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Published August 25, 2010, 07:34 AM

Nine arrested in Minn. prostitution sting

COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. — Nine men were arrested in a prostitution bust, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. The men, ranging in age from 26 to 72, were arrested on suspicion of gross misdemeanor prostitution crimes following the Aug. 17 detail in Cottage Grove, the sheriff’s office said.

By: By Scott Wente , Forum Communications Co. , The Jamestown Sun

COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. — Nine men were arrested in a prostitution bust, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.

The men, ranging in age from 26 to 72, were arrested on suspicion of gross misdemeanor prostitution crimes following the Aug. 17 detail in Cottage Grove, the sheriff’s office said.

The county’s Violent Crime Enforcement Team worked with Woodbury and Cottage Grove authorities to conduct the prostitution detail.

The sheriff’s office said the following men were arrested: William H. Taack, 72; Jason T. Leitz, 26; Phillip J. Smith, 50; James R. Johnson, 53; Michael R. Gobely, 26; Jon-Marc Ylvisaker, 31; Alberto I. Villegas-Licona, 50; and Timothy A. Rudolph, 49.

They were booked and released from Washington County Jail.

Scott Wente is a reporter at the Woodbury (Minn.) Bulletin, which is owned by

Forum Communications Co.

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