Former Cops Sentenced in Connection to Moon Prostitution Sting

Two former Pittsburgh Police detectives entered pleas today in connection to a 2011 prostitution sting at a Moon hotel.  

District Attorney spokesman Michael Manko said Faquar Holland, 39, of Charleroi, pleaded guilty to one count of promoting prostitution. His former partner Talib Kevin Ghafoor, 56, pleaded no contest to one count of participating in corrupt activities. 

Holland was sentenced to one-year probation. Ghafoor was sentenced to one year of house arrest, Manko said. 

Both Holland and Ghafoor appeared today in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. 

Ghafoor, who resigned from the Pittsburgh Police department in 2008 after a 20-year career, was charged by in connection to a Moon-area prostitution ring, according to court records.  first  him in March 2011 after police said he drove his fiance to the to have sex with an undercover detective in exchange for money. 

Holland, who was Ghafoor's partner in the Pittsburgh Police narcotics division, was also  with prostitution last year after police said he purchased online prostitution advertisements with Ghafoor. 

Holland resigned from the Pittsburgh Police department in 2007 after pleading guilty to forgery charges.