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Undercover Stings Net 63 Prostitution-Related Arrests

Columbus police and Franklin County Sheriff's deputies say they arrested 63 people this week during undercover prostitution stings conducted on Parsons Avenue, on the Hilltop and in Franklinton. Authorities arrested suspected prostitutes and their customers. Authorities say they are offering drug treatment services to the women to help get them off the streets.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.