HICKORY, N.C. — Complaints and concerns from the community led to a prostitution bust Wednesday in Hickory, police said.
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Officers and Vice/Narcotics investigators in the Hickory Police Department, along with Conover and Newton police officers, conducted an undercover prostitution sting operation around 11th Avenue SW and South Center Street.
Five women were arrested as a result of the operations and taken to Catawba County Jail. They were charged with the following crimes:
Mary Pearson Whisnant:
- Felony solicit prostitution
- Misdemeanor solicit crimes against nature
Tajuana Shamika Young:
- Misdemeanor solicit prostitution
- Misdemeanor solicit crimes against nature
Angela Hope Burgess:
- Felony solicit prostitution
- Misdemeanor solicit crimes against nature
Lillian Vanessa Meeks:
- Misdemeanor solicit crimes against nature
- Possession of drug paraphernalia
Jamie Leigh Crawford:
- Misdemeanor solicit prostitution
- Misdemeanor solicit crimes against nature
- Possession of drug paraphernalia