Jun 25, 2008 5:57 pm US/Eastern
Cops Bust SOBE Prostitution On Wheels Operation
Police Say This Is Part Of Larger Nationwide Child Prostitution Sting
They Have Not Confirmed If Underage Prostitution Was Involved In South Beach
MIAMI BEACH (CBS4) ―
Without a doubt, wild things occur in Miami Beach everyday, but this is new: prostitution on wheels, but that alleged prostitution ring on wheels is now off the road after police busted the bus cruising South Beach while it offered a menu of illegal activities.
This bus is believed to have been part of a much larger national ring and Wednesday afternoon, the FBI will announce the results of a nationwide crackdown on prostitution which netted hundreds of arrests including a 17-year old. The most unique operation taken down was in South Beach where 75 arrests took place.
According to an undercover officer who boarded the rolling brothel madam Christina Morteh charged him $40 just to get on the stretch limo bus. The money passed through a sliding window, put in a register. Once inside he says he found four girls working.
"There were lap dances, friction dances and sexual acts," the undercover officer said.
The going rate was allegedly $100 cash for sexual acts.
All of this allegedly took place inside the bus, a block away from the police station. The detective couldn't believe what he saw, let alone cash everywhere.
"It was spread out all over the place. It was on the floor. It was on their g-strings. You name it. It was in the register. In 19 years I've never seen this."
It's unclear how police learned of the brothel bus operation but once the money was exchanged, five brothel bus girls were arrested and the quarter million dollar bus was impounded.
Christina Morteh was charged with engaging in, directing others to and deriving support from prostitution, as well as operating a business without license.
Four others were also charged including Kimberly Daniels, Princess Thigpen, Leah Harriss, Leighanne Redding, and the bus driver Clyde Scoot.
She has already posted her $5,000 bond.
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