Domino’s franchise mogul from Kentucky caught in Florida prostitution sting

POLK COUNTY, Florida (WXIX) – A Northern Kentucky franchise pizza proprietor faces solicitation costs as a part of a Florida human trafficking operation, in keeping with the Polk County Sheriff’s Workplace.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested 61-year-old John Glass, of Verona, Kentucky, on Sept. 1.

He pleaded not responsible to 2 misdemeanor counts of soliciting one other to commit a lewd act.

Glass allegedly responded to an internet escort commercial and agreed to have unprotected intercourse with an undercover detective.

Glass allegedly informed detectives he’d engaged in lewd habits round 4 instances prior to now.

Glass and his household have been visiting their trip house in Kissimmee, in keeping with the sheriff’s workplace.

He’s proprietor of Glass Household Pizza, a Domino’s Pizza franchise with dozens of places within the Tri-State.

The precise variety of Glass Household Pizza franchise places stays unclear; the corporate’s web site seems not to exist. A cached model of the web site, nevertheless, lists the quantity at 49 with places in Larger Cincinnati in addition to the Columbus space.

His subsequent courtroom look in Polk County is scheduled for Nov. 11.

Glass was certainly one of 160 folks arrested in Polk County over a seven-day span in an effort dubbed “Operation Fall Haul 2,” in keeping with a sheriff’s media launch.

Detectives labored undercover posing as escorts and prospects (”Johns”), posting faux advertisements on-line and responding to commercials for topics providing escort companies.

Detectives charged these arrested with 52 whole felonies and 216 whole misdemeanors.

Fifteen of these arrested, together with Glass, have been from exterior the state of Florida.

Stated Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, “The web prostitution business permits traffickers and permits for the continued victimization of those that are being trafficked.

“Our objective is to determine victims, supply them assist, and arrest those that are fueling the exploitation of human beings (Johns) and people making the most of the exploitation of human beings. Prostitution is just not a victimless crime – it ends in exploitation, illness, dysfunction, drug and alcohol dependancy, violence, and damaged households.”

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