Woman Arrested For Prostitution In Canton

CANTON, MI — A 24-year-old Woodhaven woman was arrested for prostitution Thursday after she went to a Canton hotel expecting a date and instead found a police officer. Advertising herself online as a "Hawaiian bombshell," the woman and the police officer had exchanged text messages prior to the meeting, police reports said.

The woman arrived at the hotel room near Lotz Road and Michigan Avenue at about 9:15 p.m., the Canton Observer reported. She knocked on the door, walked in and gave the undercover officer a hug before the conversation turned to money. According to the report, she offered her services for $175 for a half-hour and $250 for an hour. The police officer arrested her at that point, the newspaper reported. She was issued a citation for prostitution.

Ex-Boyfriend Trouble

A 47-year-old Canton woman told police her ex-boyfriend refused to leave her home after showing up to see their daughter. The man told the woman he wanted to see his daughter and give money to her before he went out of town, the Observer reported. The woman told him the girl was already asleep, but he went to the residence anyway, according to police reports.

The suspect asked to use the bathroom and pushed his way into the apartment, but he left when she told him that she was calling the police, the newspaper reported. The woman told police he often can be seen in the parking lot of the apartment complex where she lives, near Haggerty and Palmer. She said he also has repeatedly called her. The woman told police she wanted to document the incident.

Truck hits bicyclist

A Plymouth man riding his bicycle along the 1400 block of Sheldon Road was hit by a Ford pickup truck that was backing up on May 14, the Plymouth Observer reported. The man escaped with only minor injuries.

The incident happened shortly after 10 a.m. while the man was riding his bike along a sidewalk near a Speedway gas station, the report said. The truck driver had started to back up at the same time and didn't see the bicyclist, striking him and knocking him off his bike, police reports said.

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