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Police bust up Argyle Forest-area brothel
Jul 17, 2008
By DANA TREEN
The Times-Union
Jacksonville detectives who responded to an online ad for massages said they were offered a lot more when they arrived at an Argyle Forest neighborhood.
A man and two women were charged with setting up or offering to engage in prostitution at the house where police were told the brothel had been running for years. Undercover detectives said they were offered a deal to have sex - and a massage - with two women for $300.
The detectives arranged a session Tuesday after responding to a Craigslist.com ad for massages listed on the site, according to an arrest and booking report. The detectives went to the house in the 7800 block of Collins Ridge Boulevard and were told to return later that night when more girls would be available, according to reports.
When they returned, the offer was made and detectives arrested Tammy Denise Lunsford, 39, and Robert Schein, 36, on charges of deriving support from prostitution. Lunsford was also charged with pimping and prostitution. A third person, Michelle Ryals Patterson, 41, of Thomasville. Ga., was charged with prostitution.
Police were told prostitutes could conduct business in all but the master bedroom.
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