Saw a little segment on the news today and it proves that the work ethic is alive and well in America. It centered around five high school students that are from the east village of New York City and it’s chock full of moral issues and snafus. The story was cracked by the Problem Solvers of Fox 5, although I would have loved to have heard the initial call that started the investigation. You see, the kids got nicked for acting as prostitute imposters. Yeah. I know. Made me go “Hm.” for the second time this week.
The Problem Solvers are the consumers group of Fox 5 in NY. Basically if you got screwed by a company, store, or government agency, you can call these guys. If they think a problem is newsworthy – i.e. scandalous or a threat to the mass populous – they go and investigate the problem. They then show the confrontation and the ensuing fallout on any one of the different news shows from Fox 5. They got involved in this particular problem because of the general threat of a scam to the public although it’s not as warm and fuzzy a case as it could be.
The kids that got arrested actually go to a special high school in Greenwich Village. The story didn’t get into that much but it seems that it’s school that only admit homosexual and transsexual teenage student which sort of makes this story even more interesting seeing as girls were picked up for the crime. “Girls” maybe, if it was a cross-dresser or transsexual – maybe transsexual include bisexual? – but they looked female at any rate. Maybe they were lesbians, actually; you see the kids were only impersonating prostitutes. How do you do that? You proposition prospective “clients” on the street, telling them that you’ll have sex with them for money. What stopped these kids from being prostitutes was that when the “customer” was ready to get his “goods,” the teenagers refused.
Not too uncommon but this is where it gets interesting. Rather than running away with the cash and leaving the trick looking stupid, the kids instead flashed a police badge and told the “customer” that if they would have to arrest them now …unless other arrangements could be made. The teens would then make a deal with the guy: they’d let the john go without an arrest in exchange for cash or credit cards. Given the situation – if the teens were convincing enough – most people would jump at the chance to get away without an arrest and since the whole business is illegal it’s an easy way out.
Neat, eh? I mean, it’s almost perfect. People can’t go to the cops about it. “Hi, I was soliciting sex and the prostitute ripped me off and told me she was a cop.” Um, sure. If anything, people think that they got busted by a dirty cop and wouldn’t want to piss her off further! You can’t turn them in (without turning yourself in) and the whole point for the bribe in the first place was to avoid police prosecution in the first place. It’s actually a pretty good scam – at least it was until someone got smart and went to a higher power than police’s internal affairs: the media.
And that’s what is remarkable about the Problem Solvers getting involved, too, because that was a masterful stroke from one of the [anonymous] clients. Consumer protection for… prostitution sales? Musta been a great first phone call, this particular complaint. Obviously when Fox 5 first investigated they either told the cops or just aired the story which then got the cops got involved. Either way, the kids were quickly busted for both soliciting sex and for impersonating a cop, the latter of which has got to be a heavier crime.
Double or nothing, I guess – at least we know that the work ethic is alive and well in America.
How does one get in touch with someone at Fox-5 to file a complaint? Please help if you can.
Thank you,Ricky
The Problem solvers via http://www.fox5ny.com/ I would think…
It was come to my attention that Washington Irving High School has been hiding things from the students that they should not be hiding. Everyone knows that senior year can be pretty expensive, for the 4 years I’ve been in the school the senior dues which include: Cap & Gown, Yearbook, Our Autogragh boooks, and the Site where the gradution will take place. Every year the price has been $150 but that also included the gradution at a church in Harlem. Yet this year our gradution is in our school auditorium. My concern is where is all our money going? If we only get the really cheap autogragh books, and if you don’t pay senior dues you pay the basic package, which only consist of: cap & gown, and gradution site. Not only that why are we having graduation on school grounds? The school knew that the place was booked for this year? WHERE IS ALL THE MONEY GOING?
P.S. I wish to keep my identity concealed and have no one know who sent this letter. Thank you for taking this time to read my letter.
AM WRITING TONIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE A BIG CONCERN AND A HUGE PROBLEM.
NOT ONLY I AM PREGNAT IN MY 3RD TRIMESTER BUT ALSO I HAVE EXPERIENCED ALOT OF ABUSE IN MY LIFE.
MANY TIMES I TIRED TO CONTACT THE ARMY AND THE POLICE ABOUT MY PROBLEMS, BUT NOBODY WAS EVER THERE TO HELP ME OUT. I EVEN TRIED TO RUN AWAY FROM HOME, AND THAT IS HOW IT ALL STARTED OUT, BEGINNING FROM THE YOUNGEST AGE I CAN REMEMBER UNTIL TODAY. THE WORST TIME OF MY LIFE WAS MY TEENAGE YEARS. I WAS RAISED BY ABUSIVE PARETS, WHO CONTROLLED ME IN EVERYTHING THAT I DID. BESIDES MY PARENTS MY OLDER BROTHER WHO TRIED TO HURT ME MORE THAN ONCE AND ALWAYS MADE FUN OF ME. HE ABUSED ME AND TRIED TO CONTROL ME.
NOBODY EVER BELIEVED ME IN ANYTHING I SAID BECAUSE OF MY FAMILY STORIES ABOUT ME. BUT THRUTFULLY I NEEDED AND STILL NEED IMMIDIATE HELP. I TRIED 911 TOO ONCE. I DON’T WANT TO BE TREATED LIKE THIS ANYMORE, I CAN’T LIVE A NORMAL LIFE. WHENEVER I SAID THAT I WAS GONNA COMMIT A SUICIDE IT WS FUNNY TO MY FAMILY AND THEY MADE FUN OF ME.
MY OWN MOTHER PUT ME ON MEDICATION FOR NO REASON. MY OWN FATHER DRINKS OFTEN, PLESAE I REALLY NEED SOMEONES HELP TO GET ME OUT OF MY HOME AND FAR FROM THESE PEOPLE ATLEAST FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. I AM BEING ABUSED. I AM 23 YEARS OLD. BUT I AM BEING TREATED LIKE SOMEONE WHO IS STUPID AND MUCH YOUNGER. I FEEL LIKE A SLAVE, I CANNOT MAKE MY OWN DECISIONS AND I AM FORBITTEN TO LIVE A FREE LIFE.
THIS IS ALL TRUE. I NEED A NEW LIFE AND SOMEONE TO LOVE ME.
I CAN EXPLAIN MORE IF YOU OR ANYONE WHO READS THIS LETTER WILL GIVE ME A HINT IN THE NIGHT NEWS OR A NEWSPAPER THAT THEY READ MY STORY, OR SIMPLY REPLY TO MY E-MAIL.
I ALSO TRIED TO EXPLAIN MY LIFE SITUATION TO MY FRIENDS, THEY ALL DON’T THINK THAT I AM CRAZY IN ANYWAY. INSTEAD THEY THINK AND KNOW THAT MY PARENTS TRY TO DIVE ME CRAZY AND MAKE ME LOOK LIKE I AM DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
I CRY VERY OFTEN, I MAY BE DEPRESSED SOMETIMES, THERE MUST BE SOMEONE IN YOUR FIELD WHO CAN HELP ME. IF NOT CAN I CONTACT EITHER FOX5 PROBLEMS SOLVERS OR ANYONE WHO COULD TAKE SERIOUS ACTION IN THIS SITUATION? I MAY ATTEMPT TO WRITE LETTERS LIKE THIS ONE TO THE ARMY BECAUSE MY FRIENDS ADVICED ME TO DO SO, SHE SAID THAT THEY ARE THE ONES WHO I SHOULD TALK TO.
I DON’T EVEN HAVE PRIVACY AND THROGHOUT MY TEENAGE YEARS I WAS BEATEN, YELLED AT, FREEDOM WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME AND FORBITTEN TO SEE OR DO SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE NORMAL AND EVEN FORBITTEN TO GO TO COLLEGE AFTEER I GRADUATED FROM H.S.
I WAS NEVER TREATED LIKE THE REST OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
MY MOTHER HARRASSED ME AND MY FATHER ENTERD MY ROOM WHEN I WAS ASLEEP AND HE WAS DRUNK. I HAVE BAD DREAMS AT NIGHT, OFTEN I DREAM ABOUT MY PAST LIFE OR SOMETHING THAT WILL STAY IN MY MEMORY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, ALSO I SCREAM IN MY SLEEP AND EVEN SOMETIMES YELL OR TALK ASLEEP. THIS IS ALL NOT FAKE AND NOT FUNNY, AND IT IS BECUASE OF THE REULT OF THE ABUSIVE LIFE THAT I LIVED THROUGH.
I WROTE THIS ARTICLE TO ASK FOR ADVICE AND PERHAPS SOMEONE WHO COULD CHANGE MY LIFE AROUND. I AM HONEST I DO NOT HAVE SERIOUS PERSONAL PROBLEMS, EXCPET BEING ABUSED.
I WAS ALSO MISSING FROM HOME MORE THAN ONCE. I RAN AWAY BECAUSE I COULDN’T LIVE A LIFE LIKE I WAS LIVING IN MY TEENAGE YEARS.
I WAS A GOOD STUDENT IN H.S. AND I NEVER HAD NEGATIVE INTENTIONS.
I WAS HURT ALOT AND NOW I AM PREGNAT AND MY FAMILY HATES ME AND YELLS AND LAUGHS AT ME.
I NEVER PLANNED THIS FIRST BABY, BUT I LOVE CHILDREN AND MY OWN THE MOST.
THIS LETTER IS LIKE ASKING ONLY YOU FOR HELP NOT THE POLICE OR FBI, BECAUSE MY FAMILY WILL MAKE UP STORIES AGAINST ME AND TRY TO LOCK ME UP, LIKE THEY DID LAST TIME. I WAS BEATEN, HIT, ABUSED AND YELLED AT, AND THEN THEY TRIED TO TURN IT AGAINST ME, THIS ISN’T RIGHT, I THINK THAT IS NOT HOW THE LAW WORKS HERE. THE POLICE OFFICER -A WOMAN-IN THE PRECENT TOLD ME THAT NOBODY CAN HURT ME WHEN I AM PREGNAT AND THAT IT’S NOT MY FAULT, BUT MY FATHER DRINKS AND HITS ME. BESIDES ALL THIS MY MOTHER SAYS THAT RAPE AND ABUSE ARE NORMAL AND NOT AGAINST THE LAW. SHE BLAMES ME FOR BEING ABUSED IN ANY WAY. SOMETIMES I AM ALSO EXPERIENCING MEMORY PROBLEMS AFTER I WAS HIT BADLY IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD BY MY EX-BF , WHO TRIED TO BEAT ME UP INFRONT OF MY PARENTS HOME. HE HIT ME AND KICKED ME. THIS IS ALL REMEMBER TODAY. BUT ALL I KNOW IS THAT MY MEMORY IS GETTING WORSE, IT WAS NEVER LIKE UNTIL I NOTICED THIS WEEK A FEW DAYS AFTER MY BIRTHDAY. I MAY HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF HIM AND MY PARENTS. THEY ALSO TRIED TO MAKE ME BE WITH HIM.
PLEASE REPLY………………
I DO NOT WANT TO HURT MYSELF BECAUSE OF MY CRAZY FATHER OR ANYONE ELSE.
I want to get in touch with fox5 complaint.
Please reply.
Um… this isn’t a Fox5 website – they are at http://www.fox5ny.com/ – not much else I can tell ya, aside from that.
I paid for a car at Patrick Auto Sales
in September and i havh had problesm with the car siense then and they sat its nohting they can do about it.What can i do
I’d get in touch with someone with the Problem Solvers team at http://www.fox5ny.com/
my parents sueicide 1 month ago.i wanna go where they are now
Err… huh?