http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/business/ci_12031937

Two women arrested for prostitution in Westport
By John Nickerson
Staff Writer
Posted: 03/30/2009 07:52:53 PM EDT
Updated: 03/30/2009 11:05:47 PM EDT

Police checking erotic advertisements on the Craigslist online bulletin board last week arrested a woman from Stamford and another from Naugatuck at the Westport Inn and charged them with prostitution.

The Westport-Norwalk police investigation of Craigslist massage and escort services ads for southwest Fairfield County targeted a woman providing "erotic" massages at Westport Inn, said Lt. David Kassay of the Westport Police detective bureau.

The Westport Inn, 1595 Post Road East, offers rooms from $119 to $179.

Kassay said a Westport undercover officer met the Stamford woman, later identified as XXXXX XXXXX, 30, at the Westport Inn. XXXXX was arrested and charged with prostitution after allegedly offering him the massage. She was released on $200 bond and is to appear in state Superior Court in Norwalk on April 6.

Detectives received information Friday that another woman, later identified as XXXXX XXXXX, 35, of Naugatuck, was involved with the Craigslist ad for erotic services. After an undercover officer contacted XXXXX, she agreed to meet him at the hotel.

Detectives forced their way into XXXXX's hotel room to arrest her after she offered an erotic massage to an officer, police said XXXXX was charged with prostitution and resisting arrest. She was released after posting a $2,500 bond and is to return to court for her arraignment April 6, Kassay said.

A week before the Westport Inn arrest, Norwalk police set up their own sting for Craigslist sex ads. Through an ad posted March 19, Norwalk police found XXXXX XXXXX, 27, of 2455 Main St., Bridgeport, at the Homestead Suites on Main Avenue. XXXXX, a Brazilian national, was charged with prostitution after allegedly offering an hour of sex to an undercover officer for $230.

-- John Nickerson can be reached at john.nickerson@scni.com or 964-2320.