Crime & Safety

Police: Gaithersburg Man Charged in Prostitution Sting

Police: 10 men were arrested.

A Gaithersburg man was among 10 men arrested in a Howard County prostitution sting Thursday, Howard County police said.

Police accuse the men of soliciting undercover female detectives posing as prostitutes in Jessup, MD. 

Two of those arrested were from Montgomery County: a 39-year-old from Gaithersburg and a 23-year-old from Silver Spring.

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They were charged with solicitation of a prostitute and disorderly conduct, Howard County police said.


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