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• Prostitution

Prostitution sting in Jessup nets 23 arrests

• High School sports

DeMatha football players dismissed after alleged incident involving prostitutes; Stags play Calvert Hall tonight

5 DeMatha football players were dismissed from the team after an alleged incident involving prostitutes in their hotel room during their season-opening road trip to North Carolina

• Latest

Court date set for suspended city firefighter charged with running prostitution ring

Court date set for suspended Baltimore firefighter and co-defendant charged with running a prostitution ring

• Crime

Mom's a madam in 'And When She Was Good'

Baltimore author's tale of a mom who's a madam bridges chick-lit, crime fiction

• Crime

Police: Baltimore firefighter ran sex ring on the side

Court documents paint Jamar Simmons as a modern-day pimp who used online advertisements to lure johns to a Southwest apartment, where a stable of women under Simmons' employ would have sex with them for cash. His lawyer says the apartment was simply a "clubhouse" for Simmons and his buddies to party in after city bars closed.

• Prostitution

Police: Baltimore firefighter ran sex ring on the side

• Latest

Takoma Park man charged with human trafficking

A 27-year-old Takoma Park man, who drove women to locations in the Annapolis area for the purposes of prostitution, has been charged with numerous human trafficking and prostitution incidents.

• Business

Ex-Wings to Go CEO pleads guilty to embezzlement charges

The former chief executive of Severna Park-based Wings to Go pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud for embezzling more than $885,000 from the franchise company to pay prostitutes in Maryland and three Texas women for telephone sex.

• News

Fast food executive embezzled thousands to pay for phone sex, prostitutes

Fast food executive embezzled thousands to pay for phone sex, prostitutes

• Latest

Third woman arrested for prostitution in Linthicum

During a third undercover operation this month in Linthicum, detectives with the Anne Arundel County police department's vice unit arrested a 19-year-old California woman with prostitution and possession of marijuana.

• Prostitution

Police arrest 10 men in North Laurel prostitution sting

Howard County Police arrested 10 men last week in a "reverse prostitution" sting along the Route 1 corridor in North Laurel.

• Latest

Second Linthicum sting leads to prostitution arrest

For a second time this month, the Anne Arundel County police's vice unit has arrested a woman for prostitution during an undercover operation targeting solicitation activities in Linthicum's hotels area, near BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.

• Prostitution

Good afternoon, Baltimore: Thursday lunchtime lowdown

• Baltimore City

City firefighter charged with running prostitution ring, unlicensed club

A Baltimore firefighter has been charged with running an online prostitution ring and an unlicensed after-hours club in a Southwest Baltimore warehouse, according to court records and the fire department.

• Sports

Good afternoon, Baltimore: Tuesday lunchtime lowdown

Home sales and prices rose in the Baltimore area, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps talks about past weight gain, and three Orioles play in the All-Star Game.

• Latest

Ga. woman charged with prostitution in Linthicum sting

Anne Arundel vice detectives have charged a 22-year-old Georgia woman with prostitution, assignation and setting up a house of prostitution in the Linthicum area, near BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport.

• Crime

Pasadena man indicted for embezzling corporate money for phone sex, prostitutes

A 55-year-old Pasadena man was indicted and charged Tuesday with embezzling more than $885,000 from his corporation.

• Latest

CEO of Buffalo wings firm indicted for embezzlement

The head of Wings to Go, a franchise restaurant company in Severna Park that has outlets in 12 states and Washington, was indicted Tuesday for embezzling $885,000 from the company, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Baltimore reported.

• Prostitution

Pasadena man indicted for embezzling corporate money for phone sex, prostitutes

• TV

'Mad Men' recap: Season 5, Episode 11, 'The Other Woman'

'Mad Men' recap: Season 5, Episode 11, 'The Other Woman'

• Latest

19-year-old California woman charged with human trafficking

Anne Arundel County police have charged a 19-year-old California woman with prostitution, operating a prostitution ring and human trafficking.

• Theft

Mixed signals on robberies mar downward trend in Northern District crime stats

Mixed signals on robberies mar downward trend in Northern District crime stats

• Abusive Behavior

Theater Review: 'Ruined' women saved by Pulitzer-winning play

The Pulitzer Prize-winning play features female characters that you want to watch in a production at Fells Point Corner Theatre that generally conveys the play's emotional intensity.

• Prostitution

Eight men arrested in North Laurel prostitution sting

Eight men from Maryland and Virginia were arrested Wednesday in North Laurel following the Howard County Police Department's first "reverse prostitution" sting of the year

• Latest

Annapolis police arrest seven in prostitution sting

Annapolis police arrested seven people in a prostitution sting on West Street.

• Opinion

Not so Secret Service

The Secret Service prostitution scandal raises serious questions about the agency's ability to do its crucial work.

• Opinion

Not so Secret Service

• Prostitution

Girls, boys are sold on the streets within 48 hours of running away

It's low risk and high yield, picking up girls at the mall or hanging out at the bus stop who had words with their parents before storming out of the house.

• TV

'Mad Men' recap: Season 5, Episode 5: 'Signal 30'

Put up your dukes: It's Lane vs. Pete in our "Mad Men" new episode recap

• News

Police rescue missing 15-year-old girl from alleged pimp at motel

• Latest

Some say suspect in alleged sex trafficking case is a victim, too

Follow-up to case involving an alleged prostitution ring in which victims from Baltimore were taken across the country to Texas as part of what authorities describe as a sex ring.

• Opinion

Limbaugh remark was worse than Imus

Rush Limbaugh's remarks were much worse than those that forced Don Imus off the air.

• Features

Stop Rush Limbaugh? Stop Jugs for Plugs!

Promotion more deserving of outrage than Limbaugh, says WCBM manager.

• Prostitution

Police trying to curb transgender prostitution

Concerned Charles Villagers meet with Northern District police about the persistent problem of trangender prostitution.

• Howard County

Howard lawmakers consider strengthening massage rules

Howard County lawmakers are looking to increase restrictions on county massage establishments and taxicab drivers, requiring them to undergo nationwide criminal background checks.

• Crime

Volunteers restoring home into day shelter

A rundown, vacant row house on the city's Westside will soon become a day shelter for homeless and drug-addicted woman

• Latest

More charges filed in Baltimore sex trafficking case

Federal authorities in El Paso, Texas have filed additional charges against 10 people from Baltimore being held in a trafficking case involving The Block and strip clubs across the country.

• Crime

Feds file more charges in Block trafficking case

• News

Women from Maryland escape alleged prostitution ring

Five women from Maryland managed to escape what federal authorities describe as a human-trafficking ring that force them to dance at strip clubs and work as prostitutes from El Paso to The Block.

• News

Women from Maryland escape alleged prostitution ring

• Baltimore City

Abell Foundation awards grant to city prosecutors

The Abell Foundation has awarded the Baltimore State's Attorney's Office a grant worth nearly$128,000, which will be used to "double the capacity" of ant anti-prostitution program, top prosecutor Gregg Bernstein announced Thursday.

• Opinion

Occupy Baltimore: One protester's take on the sexual assault memo

The Sun has invited participants in the Occupy Baltimore protest to submit occasional articles describing their experiences, ideas and goals. This one, from Baltimore resident Jenny Gaeng, provides one protester's perspective on a memo circulated at the protest that drew criticism for apparently suggesting that any allegations of sexual assault at the encampment be handled internally and that victims not call police.

• Baltimore City

FBI committee moves to update rape definition

An FBI subcommittee made recommendations Tuesday at a meeting in Baltimore to create a new federal definition of rape, moving the agency a step closer to updating the way it counts sex crimes for the first time in more than 80 years.

• Justice System

Ten Baltimore-area residents arrested in prostitution ring

Ten Baltimore area residents are arrested in a prostitution cases that stretches to El Paso, Texas.

• Trials and Arbitration

Ten Baltimore-area residents arrested in prostitution ring

• Editorial

Rethinking sexual assaults

The ad campaign the city launched this week, based on the message that rape isn't the victim's fault, is important both for women who have been afraid to speak out and for police officers who still may not believe it

• Baltimore City

Baltimore kicks off outreach campaign to sexual assault victims

City officials announced a campaign to encourage rape victims to come forward, part of continuing reforms since The Baltimore Sun revealed that police were discarding rape reports at the highest rate in the country.

• Maryland

FBI seeks to update definition of rape

The FBI is moving to change the federal definition of rape for the first time in 80 years, which authorities and women's advocacy groups hope will lead to improved tracking of the crime and an attitude shift among investigators. Critics have maintained that the current definition is archaic, too narrow, and leaves crimes uncounted in police statistics, resulting in fewer resources for victims and law enforcement.

• Prostitution

Police disrupt human trafficking operation at downtown hotel

• TV

'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' recap: 'Frank's Pretty Woman'