|
|
Article: Prosecutors to get `Nice Guys' case; Investigators say the johns in a major Twin Cities prostitution ring, all business professionals, won't get any special treatment.(NEWS)
- Article from:
- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- July 13, 2009
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: DAVID CHANEN; STAFF WRITER
Since word spread last month that Minneapolis police had shut down the high-dollar prostitution ring whose clients called themselves "The Minnesota Nice Guys," nearly all of the 30 alleged clients or their attorneys have contacted police to find out how much trouble they're in or if their involvement could be kept quiet, according to the case's principal investigators.
Some men sobbed to Sgts. Grant Snyder and Matt Wente that they had a compulsion and had tried to stop. On the flip side, several "providers" or prostitutes also contacted investigators, and Snyder said they all repeated the same points: They found the ...