Reading the article it sounds less like a "Vigilante Sex Sting" and more like someone using Craig's list to rob people.
Helpful hint - when you've been robbed by someone you think is a pimp then you might want to skip going to the police.
"Officers then arrested the 28-year-old for extortion and unlawful imprisonment, and asked the 19-year-old if, in fact, he’d gone to the hotel for a rendezvous with a 14-year-old girl."
@1 That's awesome. Yours is my favorite of the comments I can remember reading on Slog since ever. Thanks.
@2 I know, right? But I guess you have to carry the cash if you're going out for illicit, child-abuse, 14-year-old sex.
By the way, how dumb is that 19-year-old? It's one thing to take risks for something you really want, but it's another to totally shut down your common sense machine. It's there for a reason.
@8 That's a big part of the story that was omitted in Cienna's post.
Helpful hint - when you've been robbed by someone you think is a pimp then you might want to skip going to the police.
"Officers then arrested the 28-year-old for extortion and unlawful imprisonment, and asked the 19-year-old if, in fact, he’d gone to the hotel for a rendezvous with a 14-year-old girl."
@2 I know, right? But I guess you have to carry the cash if you're going out for illicit, child-abuse, 14-year-old sex.
By the way, how dumb is that 19-year-old? It's one thing to take risks for something you really want, but it's another to totally shut down your common sense machine. It's there for a reason.
@8 That's a big part of the story that was omitted in Cienna's post.