Then - like 10 minutes later, I get a call from a vice investigator (not going to reveal his name but I checked it out and he is real) for SFPD. He says that they have this provider in custody and have confiscated her cell phone, and are checking incalls on it.
He states that I will have a court date, time, and location mailed to be for what I am being charged with (Attempting to Sollicit VC 199.204). I had a few beers by this point in the evening, and at the time of the call - I honestly thought either it was a joke or it might have been the girl's angry boyfriend or somebody playing a prank on me. Well, then I start asking for his name, badge number, etc. and he gives me his name - but then gets angry with me and lays into me about how I know what I did and what if this were my mother, sister, daughter, etc. Says this is why he joined the force 25 years ago, to catch scum like me. etc.etc.

I was a bit tipsy at the time, and really couldn't remember verbatim what I had said - but I knew that I had called an escort and left a message stating that I wanted to book and appointment in the near future. So, now I am waiting to recieve my summons in the mail (court date is - he said - like a month away). He said something about 300 Howard Street, SF.

What I am wondering though, is this. I failed to mention to him that all I was interested in was FBSM for $100/HR - and I was impressed with her looks and beuaty, and may have even taken her on a dinner date out on the town. Never did I imply on the message that I wanted to do anything remotely illegal with her in exchange for money.
What if I just wanted dinner and a sensual massage? Bizarre.

What course of action should I take on this??? i feel in my heart that I did not do anything illegal here.

Any help selecting an attorney, or legal recourse would be much obliged. thx.

ps- inbox me if you want to know the number. I am not fronting on this - it really happened.

And just for the record, your refusal to provide any useful
info at all also makes your post look a lot like bullshit. Who
was the cop? What was the number that appeared on your
caller-id when he called, where is the ad you were responding
to?

c-man

What would be more surprising would be if the cops actually went to the trouble of tracking you down and pursuing you based on your phone number.

I'm not a lawyer, but it also seems unlikely they could just go ahead and issue a summons based on this phone interaction without actually paying you a visit and giving you a ticket and/or interviewing you. It's not like a traffic camera ticket. If the cops bust someone for something (e.g. they find out someone embezzled some money, or is running an internet scam, or is pimping girls online), they don't just put a summmons in the mail...

I would however worry about the overzealous pimp/jealous boyfriend, so try to google your phone #.

Mick Cooper

OK, just to play along with this and assume this is a real life case I wouldn't worry one bit if it was me. First off if LE was really interested in nailing me they would have to contact me in person. A mailed summon even if it is true would be worthless if I refuse to acknowledge I ever receive it. So first thing of order for me is to remember NOT to sign for any letter or package for the next six months.

Next, assuming I already checked and this officer and his badge # indeed exist, how am I to know that it was not someone else who used the real officer's identity over the phone? And if it was indeed the real cop I then would dismiss it was just another blow-hard law-and-order fanatic who wanted to "scare straight" me: another big-mouth who always wanted to lecture others about morality.

It really is doubtful the Dept. will have the time, will and money to spend to prosecute such a flimsy case like this. Like poster above said, I can always claim that it was someone else using my phone pretending to be me. Or, I can say that I was drunk and was just making crank calls without any intention to follow through.

Back to the low post count, I really doubt this story to start with.

The bottom line is that its your word against his and the case would be thrown out of court for lack of evidence assuming this is real.

Here is me playing catchup on the story for you:

Yesterday morning after I wrote the post - i contact both SFPD 415-553-0123, and South City branch (650 area code) and ask both the main switchboard and the vice / narco unit about this situation. South City confirmed they had no officer by that name - and my name was not on the citation / warrants list. Called SFPD - they say there is no officer by that name in Narco or Vice - but it may be the middle name of an officer in a different unit (it was a really common last name). So - I call Vice / Narco - and they say . . . . . . . . . . . .you got punked son! I believed the lady when she told me this because she was on hold for like three minutes, and then there was a big chuckle in the background.

Glad I did this myself - I was close to paying an attorney $1,500 to do this for me!!! ARGHGHG!

So - now I must thank you all for saving me a ton of money, allowing me to work successfully and not stress out too bad!

Now that I know what happened, it all makes sense now. The officer whom claimed they were a 20 year Vet on the force did sound young, and had a somewhat asian tone of voice (i hope that didn't come across as being racist??) - but the performance was very deadpan and they did a good job not breaking character the whole call.

My only recourse was to try to call the provider back and A) ask her if someone was using her phone and if she knew about it, or B) tell her to give me a freebie or I was going to blow up her whole gig on redbook and she would never get another call from that advertising venue.

I have opted for plan C). I am going to reveal the provider's add, identity, etc. - and let you decide if you want to fuck with someone who would approve of this type of callous behavoir with a potential client. Hell - if she allows this to go down pre-appt. I would hate to see what happens if you leave your wallet in your pants during session. Anyway, I have attached the add, and will also be forwarding this info to neighborhood watch. If you would please circulate this information to as many bay area hobbyists as your could - that would be great. I was real pissed on this one - and even wanted to book an apt. and do something nasty in retalliation - but I am letting it go.

There's lotsa asian girls with big titties out there. Late.

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