Florida Pimp Arrested in Westlake, Police Expect More Activity During Republican National Convention

Kenneth Chester, 31, of Tampa, Florida was arrested by Westlake police for promoting prostitution on April 14th, and was indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury on Wednesday, reports Cleveland.com.

Maria Guillermi Rosario, age 20, Chester's "business partner" was arrested along with him at a local hotel. Rosario was charged with possessing criminal tools, resisting arrest and loitering to solicit prostitution. Westlake Police Cpt. Guy Turner, said that the pimp and his hooker came to Westlake after a previous "business" trip in Buffalo, New York.

The two sex-trade entrepreneurs were discovered by police when they tried to promote their business on a website called backpage.com, a site that law enforcement monitors for exactly the kind of illegal activity Chester and Rosario were promoting.

Captain Turner said that out-of-state prostitution busts happen more often than you might think. Turner added that law enforcement anticipates a spike in activity this summer when the Republican National Convention comes to Cleveland.

"It's like any big event, a Super Bowl, an NBA Championship," Turner told Cleveland.com. "It brings commercialized vice elements out of the woodwork. These women and their pimps will descend on Cleveland like a biblical plague."

About 50 community service and law enforcement agencies have created a task force to deal with human trafficking during the RNC.