FORT WRIGHT, Ky. - Police set up a sex sting at the Days Inn on Dixie Highway last weekend, expecting to arrest women who came there to trade sex for money.They also found something else: a woman accused of trading sex for gasoline.
While doing surveillance, officers spotted a woman they knew because of her criminal history.
They discovered she was there for sex - and that she was allegedly paid with a $100 gas card.
“When people are selling their bodies for gas, that’s pretty sad,” said Ken Easterling, chief prosecutor in the Kenton County Attorney’s Office.
Angela R. Eversole, 34, of Fort Wright, is accused of prostitution and doing business without an occupational license.
Kenneth A. Nowak, 50, of Avon, Ind., told police they met at the hotel Friday night for a sexual liaison, according to the arrest report. The report says he paid her with a $100 gas card and other gifts.
He was arrested and charged with promoting prostitution.
Eversole posted 10 percent of her $1,000 bond Saturday and pleaded not guilty at her arraignment Tuesday. A court date is July 29.
Court proceedings are also in progress for the targets of the sex sting, four women who had arranged, via online ads, to meet undercover police officers at the hotel for sex.
Fort Wright Police Chief Dan Kreinest said word of the sting got out quickly. After the initial arrests, some women didn’t show up to the meetings.
He hopes the crackdown further deters that kind of activity in the city.
“We’re looking to make a point to people in that business that they’re not welcome,” he said.
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