A house in Rome was raided on Thursday after it had been under surveillance for a possible prostitution ring proved accurate. (Kaitlin Kolarik, RN-T.com)
The kids’ toys were a decoy to what police say was really going on inside — prostitution.
Members of the Rome-Floyd Metro Task Force, the Rome office of the Drug Enforcement Agency, Floyd County police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided the home Thursday evening, arresting a woman on prostitution charges and a man on a charge of keeping a house of prostitution. Police believe the operation had been going on for about a year.
There’s the possibility more people will be arrested, said Joey Jacobs, commander of the Rome Floyd Metro Task Force.
“This stemmed from a federal investigation,” said Rome DEA agent Tim Spears. “We initially thought it was narcotics. We found out it was a house of prostitution.”
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