury convicted Johnson in 1913, and he skipped bail and fled the country. But in 1920 Johnson agreed to return and serve his sentence.
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Detroit Adult Entertainment: Woman in Fla.-based hooker probe seeks leniency
June 28, 2011 at 7:25 am | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsDETROIT –
A woman who helped run an international prostitution ring is asking Detroit federal judge for leniency as she returns to court for her sentence.
In a court filing, Laurie Carr’s attorney says she’s a single mother making $2,600 a month working for a ticket broker in Hollywood, Fla. The Miami-area woman is returning to court Tuesday.
She’s the former wife of Greg Carr, a Michigan native who ran a Florida-based prostitution service that sent women to see customers in big cities and other countries. He was recently sentenced to 14 months in prison.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Detroit is recommending a year and a day in prison for Laurie Carr, which would allow her to shave her sentence for good behavior.
Detroit Massage Parlors: Former Thai sex tycoon vies to become lawmaker
June 28, 2011 at 6:36 am | In Detroit massage parlors | No CommentsAnd in his quest to win a parliament seat in elections Sunday, the 49-year-old one-time massage parlor king is betting a public tired of divisive, hypocritical leaders will agree.
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Prostitution is illegal in Thailand but rarely prosecuted. Chuvit’s massage parlors were thinly disguised brothels, and he doesn’t see anything wrong with them – except the payoffs police demanded ($300,000 a month, he claims, not to mention the Rolex watches and free services thrown in on top).
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After returning home, he made a fortune during a late 1980s real estate boom. When a client took him to an upscale massage parlor, he had an epiphany. “I said ‘Oh wow, it’s good!’ It’s like a Hugh Hefner: You know, surrounded by the beautiful girls, making money.”
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He sold his slice of the sex business years ago, and says he’s done with it for good. But when people ask about his former life, “I say yes … I should go back to the massage parlors,” he sighed. “Because that was better – cleaner than politics.”
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Detroit Adult Entertainment: Plea expected for Canton Township postal worker accused of taking bribes
June 27, 2011 at 4:37 pm | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsNotice of Gregory Gorski’s plea hearing was filed today in U.S. District Court in Detroit and defense lawyer David Steingold confirmed the plea, though details of the plea are unknown. The 47-year-old Canton Township man would be the second postal worker to plead guilty in the case.
On June 23, Mancer Holmes, 49, of Farmington Hills pleaded guilty to taking bribes. Prosecutors allege he got $200 to $300 a week for eight months in 2009.
Gorski, meanwhile, is accused of accepting $2,000 in cash bribes, a 1999 Pontiac minivan, gift cards worth thousands of dollars and tickets to Detroit Pistons, Lions and University of Michigan football games.
Prosecutors say Gorski and four other postal workers conspired with a private unnamed contractor to take bribes in exchange for directing more than $13 million in maintenance work to the contractor.
The bribes also included drinks, lap dances and trysts arranged with a prostitute.
Detroit Adult Entertainment: Detroit Links: State Supreme Court to hear medical marijuana case, U.S. auto …
June 27, 2011 at 4:37 pm | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsDetroit Links: State Supreme Court to hear medical marijuana case, U.S. auto sales to rebound in June, Pontiac prostitution ring
Published: Sunday, June 26, 2011, 4:01 PM
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Judges who prohibit the use of medical marijuana say they’re trying to help people break the cycle of addiction. Lawyers whose clients use medical marijuana say judges should not second-guess doctors.
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Several people are in police custody in Pontiac in connection with a prostitution ring, officials say. Timothy Reneer Sain III, along with two other men, were arrested recently on allegations of soliciting a prostitute. The arrests were part of a sting operation conducted by the Pontiac Police Department and the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office that started just before 6:30 a.m. Friday and ended near lunchtime. A person accused of soliciting a prostitute can be sentenced up to 93 days in jail and a $500 fine if found guilty. [OakPress]
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