Lawson Wayne Bracewell III? Somehow the yuppie name don’t go with the face.
Florida- from news-journalonline.com – Four Deltona residents, including a mother-son duo, face criminal charges in connection with a prostitution sting in Polk County.
Pamela J. Small, 40, and her son Lawson Wayne Bracewell III, 23, were nabbed in the operation Wednesday, their arrest reports show.
They were among 44 people who either responded to or placed Internet classified ads last week, according to Donna Wood, a Polk sheriff’s spokeswoman.
“We have an aggressive sheriff (Grady Judd) who doesn’t take lightly to Internet crimes,” Wood said Monday. “It’s one of his passions because it’s so unregulated.”
After meeting through the classified website Backpage.com, Small agreed to have intercourse with an undercover officer for $200, according to her arrest report. She is a waitress at the Big Boy restaurant in Sanford, the report states.
She lives at the same Fentress Avenue address as her son, Bracewell, who told authorities he is a student at Florida Technical College.
Bracewell agreed to drive his mother to Polk County for $50 in gas money, knowing she intended to engage in prostitution, the arrest report states. He was charged with deriving proceeds from prostitution.
Small did not answer her phone Monday evening. Bracewell did, but declined comment, other than saying: “I’ll be telling my side of the story in court.”
Also charged with soliciting prostitution were:
· Danilo Toledo, 43, of Deltona. Toledo agreed to have sex with a female undercover officer for $300, while a male undercover officer was to have watched, according to a summary provided by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. The couple and Toledo met through Backpage.com, the summary states. Toledo told detectives his occupation is “gigolo.”
· Nichole A. Taylor, 39, of Deltona. She negotiated to have sexual intercourse with a detective for “250 balloons,” a term commonly used by prostitutes that actually means dollars, after meeting through Craigslist, the summary states. Taylor has six prior prostitution arrests, the summary states.