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August 20, 2010 | By STEPHANIE FARR, farrs@phillynews.com 215-854-4225

A few unhappy endings occurred around Philadelphia International Airport Wednesday, and it had nothing to do with missed connections. Police arrested nine people in a prostitution sting using Craigslist and City Paper advertisements to target hookers who frequent airport hotels. Capt. Dan MacDonald III, commanding officer of the 12th District, which covers Southwest Philadelphia and the airport, said that there's been an uptick in crime at airport hotels over the last six to eight months that can be linked to prostitution.

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October 18, 2008 | By Emilie Lounsberry INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

Jocelyn S. Kirsch - half of Philadelphia's infamous pair of identity-theft scammers known as "Bonnie and Clyde" - was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison by a judge who said her crimes were born of "greed and a desire to fuel a lavish lifestyle. " Kirsch, 23, had benefited from "the best that America can offer - good schools, an opportunity to grow up in a safe environment," said U.S. District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno. And yet she "visited harm on at least 50 victims," many of them friends and colleagues.

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June 13, 2008 | By Suzette Parmley INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

In what police said was a sign of what is to come, officers raided a purported house of prostitution in Chinatown yesterday and arrested four women. "We've gotten several complaints at this location before," Chief Inspector William Colarulo said last night. "The mayor and the commissioner have vowed to crack down on quality-of-life issues in the city. "We will have zero tolerance for this type of activity," he said, "and in light of Welcome America approaching, you will see frequent raids of these houses of prostitution that are thinly disguised as massage parlors.

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October 19, 2004 | By Murray Dubin INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

"So much pain is in this room," said a solemn pastor yesterday, as sobs and shrieks pierced the funeral services for Marcella Coleman, 54, and her grandson, Tahj Porchea, 12. Those two victims, and four others, died Oct. 9 in a house fire at 3256 N. Sixth St. Police are investigating the deaths as homicides. About 800 friends and family members, seeking solace after an enormous loss, filled the Holy Ghost Headquarters Revival Center at Broad and Poplar Streets. White and yellow carnations covered two cream-colored closed caskets with gold trim.

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April 28, 2004

IWOULD like to thank Carla Anderson, the Urban Warrior, for hopefully cutting down on the number of prostitution arrests in Philadelphia. Prostitution is not a victimless crime. The victims are the people living in the neighborhoods where the crimes are taking place, who are neither buying nor soliciting this crime. If you cut down the demand, you will cut down the supply. By publishing pictures of the "johns," she is not ruining lives. The people committing the crimes are ruining their loved ones' lives, as well as their own. Keep at it, Carla - it is good to know that people care about the neighborhoods of Philly!

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February 17, 2004

HAVING sex in public only gets you the relatively minor charge of public lewdness in Philadelphia. As Homer Simpson would say: WooHoo! But before you start making your weekend plans, you might want to stay away from the Port Richmond area. Residents there are understandably fed-up with vans that are a-rockin'. As Daily News columnist Carla Anderson reported last week, working girls and their johns have suddenly discovered the curb appeal of the quiet residential streets in the middle-class neighborhood.

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September 22, 1999 | By Claude Lewis

When Tonight Show host Jay Leno is not having a particularly good response to his monologue, with a wink he sometimes makes a casual reference to the "world's oldest profession. " Comedians learn early in the game they can depend on getting a laugh at the mere mention of prostitution. But prostitution is anything but a laughing matter. Nor is it a victimless crime, as many argue. Nearly everybody involved in the trade suffers in one way or another. Mostly, it's the women who walk the streets who experience the greatest degradation, who expose themselves to all sorts of risks ranging from abuse, sexually transmitted diseases (including AIDS)

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October 25, 1997

What would have been just another autumn Saturday in Philadelphia has the makings of a historic moment, thanks to the Million Woman March. Two compelling principles - self-determination and commitment to community - have drawn thousands of African-American women here for a day of reflection, celebration and renewal. It's fitting that they've come to Philadelphia, where the ideals of democracy and individual freedom were the foundation for a new nation more than two centuries ago. Welcome to the marchers - expected to number at least several hundred thousand - and to the throngs of other guests expected this weekend.

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August 13, 1997

Why no arrests over phony car-stop reports? "Why no arrest for roadside lies?" (editorial Aug. 9): Why? Because believing African-Americans committed a crime is so readily accepted. The authorities are allowing these white people to get away with what they think is a victimless crime. You can tell this by what they said about "extenuating circumstances. " What circumstances they never say. I do not think the crime is victimless. It only makes me wonder about the statistics in your other editorial that day, "The new prison boom.

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February 3, 1995 | By Richard Berkowitz, INQUIRER CORRESPONDENT

Those who patronize prostitutes in the borough may be getting some free and unwanted publicity. The Borough Council has moved a step closer to adopting a so-called John and Jane ordinance. Similar to an ordinance adopted in Philadelphia last year, it would provide for publishing the names and addresses of those convicted of patronizing or attempting to patronize prostitutes in the borough. The names would appear in a local newspaper. Council members at Wednesday night's meeting unanimously approved publicly advertising the ordinance, a first step toward adoption.

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