Five women arrested in prostitution sting

Friday, January 9, 2009 | 2:18 p.m. CST; updated 3:22 p.m. CST, Friday, January 9, 2009

COLUMBIA — Columbia police conducted an undercover investigation Thursday at a local motel in response to complaints of newspaper ads and an Internet site offering sexual acts for money and arrested five women on suspicion of prostitution, according to a department news release.

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