Woman arrested for prostitution at Highlands Ranch home
By Bill Scanlon, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published March 10, 2008 at 3:07 p.m.
Updated March 10, 2008 at 3:07 p.m.
HIGHLANDS RANCH — When it comes to the world's oldest profession, the suburbs apparently aren't immune.
A 39-year-old woman was arrested Thursday for prostitution out of her Highlands Ranch home after she allegedly solicited business from an undercover investigator from the Douglas County Sheriff's Department.
Neighbors had complained of too many comings and goings at the house on the 10000 block of South Cedaridge Court, Douglas County sheriff's spokeswoman Cocha Heyden said today.
Sheri Sims, 39, was arrested for prostitution and also on two counts of child abuse, because she had two kids under 18 living at the house where she allegedly conducted her business. She was booked at Douglas County jail.
The business was being advertised on the Denver Back Page, so an undercover investigator made contact and set up a meeting at the Cedaridge address.
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March 10, 2008
3:24 p.m.
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gs writes:
Legalize it and make it a renewable energy source!
March 10, 2008
3:26 p.m.
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Squatch writes:
Im never in the right place at the right time.
March 10, 2008
3:29 p.m.
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SXC writes:
a sign of the times!!
March 10, 2008
3:43 p.m.
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generalsn1234567 writes:
NOW we find out about it.
March 10, 2008
3:45 p.m.
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generalsn1234567 writes:
The neighbors will be happy to have a foreclosed board up now
March 10, 2008
3:54 p.m.
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OhBrother writes:
cop probaly asked for a freebie
March 10, 2008
3:59 p.m.
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Jeff writes:
"Neighbors had complained of too many comings and goings at the house"
Oh no you didn't!
March 10, 2008
4:21 p.m.
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infidel91 writes:
This incident just shows that it's time we passed some common-sense sex laws. Why is it that driving is so highly regulated, but not sexual activity?
March 10, 2008
4:26 p.m.
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MERCURY writes:
Big D:
Check this out!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/a...
So much for your "Republican" theory.
March 10, 2008
4:30 p.m.
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cowboy21 writes:
As long as the customers are of legal age, there is no crime committed. Now the kids will belong to the state & we can all take care of them......nice job Douglas County sheriff's dept. Another case of our wonderful tax dollars at work.
March 10, 2008
4:33 p.m.
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ONEman writes:
I'll bet there way more comings than goings. you know what I mean? :)Some of the neighbors caught their husbands there.... "I'll take the neighborhood special with the happy ending please."
March 10, 2008
4:39 p.m.
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my3pugs writes:
Not to worry, there are other places in the the Ranch where no one minds the comings and goings so much. A few free samples would have done wonders for her marketing efforts as well as quelled the neighborly concern. "Oh Honey, I don't think there has been that much traffic there, but I'll go over and talk to her about it."
March 10, 2008
4:39 p.m.
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davies writes:
Sorry cowboy21, but prostitution is a crime in Colorado, regardless of age. You don't like it, get the law changed - don't just whine about the cops.
And don't assume you have the only valid opinion either. You can't run even a legitimate commercial business out of your home in most residential areas, let alone having a bunch of Johns coming and going next door to your neighbors.
March 10, 2008
4:41 p.m.
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ONEman writes:
Member of The Country Bears wanted for sex crime.
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March 10, 2008
4:42 p.m.
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CWW writes:
So who was this hurting????? So happy the cops are protecting us from prostitutes instead of getting the drunks off the road.
If Ritter was serious about getting more tax $$, this is a huge opportunity. Think of the tax bucks the state could get their hands on (so to speak).
March 10, 2008
4:43 p.m.
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ONEman writes:
Oh it did it for me wow.
March 10, 2008
4:44 p.m.
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olderandkindofwiser writes:
People really throw around "child abuse" accusations. Unbelievable.
March 10, 2008
4:45 p.m.
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my3pugs writes:
cowboy24, be defintion it is, C.R.S 18-7-201, as is patronizing a prostitute 18-7-205. Change the laws to make it not against the law.
March 10, 2008
4:50 p.m.
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geriatric1943 writes:
She would have done better had she known the Gov of NY.
March 10, 2008
4:51 p.m.
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mytwosense writes:
How absolutely embarrassing for her children to publish her name. That's child abuse, too!
March 10, 2008
5:05 p.m.
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my3pugs writes:
Tax prostitutes, why I would just collect the tax and undereport. Unless I have to keep records, then that opens up an entirely new line of business, $50 and I use a different name for my records.
March 10, 2008
5:16 p.m.
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bookwerm writes:
Legalize it, tax it, test the players, give them certificates. Wasting taxpayer time and money on victimless crimes like this is pathetic.. go after all those unpursued child molestation cases, or rapes, or murders you nit sucking Police!
March 10, 2008
5:18 p.m.
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wow writes:
Highlands Ranch is so uptight it squeaks. Poor kids.
March 10, 2008
5:18 p.m.
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timeandagain writes:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/...
March 10, 2008
5:19 p.m.
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TheDenverB writes:
"How absolutely embarrassing for her children to publish her name. That's child abuse, too!"
no, it isn't. And while it is embarrassing, she should have thought about that before selling herself.
i think that is HER fault for getting into legal trouble, not the newspaper's for publishing readily available PUBLIC information. (you do know that police reports are public information, right?)
And the embarrassment of simply having her arrested for being a whore probably far outweighs her name being in the paper. But again, that is nobody's fault but her own. If she wanted to protect her kids from embarrassment, then she should have gotten a legit job.
March 10, 2008
5:21 p.m.
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my3pugs writes:
I doubt there are many unpursued child molestation cases, or rapes, or murders. Perhaps there isn't a lot of evidence to go on for the ones you are thinking about, I don't know. There was a complaint, there was an investigation, there was a violation of the law. End of story.
March 10, 2008
5:24 p.m.
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TheDenverB writes:
"Wasting taxpayer time and money on victimless crimes like this is pathetic.. go after all those unpursued child molestation cases, or rapes, or murders you nit sucking Police!"
well, too often cases like this AREN'T victimless. I mean, this woman apparently did this with her kids in the house...
how, in any way, is that okay? exposing minors to an illicit and illegal sexual business??
and since prostitution is illegal, there's plenty of other illegal activities tied to it -- no matter how 'high class' she is. true, this could be an argument for legalized whoring...
but bottom line is that it is not legal, and nor were her actions. if she lived alone, i might be able to agree with you more... but she didn't and she put those kids at risk with her illegal job.
March 10, 2008
5:50 p.m.
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SXC writes:
AVSWALLOW her mugshot is on 9news.com
March 10, 2008
5:52 p.m.
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Lowtaxequalsfreedom writes:
The neighbors complained about too many comings and goings. Boy they had that one right.
March 10, 2008
6:56 p.m.
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jay045 writes:
I'm for legalizing it, but not for having it happen in residential neighborhoods. I doubt there's anyone here who would want "johns" coming into their next door neighbor's house all day long
March 10, 2008
7:24 p.m.
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SXC writes:
I bet it is going in all neighborhoods as we speak!
March 10, 2008
7:35 p.m.
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arby writes:
If the lady was making $200 an hour then she must have a talent for what she does. Where is the child abuse? If Mommy and Daddy decide to have fun they send the kids out to play. So what's the difference? Another case of morallist's trying to run society. Can anyone spell "Burka"
March 10, 2008
8:44 p.m.
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gs writes:
Her picture kind of tells why they were able to pick her out so easy in Highlands Ranch.
March 11, 2008
10:34 a.m.
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mytwosense writes:
I think it's an awful thing to do with children living under one's roof, and she will legally have to answer for that (and hopefully do some much-needed soul searching, to boot). But I stand by my opinion that the papers could have shown a little mercy towards her children and not identified their mother's name and address.
March 11, 2008
11:41 a.m.
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JB writes:
Sorry to distract everyone from the hooker, but I just ran across this story buried in the World section from Friday. It's so tragic and scary. It's a human life for God sake. I don't understand how something so terrible is buried in the news.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news...
March 11, 2008
5:33 p.m.
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tictic writes:
Why does stupid stuff like this make it on the news. Who really cares what she does.