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From YouTube: Chief Hodges provides information regarding the arrests from a recent prostitution detail
Description
In Person News Conference on Wednesday September 20, 2023
Over the course of several days in mid-September Bloomington Police Department Special Investigations Unit (SIU) teamed with investigators from Eden Prairie PD, Airport PD, and Roseville PD. These investigators conducted a detail focused on customers seeking prostitution services from juvenile and adult sex workers.
A
So
for
the
residents
of
Bloomington
I
just
want
to
say
you
haven't
seen
a
video
for
me
for
a
while,
because
I
had
rotator
cuff
surgery
about
three
weeks
ago
and
yeah
kind
of
you
know.
I'm
healing,
but
you
know
I'm
gonna,
be
here
today
for
this,
so
I
got
another
two
weeks
in
my
sentence
and
that
sling
so
we'll
see
how
it
works
today
with
some
of
the
movements
that
I
have
going
on
today.
A
So
that's
why
you
haven't
seen
a
video
from
me
in
the
last
three
weeks
so
with
that
before
I
get
started
today,
we're
going
to
talk
about
an
adult
in
juvenile
sex
trafficking
and
adult
prostitution
thing
that
we
did
I
want
to
thank
all
of
our
staff
who
participated
in
this
I.
Don't
think
sometimes
people
don't
realize
how
labor
intensive
these
operations
are,
especially
for
our
staff
and
the
things
that
our
staff
have
to
listen
to
and
read
when
they
go
through.
A
We
were
able
to
had
a
couple
of
victims
come
forward
who
were
trafficked
so
and
I
said
when
we
do
this.
If
we
get
one,
it's
worth
it,
so
that's
all
been
worth
it
for
us.
So
with
that
a
couple
resources
I
want
to
get
to.
If
you
are
someone
who's
been
trafficked
or
being
trafficked
right
now
there
is
a
lot
of
resources,
but
the
one
that
I
will
point
out
and
encourage
you
to
use
is
day1services.org.
It's
ran
by
in
partnership
with
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health,
so
day1services.org.
A
So
all
right
over
the
course
of
several
days.
This
mid-september
the
Bloomington
Police
Department,
along
with
our
partners
in
Eden
Prairie
and
the
airport
Police
Department
in
Roseville
Police
Department
conducted
an
investigation
focused
on
customers
seeking
prostitution
services
from
Juvenile
and
adult
sex
workers.
The
investigators
they
created
a
detailed
advertisement
with
photos
of
an
undercover
officer
and
posted
on
websites
that
we
know
are
used
by
those
who
are
seeking
prostitution
services
from
sex
workers.
So
between
our
September
13th
and
September
20th,
numerous
adult
males
were
arrested.
A
All
the
persons
that
were
arrested
were
booked
into
the
Bloomington
jail
and
charges
should
be
filed
in
the
next
coming
weeks
and
wire
charges
filed
in
the
next
coming
weeks.
These
cases,
when
you
arrest
somebody
you
have
to
have
all
of
the
text,
messages
and
the
whole
nine
yards
them
exchange,
and
that's
why
it
takes
a
little
bit
longer
to
file
the
charges
against
these
people
so,
but
in
the
next
couple
weeks
these
charges
should
be
coming
during
this
operation.
A
We
do
not
have
the
red
light
district
in
Bloomington
we
have
the
orange
jumpsuit,
District
and
I
know.
Sometimes
people
are
slow
learners,
but
this
is
the
city
of
Bloomington
and
if
you
don't
know
where
Bloomington
is,
let
me
School
you
a
little
bit
494
if
you're
driving
along
494
and
you're
going
south
towards
Iowa
you're
more
than
likely
in
the
city
of
Bloomington
494
is
the
road.
That's
always
backed
up.
I've
lived
here
in
Minnesota,
my
entire
life
and
it's
never
been
fixed.
A
So
everybody
in
Minnesota
knows
where
494
is
on
the
other
side
of
the
city.
We
have
169.
So
if
you're
going
to
the
casino
or
Mankato
you
got
to
drive
through
169.
on
the
other
side
is
Highway
77
Mall
of
America.
If
you're
in
that
area
and
you're
before
you
get
to
the
water,
you
know
you
drive
across
the
bridge,
go
over
the
Minnesota
River
once
you
do
that
you're
out
of
Bloomington,
but
in
Bloomington
we
do
not
have
the
red
light
district.
We
have
the
orange
jumpsuit
district
and
a
bunch
of
people
today.
A
All
these
14
guys
here
found
that
out
the
hard
way.
I
will
say
this.
We
had
multiple
people
who
responded
to
our
ads.
Who
said
they
didn't
want,
they
made
our
decoys
anywhere
other
than
the
city
of
Bloomington,
so
the
word
is
getting
out
so,
but
obviously
14
people
didn't
get
that
memo
and
they
got
locked
up
I'm
going
to
start
off
today
with
a
song
and
it
was
made
by
Gary
Puckett.
A
Some
of
you
may
know,
I'm
going
old
school
here
and
the
Union
Gap
in
1955
Gary
Puckett
was
from
Hibbing
for
all
your
trivia
folks
and
it's
called
young
girl,
and
it
goes
like
this
young
girl
get
out
of
my
mind.
My
love,
for
you
is
way
out
of
line.
You
better
run
girl,
you're
much
too
young
girl
well,
first
person,
today,
64
year
old,
Henry
Brent
gin
was
alive
when
that
song
was
popular.
A
A
A
A
So
we
locked
him
up
and
he
is
going
to
be
charged
with
soliciting
a
juvenile
for
prostitution,
orange
jumpsuit
for
him
he
gets
orange
jumpsuit
next
Mr
Akin
daily
out
of
Woodbury
is
a
security
guard
and
he
also
came
to
our
city
looking
to
engage
with
a
minor
female,
so
he's
going
to
be
charged
with
juvenile
trying
to
pursue
a
juvenile
for
sex.
A
security
guard.
A
Come
on
man
really
I
mean
so
he
wants
to
get
sex
from
a
security
from
a
from
a
underage
female,
so
orange
jumpsuit
for
him
too.
So
we
locked
him
up
24
years
old
at
Woodbury
and
I.
Don't
know
if
he's
going
to
be
a
security
guard
any
longer
after
this,
but
you
know
there
is
a
staffing
shortage,
so
we'll
see
how
that
works
out
for
him.
A
Next
up,
Mr
Miguel,
David,
Cortez,
Martin
26
years
old
out
of
Minneapolis,
came
seeking
sex
from
an
adult.
He
wanted
to
pay
a
hundred
dollars
for
some
things
that
if
I
were
to
say
I
would
just
all
you
would
get,
is
bleep
bleep,
so
I'm
not
gonna,
say
it,
but
he
is
a.
He
works
at
a
reputable
auto
body
shop.
They
repair
cars
that
have
been
damaged
well,
Mr
Martin.
A
You
came
to
Bloomington
orange
jumpsuit,
for
you
too
and
I
know
you
like
to
repair
things
that,
after
a
wreck
I'm
pretty
sure
that
you
come
to
my
city.
Looking
for
adult
women
to
have
sex
with
and
again
we
don't
have
the
red
light
district.
In
Bloomington
we
got
the
orange
jumpsuit
District,
so
I'm,
pretty
sure
you
got
some
things
you
got
to
fix
after
this
man.
A
Next
up
Mr
Abu,
Robin,
Abu,
Robin
18
came
to
our
city,
he's
out
of
New
Brighton
looking
for
sex
to
pay,
for
he
is
a
Amazon
warehouse
worker,
pretty
young
to
be
coming.
Trying
to
look
for
this
and
I
know
he's
used
to
Preparing
things
for
delivery.
Well,
we
got
a
delivery
for
him
orange
jumpsuit.
For
him
too,
you
come
to
our
city,
Mr
Abu
Robin.
This
is
what
you
get
delivery
for
you
and
last
up.
Last
but
not
least,
Mr
latone,
the
Zell.
A
Now
let
me
tell
you
something
about
him:
he
literally
broke
into
our
jail.
He
wanted
to
get
arrested
so
bad.
We
stopped
this
operation
on
one
day
and
he
called
three
days
later,
insisting
that
he
meet
our
decoy.
So
we
obliged
him.
We
set
it
up
and
Mr
dazelle
he
broke
into
the
jail
we
arrested
him.
We
didn't
even
have
operations
set
up,
so
he
said
when
he
was
looking
for
a
juvenile
to
do
some
very
nasty
things
too.
A
A
So,
like
I
said,
we've
been
able
to
recover
a
few
victims
from
this.
I
mean
some
of
them
who
watch
the
press.
Conference
have
come
forward
and,
like
I
said
for
me,
it's
if
we
do
this
and
get
one
out
it's
worth
it,
but
I
can
tell
you
from
doing
this
the
amount
of
people
that
said
that
they
wouldn't
come
to
Bloomington
or
meet
somebody
in
Bloomington.
It's
made
an
impact
here
and
that's
what
what
we
really
want?
A
Is
people
not
willing
to
purchase
these
services
to
come
to
our
city
or
any
other
cities
around
us
and,
like
I,
said
before,
Bloomington
has
over
ten
thousand
hotel
rooms
right
and
50
hotels,
so
I
mean
we
really
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
going
after
this,
because
people
deserve
to
come
to
nice.
Hotels
and
people
deserve
not
to
have
to
deal
with
this
type
of
behavior,
so
we're
gonna,
we're
gonna,
keep
doing
it
and
hopefully
the
next
time
I
come
up
here.
We
don't
have
anybody,
but
it's
a
reduction
from
the
last
time.
A
We
did
it.
The
last
time
I
think
we
arrested
23
and
now
we're
at
14..
So
absolute
victims,
the
victims
when,
when
they
come
so
there's
a
whole
process
for
them
and
I,
think
the
organizations
that
help
out
with
them
try
to
get
them
the
services
that
they
that
they
need
in
terms
of
how
to
actually
come
out
of
those
situations
and
I
know
here
in
the
city,
we
don't
prosecute
victims
right.
So
those
who
are
the
actual
people
who
are
you
know,
selling
these
services
that
we
get.
We
don't.
A
We
don't
prosecute
those
folks,
but
it's
a
whole
because
each
person
might
need
something
different
right.
Some
people
have
addiction
issues
and
that's
why
they're
doing
this
so
they're
going
to
need
the
chemical
dependency
piece
so
there's
a
whole
bunch
of
services
that
need
to
go
around
these
folks.
So
the
answer
for
me
is
not
simple,
but
that's
what
typically
happens
when
they
go
to
organizations
like
Safe
Harbor,
which
is
the
website
that
I
gave
at
the
beginning.
B
A
A
We
have
an
airport
here
that
that's
you
know
pretty
close
to
downtown
and
whatnot
I
mean
most
metropolitan
areas.
Don't
have
airports
that
are
as
easily
available
as
I
mean
you
go
to
Denver.
You
know
how
far
that
that
one's
out
you
know
La
I
mean
so
you
look
at
some
of
the
bigger
cities,
and
the
airport
here
might
play
a
play,
a
part
in
it
too.
So
but
I'd
be
guessing.
If
I
said
anything
else,.
A
B
A
A
Oh
god,
they
happen
all
so
Bloomington.
This
is
our
second
one
this
year,
just
in
the
city
of
Bloomington
but
I
know,
Plymouth
did
one
right
before
us
and
I
think
they
got
four
people
trying
to
solicit
juveniles
for
sex.
So
we
do
typically
two
or
three
a
year,
but
I
know
that
they
go
around
go
on
around
us
quite
a
bit.
A
A
So
for
juveniles,
typically,
you
don't
use
hotels,
use
public
spaces
and
why
how's
the
juvenile
gonna
get
a
hotel
room
right,
I
mean
so
that's
normally,
why
you
don't
use
that
so
use
public
spaces
for
juveniles.
This
operation
was
two
days,
but
we
had
a
number
of
individuals
that
decided
to
break
into
the
jail
and
kept
calling
the
ads
after
we
had
stopped
the
operation,
so
we
had
to
oblige
them
and
lock
them
up
too,
so
that
that's
why
it
went
on
a
little
bit
longer.
A
A
Six,
oh
you
guys
updated,
didn't!
Tell
me
where
you
put
the
sheet
up
one
last
one:
didn't
you
arrest
somebody
yesterday,
yeah
okay,
so
I
didn't
get
that
memo
on
that.
So
was
it
14
total
fourteen
to
six
juveniles?
Okay,
that's
why
I
bring
the
people
who
do
the
real
work
in
here?
You
know
wow!
That's
interesting
yeah!
So,
like
yeah
Mike,
we
did
stop
after
two
days
and
these
guys
just
kept
responding
to
the
ad.
So
they
had
to
go
to
jail.