High Class Hookers Flock to poverty-ridden, freezing Detroit
Detroit sees an influx of upscale prostitutes
Law enforcement officials say they are seeing a sudden influx of pricey, out-of-state prostitutes on Michigan Avenue, even as stretches of the street are torn up by road maintenance. Officials suggest national sporting events in Detroit -- this summer's All-Star Game and the coming Super Bowl -- mean more money for prostitutes, and hookers are staking out their turf.
Sgt. Bonnie Sutton of the sheriff's special operations-morality unit said deputies have issued as many as 20 citations per week recently on Michigan Avenue. A typical week's total before was about seven.
Detroit police also are stepping up enforcement. Officers targeted out-of-state prostitutes in late August and arrested 28 women, plus two men accused of being pimps, police spokesman James Tate said.
All were ticketed and released on bond, he said.
"The word is out all across the United States," said Sutton. "They know to come to Detroit's strip to make money."
Yeah, because Detroit is just full of money.