Clearwater Prostitution Crackdown: 10 Arrested

CLEARWATER, FL — A Thursday night crackdown on prostitution in Clearwater’s Gateway area, east of downtown, netted 10 arrests. According to the Clearwater Police Department, the one-night operation was part of an ongoing effort to respond to citizens and business owners' complaints about illegal prostitution in the area.

“Clearwater is not where you come to solicit a prostitute,” Chief Dan Slaughter said in announcing the arrests. “If you do and are caught, Clearwater Police undercover officers will add your name to the list of those soliciting prostitutes.”

Those arrested in the June 29 operation were:

• Stacey Morris, 34, soliciting for prostitution
• Jennifer Russo, 41, soliciting for prostitution
• Tayler Matthews, 19, soliciting for prostitution, trespass after warning
• Carrie A. Meeks, 33, soliciting for prostitution, possession of drug paraphernalia
• Jessica Lee Livingston, 29, soliciting for prostitution, possession of marijuana with intent to sell
• Andrea Earll, 36, loitering for prostitution, possession of drug paraphernalia, drug warrant
• Jessica Johnson, 33, solicitation for prostitution
• Jennifer Smith, 57, solicitation for prostitution
• Bruce Williams, 67, solicitation for prostitution
• Theresa Kay Budd, 52, loitering for prostitution

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Booking photos of Budd, Earll, Johnson, Livingston, Matthews, Meeks, Morris, Russo and Smith courtesy of the Clearwater Police Department