Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Police Chief Leo McCarthy says he hopes township prostitution arrests decrease in 2012.
Police Chief Leo McCarthy said Moon Police arrested 62 people on prostitution-related charges in 2011, marking a slight uptick in sex crime arrests from the previous year. Arrests for prostitution in Moon have steadily increased since the 2008 raids of three township brothels fronting as massage parlors. McCarthy said 53 were charged with prostitution offenses in 2010. In 2004, just one person in Moon was arrested for the crime. McCarthy said escorts and prostitutes target Moon for its proximity to the Pittsburgh International Airport and the more than a dozen hotels in the township. "I'm hoping that this year the number [of prostitution arrests] will be dramatically lower," McCarthy said. "We're sending the message that this …
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Coraopolis District Court calendar for Tuesday, Aug. 2.
A former Pittsburgh narcotics detective charged with orchestrating a Moon prostitution ring is scheduled to once again appear in Coraopolis District Court today. Talib Kevin Ghafoor, 55, is set to appear before Magisterial District Judge Mary Murray on charges that he organized the ring and purchased online advertisements for prostitutes. The hearing was originally scheduled for June 21, but was postponed because Ghafoor had to appear in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas that day on another set of prostitution charges. Moon Police in June charged Ghafoor with two felony counts of promoting prostitution, two felony counts of conspiracy, four felony counts of running a corrupt organization and two counts of possessing instruments …
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
A preliminary hearing date for Talib Kevin Ghafoor has been moved to August 2.
A preliminary hearing for a former Pittsburgh narcotics detective charged with orchestrating a Moon prostitution ring has again been postponed. Talib Kevin Ghafoor, 55, was originally scheduled to appear before Magisterial District Judge Mary Murray today in Coraopolis District Court on charges that he organized a prostitution ring and purchased online advertisements for prostitutes. The hearing has been rescheduled for August 2. Moon Police earlier this month charged Ghafoor with two counts of third degree felony promoting prostitution, two counts of felony criminal conspiracy, four counts of felony corrupt organization and two counts of possessing instruments of crime. This is the second Moon prostitution incident in which Ghafoor has …
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Attorneys for Ghafoor and Sailer enter not-guilty pleas in case arising from online sting.
A retired Pittsburgh narcotics detective and his girlfriend will stand trial on charges in a prostitution case filed by Moon police, District Judge Mary Murray ruled today in Coraopolis District Court. In a preliminary hearing this afternoon, Talib Kevin Ghafoor and his fiancée, Sabina Earlene Sailer, were held for court on all charges filed against them. Prior to Murray's ruling, defense attorney Blaine Jones entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of Sailer, 42, of Florida. Defense attorney Frank Walker II entered a not-guilty plea for Ghafoor, 55, of East Liberty. Ghafoor is charged with promoting prostitution, processing instruments of crime and conspiracy. Sailer is charged with three counts of felony prostitution with conspiracy and one…
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
New preliminary hearing dates are set for April 5.
The preliminary hearings have been postponed for a former Pittsburgh Police detective and his girlfriend charged last week in a Moon prostitution sting. Former detective Talib Kevin Ghafoor, 55, of East Liberty, and Sabina Earlene Sailer, 43, of Florida, now are scheduled to appear on April 5 before District Judge Mary Murray in Coraopolis District Court. Their hearings were postponed today after witnesses failed to appear in court. Ghafoor is charged with three counts of felony prostitution and conspiracy and one count of possessing instruments of crime, a misdemeanor. Sailer is charged with three counts of felony prostitution and conspiracy and one count of misdemeanor prostitution. Moon Police said she was soliciting customers for sex …
Friday, March 25, 2011
Police Chief Leo McCarthy said 54 people were charged with prostitution in Moon past year.
The advertisement read, "Hello Guys, Sally's Back." She was charging $200 an hour. An undercover Moon Police detective, whom the department did not identify, responded to the ad after combing the adult services section of Pittsburgh.Backpages.com, a website for local classified ads. He arranged to meet with Sally, whom police later identified as Sabina Earlene Sailer, on Wednesday night at the Courtyard by Marriott hotel on Cherrington Parkway. When the 43-year-old Florida woman, who has a lengthy history of prostitution arrests outside of Pennsylvania, agreed to have sex with the detective in exchange for money, she was arrested. A man police identified as her fiance, retired Pittsburgh Police narcotics detective Talib Kevin Ghafoor, 55, …
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Truman
12:23 am on Friday, February 17, 2012
Um, try again? It's the police department's job to enforce the laws that are on the books, not make them or pick and choose which ones are right or wrong. Prostitution is certainly controversial, to say the least, but take a look at Moon's news: There's plenty of drug arrests, etc. Just because they are enforcing one thing doesn't mean they are ignoring others. If you're going to criticize them, … more ›