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Des Plaines awards $160,000 in social service grants
Updated 4/23/2021 3:38 PM
Twenty-eight organizations will receive municipal grants totaling $160,000 through Des Plaines annual social service program.
The city council approved the grants this week. Funding was included in the annual city budget.
The city s health and human services division evaluated the grant requests. Grants ranged from $2,000 to $15,000 each.
The grants were awarded based on several criteria, including: what local needs an applying agency meets; the number of Des Plaines residents served; the percentage of clients from Des Plaines; and the abundance or scarcity of the service provided.
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged Des Plaines-area social service agencies to serve a growing number of clients, Kathy Puetz, a community social worker for the city, wrote in a memo about the grants.
21 men arrested in Cook County after responding to online prostitution advertisements
By FOX 32 Digital Staff
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Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart said Friday.
On Thursday, officers set up meetings at a hotel in Northwest Cook County between the buyers who arranged meetings over the internet and an officer posing as a person selling sex, authorities said.
SVU members then took the individual into custody after the buyer agreed to exchange money for sex.
All 21 men were issued a $1,000 citation, and 17 vehicles were towed, requiring the vehicle owner to pay $500 to reclaim possession.
Sex trafficking leaves a trail of trauma in its wake, Sheriff Dart said. Too many victims, most of whom are women, experience violence and abuse, and we are committed to pursuing those who perpetuate this trauma by seeking to purchase sex.
Undercover Cook County Sheriff Officers Bust 21 Men in Prostitution Sting
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Cook County Sheriff’s Police regularly perform prostitution stings attempting to bust men in money-for-sex crimes. The county’s Public Morals Nuisance Violation Ordinance (Sec. 58-163.1) results in monetary citations, impounded vehicles, arrests, and damaged reputations. On Thursday night, officers arrested 21 men who responded to online prostitution ads in Northwest Cook County, reports NBC News on Friday, April 9, 2021.
Police set up meetings at a local hotel with men agreeing to meet an undercover officer who posed as a person selling sex online. Once the suspect agreed to pay for sex, Special Victims Unit officers entered the room and took offenders into custody.
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