‘Gullible hooker’ charged with soliciting uniformed sheriff’s deputy for sex

Associated Press

KENT, — The 46-year-old woman had a record of 43 arrests, including several for prostitution, and a fantasy of having sex in the back of a police car.

So when a uniformed King County sheriff’s deputy stopped his patrol car to chat with her along a major thoroughfare outside this Seattle suburb, she got right down to business.

That made arrest number 44, as described by Deputy John Urquhart, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office. Urquhart said deputies have dubbed the Seattle woman "the world’s most gullible hooker."

He gave the following account:

Deputy Steve Johnson, who had made more than 50 prostitution arrests as an undercover detective, was on patrol Saturday when he saw the Seattle woman "in a very short dress, stockings and high heels."

The woman said she was a prostitute, had made $300 the previous night and was building a clientele in the area.

She gave Johnson a phone number for "repeat business." He asked the price. She said $40. He suggested the back of his car. She said she had a lifelong fantasy about a uniformed police customer.

The deputy locked the door as soon as she entered the car and gave her a one-way ride to jail. She was released after posting bail Tuesday at the Regional Justice Center in Kent.

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