Punta Gorda police have arrested two people after a monthlong investigation into an Internet-based prostitution business run from a Punta Gorda Isles home. Police said that on Friday they arrested Jacie L. Palumbo, 25, and Alan L. Russo, 50, for offering prostitution services at a home in the block of Hibiscus Drive. Detectives launched an investigation after receiving an anonymous tip about prostitution offered online through social networking and advertising sites, including Craigslist.
Police set up a sting, calling a phone number listed in one of the advertisements, and were sent to the Hibiscus Drive home in Punta Gorda Isles. Police said Palumbo allegedly agreed with an undercover officer to exchange sex for money and was arrested. Russo reportedly came out from another room and was also arrested because police said he received money from prostitution sales for advertising and using his home for transactions. Palumbo charged with prostitution and violation of probation. Russo was charged with deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution, maintaining a house of prostitution, and violation of probation.
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