Sources tell us more than people responded to Mendoza's ad online but it's unclear yet exactly how many of those people followed through with meeting her.
Either way both the Otsego County Prosecutor and Gaylord Police Department say it's a significant public health risk that she failed to tell her sexual partners she was HIV-positive. Through that investigation police learned Mendoza had been having sex with a man who was unaware of her HIV-positive status. Frank Claeys with the Gaylord Police Dept.
Police tell us the partners had allegedly been responding to the ad and in some incidents, traded money for sexual services. Mendoza was arrested on a 17 count felony warrant and was arraigned Tuesday.
If the prosecutor were to charge the men involved he would not be able to call them as a witness and if this case goes to trial, which we're told it's expected to, he will need them to testify. It's not just the specific single individuals involved it's the other persons who they would come in contact with who could also pass it on.
Their partners and their partners partners," Rola said. When someone does test positive for HIV they are required by law to notify the health department and any other people they could've passed the virus onto. Mendoza is currently in the Huron Correctional Facility on unrelated charges. Tue, 04 Feb GMT Story Infinite Scroll - News3 v1. School Delays. Eyewitness Mornings. Game Center. Now Tue Wed Police: HIV-positive prostitute arrested after not telling sexual partners.
