Prostitution sting yields another arrest

Staff report

AUSTINTOWN

Police nabbed another person this week in a prostitution sting, a part of ongoing investigations into area sex crimes.

William Hill, 51, of East Third Street, Salem, was charged with soliciting sex and possession of criminal tools Wednesday afternoon for answering a sex ad posted by police on a classifieds website.

A report states that police posted the ad, posing as a female sex worker, on Sunday. Hill answered on Tuesday via text message to a listed phone number.

The female and Hill exchanged sexually explicit messages, the report said.

Shortly before meeting police, Hill sent an explicit picture of himself to the listed number, and asked the female if she was interested, the report said.

Police set a meeting location, undisclosed in the report, for Wednesday where they apprehended Hill. An iPhone, two condoms and $60 were confiscated from Hill, the report said.