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Big Mamas impact on Fort Lauderdale began in 1988. When her youngest son was just a month old, Big Mamas husband abandoned the family, leaving them homeless. For the next three years, Big Mama and her three sons slept on the concrete floor of the fish market she owned. Despite being destitute and unable to provide her sons with such basic things as school supplies, Big Mama and her boys regularly prayed after school at the Royal Assembly Church.
It is her triumph over personal adversity that inspired Big Mama to begin a crusade of personal outreach. Realizing how fortunate she was to have caring neighbors who provided her and her sons with basic needs, Big Mama decided to give back by helping at-risk youth avoid the common street predators of drugs, gangs, and prostitution.

See the full article from “Westside Gazette”

On Tuesday afternoon with a looming tropical system, West Palm Beach police rounded-up 12 people on charges of prostitution and/or solicitation of prostitution.
“It started to become a big problem again recently. Probably over the last 30 to 60 days,” said Sgt. Wendy Detter.
Officers say escalating foreclosures, especially in the city’s north end just off Broadway are a main reason for the increase.
Abandoned homes tend to attract prostitute squatters.
Also, fewer people living in the neighborhood means fewer concerned neighbors keeping an eye out on the problem.
Suspect john 44-year-old Louis Hall of Boynton Beach says he was simply minding his own business driving down Dixie south of Belvedere when he claims he was accosted by the bogus prostitute.
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Hall was charged with solicitation of prostitution. City police also picked up 4 accused prostitutes.

See the full article from “WPEC”

Undercover officers made an arrest at a Sunrise Highway massage business after one of the workers was found to be practicing without a license, police said. 
Zhi Hung Guo was busted Friday at New Star Body Work at 4770 Sunrise Highway, after the undercover cop paid to receive the illegal massage, according to cops.
It was the second incident at the location in recent weeks. Earlier this month, cops made a prostitution arrest at New Star.

See the full article from “Patch”

FORT LAUDERDALE – Florida news outlets were abuzz over the story of a cruise ship passenger mistakenly arrested at Fort Lauderdale’s port on a prostitution-related charge.
Paola Londono, 31, of Orlando was taken into custody on Sunday at Port Everglades moments after stepping off an unnamed ship that had returned from a voyage to the Caribbean.
The Orlando Sentinel reports police confused Londono for a 24-year-old woman with the same name wanted in Florida’s Osceola County.
Despite her pleas of innocence — and the fact she looked nothing like the mug shot of the wanted woman — Londono was kept locked up in a Broward County jail for more than 36 hours, according to the news outlet.
“Our database had two Paola Londonos in the system,” Osceola County sheriff’s spokeswoman Twis Lizasuain told the Sentinel. “How the names crossed is going to be something that we will be looking into.”

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The extension came even though the banks offered the board no evidence of any plans being drawn up. They also had failed to follow through on promises to pay for the shutters – which are costing Fort Lauderdale taxpayers $6,000 a month.
“This is an unsafe structure and there has been delay after delay and continuance after continuance,” neighborhood activist Pamela Adams said.
The neighborhood, along with city building inspectors, began pressing in June to take the drastic step of razing the five buildings just off Sistrunk Boulevard. The complex had been converted to condos in 2005, but then came the recession and now almost every unit is either owned by a bank or in the process of foreclosure.
There’s been no running water for a year. The condo association is defunct. Police officers refer to the area as The Hole because it’s where suspects on the run often disappear. Nearby homeowners say drug-dealing and prostitution is rampant.

See the full article from “Broward Politics (blog)”

On September 7, Amy Wallace, 49, of Massapequa Park was arrested on Block Blvd, Massapequa Park and charged with Resisting Arrest and Criminal Trespass 4th.
On September 7, Nicholas Dellasperanza, 18, of Massapequa was arrested at Park Lane and Michigan Ave, Massapequa Park and charged with Possession of a Dangerous Weapon 4th and two violations of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
On September 9, three Brentwood  men were arrested at Sears at the  Sunrise Mall and charged with Petit Larceny.
On  September 9, Kurt Williams, 43, of Amityville was arrested on Broadway, Massapequa and charged with Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle 2nd, and one violation of the Vehicle and Traffic Law.
On September 9, Yuan Feng Bensen, 45, of Seaford was arrested on Sunrise Highway and was charged with Unauthorized Practice a Crime and Prostitution.

See the full article from “Patch”

4 arrested in Pompano Beach escort service that sent women to Palm Beach County callers
By Linda Trischitta
Sun-Sentinel Staff Writer
POMPANO BEACH — State police said Tuesday that they arrested four operators of an escort business that sent women to clients in three counties, including Palm Beach County.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said a 32-month joint investigation with the Boca Raton Police Department led to charges of racketeering, deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution and money laundering against four Broward County residents.
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According to FDLE spokeswoman Kristen Chernosky, All Perfect Tens Escort Service was run from a strip mall at 1280 S. Powerline Road in Pompano Beach.
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Detectives believe that at least one of the females working for the escort service is underage, and Chernosky said the investigation is continuing.
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All Perfect Tens Escort Service had up to 30 escorts, according to the FDLE.

See the full article from “Palm Beach Post”

An entrepreneur with a history of shady dealings in the nightclub industry capitalized on a state regulator’s lackluster oversight to open bars and a strip club in Palm Beach County, according to The Palm Beach Post.
The nightspots, concentrated along a stretch of Military Trail between Forest Hill Boulevard and Lake Worth Road, long have been associated with violence, crime and controversy.
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But documents kept in ABT’s own files indicate Genovese was intimately involved with the businesses. In the most glaring example, a promissory note for $50,000 attached to an application for Senoritas Cabaret, a strip club on Belvedere Road, lists Genovese’s name in describing the company that runs the club, suggesting he had an interest in the business. The application’s disclosure section, however, lists the company’s sole shareholder as Giancarlo Dibattista, Genovese’s cousin.

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The Internal Affairs investigation detailing Maldonado’s most recent case is still pending, so it is not available for public review. But Maldonado’s Internal Affairs file lists a number of other cases from the past 18 months that follow a similar arc:
A man named Shawn Dunn alleged that Maldonado gave him $100 to “get him a girl.” The complaint was dismissed for lacking evidence.
A woman named Ruth Stager made a complaint to the department alleging that Maldonado made visits to an apartment building on SE 20th Street, where he was known by the code name “Ghost.” Stager alleged that Maldonado gave Perez drugs and received sex in exchange. The investigation was closed for lack of evidence after sources declined to participate.
In May 2009, a woman who was a “known prostitute” told an FLPD captain that she had a sexual relationship with Maldonado. But when sergeants approached the woman for a follow-up interview, she refused to cooperate. The investigation was closed for lack of evidence.

See the full article from “Broward New Times (blog)”

Cruise ship passenger (mistakenly) arrested for prostitution
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Florida news outlets this week have been abuzz over the story of a cruise ship passenger mistakenly arrested for prostitution at Fort Lauderdale’s port.
Paola Londono, 31, of Orlando was taken into custody on Sunday at Port Everglades moments after stepping off a voyage to the Caribbean on an unnamed vessel.
The Orlando Sentinel reports police confused Londono for a 24-year-old woman with the same name wanted in Florida’s Osceola County.
Despite her pleas of innocence — and the fact she looked nothing like the mug shot of the wanted woman — Londono was kept locked up in a Broward County jail for more than 36 hours.
“Our database had two Paola Londonos in the system,” Osceola County sheriff’s spokeswoman Twis Lizasuain told the Sentinel. “How the names crossed is going to be something that we will be looking into.”

See the full article from “USA Today”