Students from elementary school to high school say it's something they see nearly every single day. I see them, because I walk down right here to school," she pointed. As our camera was rolling, a woman wearing a dark-colored sweatshirt was approached by a man driving an SUV. The two spoke for less than four seconds through the passenger side window, and then she jumped into his car.
We wanted to see what this was, so we followed the vehicle down Alton Street and then onto Atlantic Boulevard until they pulled off into an office park and parked in the back next to a dumpster -- where the SUV sat for 14 minutes. No one got out of the SUV during that time, and after 14 minutes, the driver pulled away, traveled back in the same direction, and then the woman was dropped back off on Alton Street.
Residents there told us the street-walking sex industry is so bad, they see what appears to be "Johns" picking up prostitutes right in front of their homes. And he's been out here cutting the grass, and they'll do a transaction here and say, 'Oh I'm sorry! Forgive me! Also on the Westside, off Lane Avenue, the I-TEAM witnessed women standing on street corners for hours and getting into cars with people who appeared to be strangers. Another area where you might be surprised people have reported prostitution to police is near the St.
I'd see families coming in, you know, looked like they were on vacation with their children -- coming to stay the night. Outside, you know, bringing stuff in out of their car," she said. We checked ourselves and found guests complained about prostitution at this Extended Stay America on TripAdvisor last February.
We will take the necessary actions to ensure that these issues are properly addressed. The former prostitute said she solicited her customers online and chose that specific hotel because she said it's safer. We went to the Extended Stay America and the hotel's general manager wouldn't talk to the I-TEAM about the allegations made by guests and about the arrest of a woman during a prostitution sting operation at the hotel.
