Thin walls, brazen advertisements and an attentive neighbor exposed prostitution at a two-family house, according to arrest warrants released Wednesday. Wilson was charged with criminal attempt to commit prostitution and Drake was charged with second-degree promoting prostitution, police said.
Drake and Wilson lived on the first floor of the two-story, two-family home at House St. A neighbor told police several weeks ago that she believed Drake was pimping two women at the house, the warrant for his arrest said. Since the walls were thin, the neighbor told police she could hear the woman having sex with customers and talking with Drake and customers about having sex for money, the warrant said.
A police spokesman could not be reached Wednesday on whether another arrest is expected. He had recently posted several photos of her on the page, including one showing Wilson scantily clad with legs in the air — the same picture used in hundreds of prostitution ads, the warrant said.
Shown photos from the prostitution ads, the owner of the house said he immediately recognized the interior. The owner said he never completed a written lease with Drake and was working with an attorney to evict him, police said. Drake also was charged with criminal possession of body armor because he had a bulletproof vest, police said.
He has been convicted in a separate case for risk of injury to a minor, for which he received a suspended, three-year sentence, court records show.
