Wayland Police Investigation Results in Prostitution Charges
Amy McPherson faces her second prostitution-related charge.
An April investigation by Wayland Police resulted in charges related to prostitution for two individuals.
According to a police press release, Amy McPherson, 34, of 106 Main Street #307 has been charged with sexual conduct for a fee, her second such charge in less than a year-and-a-half. William Hassan of 50 Highland Street in Medway has been charged with solicitation of prostitution.
Det. Sgt. Jamie Berger said police were tipped off to the situation by a friend of McPherson’s who called police expressing concern for McPherson’s safety because she was “prostituting herself again.”
Berger explained that on Jan. 9, 2010, police obtained a search warrant for McPherson’s Cochituate Village apartment, the same unit in which she still lives as the sole occupant. When that warrant was carried out later that night, police arrested McPherson. At that time, she was charged with sexual conduct for a fee, being a keeper of a house of prostitution and conspiracy to commit a crime, according to a Jan. 12, 2010, article in MetroWest Daily News.
In this more recent case, police spoke with McPherson and Hassan in the hallway outside her apartment, and Hassan voluntarily returned to the police station with officers. Berger said that Hassan met McPherson through an ad on Craigslist and had paid her for oral sex.
Neither individual was arrested, but both were issued summonses to appear at a yet-to-be-scheduled arraignment at Framingham District Court.
According to its website, the Wayland Housing Authority (WHA) owns and operates the Cochituate Village Apartments as one of two public housing complexes available for elderly and disabled residents. There are 55 units located in the three-story complex.
WHA Executive Director Brian Boggia said in an emailed statement that "WHA takes this matter seriously," and will follow Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations and lease procedures in responding to the situation.
“This doesn’t happen that often,” Berger said. “It’s [this particular event] in an elderly and disabled complex. It’s too bad that it happened around the elderly and disabled, and they have to see strangers coming in and deal with it. Their safety is our top priority.
“Hopefully, we’ve put an end to it for good.”
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Normajeana
5:25 pm on Wednesday, May 25, 2011
"a friend of McPherson’s who called police expressing concern for McPherson’s safety because she was “prostituting herself again....” So, according to her friend, prostitution is dangerous- because perhaps there are serial killers out there... and so naturally, the best way to help her friend is to get her arrested and the local paper publishes the prostitute's home address including apartment number so that the serial killers know right where to find another prostitute... BRILLIANT!
Normajeana
5:41 pm on Wednesday, May 25, 2011
What is wrong with you cops (who give this information to the newspaper folks) and newspaper publishers who then publish the home addresses of supposed 'victims' of sex trafficking? Haven't you heard about the serial killers who prey on prostitutes? Is this your way of ridding the city of any unwanted 'criminals'? Publish the names and addresses of SUSPECTED prostitutes- she hasn't been convicted yet.... You might as well hang a sign outside her door... Do you publish the names and addresses of victims of domestic violence, spousal abuse or rape? Of course not! But it is okay to do to women whom you media folks and cops claim are VICTIMS?
Decriminalize ALL consenting adult commercial sex, and by golly I bet you will find that there are a whole lot of elderly men in this woman's building who would love to enjoy her company... safely and in the comfort of their own home!