Dayton police arrested nearly twice as many men for prostitution-related offenses last year as they did in , and officers remain aggressive in their enforcement of vice laws, police data show. Men feed the demand for commercial sex, and men of just about every age, ethnicity, race and walk of life have been busted in Dayton either paying prostitutes for sex or trying to do so, according to a Dayton Daily News analysis of police reports and municipal court records.
The Dayton Daily News took a closer look at about cases to try to learn more about the local Johns who purchase sex acts. Among the noteworthy findings was that a significant number of commercial sex customers are senior citizens, often meaning they are decades older than the sex workers they solicit. Dayton police arrested men for prostitution-related crimes in , which was up from 83 the prior year. In the nearly cases reviewed by this newspaper, the men who were arrested on suspicion of trying to buy sex ranged in age from 18 to This includes a year-old man who Dayton police last year arrested for prostitution crimes.
The man, who was convicted of loitering, died of natural causes about 10 months later in hospice care. A Dayton man, in his late 60s, also died of natural causes at home hospice about 11 months after being busted for picking up a prostitute.
Men who live in Dayton account for the largest share of the commercial sex market. They represent about half of the Johns busted by police. Some come from other parts of Ohio. But many others are employed and have no previous arrests or only minor arrest records in municipal court. This newspaper identified a John who worked as bus drivers for a local transportation agency and another who worked in a non-teaching position for a local school district. Dayton police have arrested a local pastor, small business owners and management-level employees from local companies for prostitution-related offenses.
Most men arrested on suspicion of prostitution-crimes are convicted in Dayton municipal court on charges of loitering, soliciting, loitering for prostitution or other misdemeanor offenses. Welcome to John School in Dayton. Your Whole Foods bill will now be less. Thank you for reading the Dayton Daily News and for supporting local journalism. Subscribers: log in for access to your daily ePaper and premium newsletters. Thank you for supporting in-depth local journalism with your subscription to the Dayton Daily News.
