It does not matter whether any sexual conduct actually occurs, as long as there is an agreement or offer to engage in the sexual conduct. It proscribes 1 paying; 2 agree to pay; or 3 offering to pay another person to engage in sexual conduct. Again, whether any sexual conduct actually occurs is irrelevant. Procuring a person to practice or enter a place for prostitution is a criminal offense under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter Section To convict a person of this offense, the prosecutor has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant:.
This prohibition against sending a person to a place for prostitution covers owners of employment agencies and their agents or employees. Deriving financial support from prostitution is proscribed by Massachusetts General Laws Chapter Section 7. This sentence cannot be reduced to less than two years, and you will not be eligible for probation or parole until you serve two years of the sentence. The law prohibits 1 soliciting a prostitute; and 2 receiving compensation for soliciting a prostitute.
Attorney Stephen Neyman has had extensive experience successfully defending these and other criminal charges. If you have been charged, call our office at or contact us online today. In June of this year members of a statewide police task force were conducting a commercial sexual exploitation investigation in various cities.
Undercover officers posing as prostitutes placed listings online designed to reveal people seeking sexual services for a fee. The operation lasted several days. On June 7, our client responded to the listing and arranged for sex for a specific fee. He entered the location identified and was met by a woman.
The two discussed the final fee and the act she was to perform. Unknown to our client this woman was the undercover police officer. Our client was released and summonsed for a clerk magistrate hearing charging him with sex for a fee in violation of G. Today, Attorney Neyman convinced the clerk magistrate not to issue the complaint.
