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Plano police crack down on men paying for prostitutes

By Annie Gimbel

August 3, 2023 / 1:25 PM CDT / CBS Texas

Your Thursday Morning Headlines, August 3

PLANO (CBSNewsTexas.com) - The Plano Police Department has arrested 15 people for buying sex within city limits in the last two months.

"Detectives have conducted multiple demand reduction operations aimed at decreasing the number of buyers (aka "Johns") of commercial sex," the department shared on social media Thursday.

The arrests happened in several locations and on different dates, police said.

All of the individuals arrested face a felony charge of solicitation of prostitution.

Annie Gimbel

Annie Gimbel is an Emmy-nominated digital journalist for CBS News Texas. She was previously a reporter for NBC 5, which launched a digital channel, both on-air and online exclusively using reports she produced, wrote, shot and edited. Her stories have been featured nationally on: CBS News, CBS Moneywatch, CNN, Drudge Report, Entertainment Tonight, ET News, and TMZ to name a few. She covers breaking news, often focusing on crime, aerospace & defense, and more.

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