Tuesday, March 14, 2000
Official: Church trustee a pimp
BY DAN HORN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Robert T. Jones kept busy during the past year splitting time between his new business and his church duties.
At church, he volunteered as a trustee. At home, prosecutors say, he was a pimp.
After a monthslong police investigation, Mr. Jones was indicted Monday on 10 charges of running a prostitution ring from his home.
Prosecutors say the 38-year-old Forest Park man was an aggressive businessman who used the Internet to arrange meetings between prostitutes and as many as 100 clients.
“It was an extensive business,” said Hamilton County Prosecutor Mike Allen.
He said the heart of the business was an Internet Web site that advertised massages and a price list for services.
Mr. Allen said the price range of $100 to $300 depended on whether the customer selected services labeled “good,” “better” or “best.”
Once the order was placed, Mr. Allen said, a woman would go to the customer's home to trade sex for cash. The women ranged in age from 20 to 25.
Prosecutors say Mr. Jones ran the business as if it were a legal company. They say he interviewed prospective employees at restaurants and offered some fringe benefits like free cosmetic surgery.
Prosecutors say Mr. Jones required the women to give him half their fees.
Mr. Jones was indicted a few months ago on three counts of promoting prostitution, but police say he continued to operate his business while out on bond.
“He apparently looked at the first indictment as the cost of doing business,” Mr. Allen said.
When police raided Mr. Jones' home, Mr. Allen said, they found papers related to his church work alongside records for his prostitution business.
He faces up to 23 years in prison.
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