TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - Two men and two women have been arrested for prostitution as a result of an undercover operation in the Tallahassee area.
Katherine Laflower, 22, Kristopher Mata, 28, Lakisha Williams, 39, and Ladarious Bodison, 22, were all arrested by the Tallahassee Police Department on Friday.
On Friday, undercover investigators were working on an undercover prostitution operation in the area of I-10 and Monroe Street. Investigators said the aim of the operation was to reduce street level prostitution activity in Tallahassee.
All four suspects were contacted through an advertisement found on the internet that had indicators of being associated with prostitution activity.
Documents say undercover officers met the suspects at an undisclosed hotel at different times and, after establishing probable cause, took the suspects into custody.
The details of each individual's arrest are listed below:
- During her arrest, Laflower told officers she was not there to commit acts of prostitution and said she only steals money from the would be clients.
- When officers went to arrest Mata, he tried to get out of the room, but officers were able to get place him into handcuffs.
- Williams was found with a pipe in her purse that was used to smoke meth and a synthetic drug known as "flakka." Williams also had at least two prior convictions for prostitution in 1999 and 2010.
- While being questioned by officers, Bodison said he came to the hotel for the money and had bills to pay. He admitted that he had been conducting these actions for two years and made $500 per month by committing sexual acts for money.
Laflower is being charged with soliciting prostitution and and conspiracy to commit petit theft. Mata is being charged with soliciting, inducing, enticing, or procuring another to commit prostitution and resist arrest without violence.
Bodison is being charged with offering, or agree to secure another for the purpose of prostitution. Williams is being charged with felony prostitution and possession of drug paraphernalia.
All four were taken to the Leon County Detention Facility for their charges. Laflower, Mata, and Bodison have all bonded out. As of Monday, Williams remains in jail on a $6,000 bond.
