Babylon Town Investigator Eddie Salas pulled up next to a motel in an unmarked town-owned car. It was late afternoon, just after work — which investigators say is a prime time for customers looking to buy sex at hotels. He watched as a couple of men headed into rooms but decided it wasn’t clear that anything illicit was going on.

He turned to his phone and scanned the online sex ads featuring photos of nude or partially nude women. He wasn’t optimistic because the town has been coming down hard on illegal activities at area hotels and motels. But within eight seconds, he found an almost entirely nude blond woman advertising body rubs and sex acts in Lindenhurst. Using WhatsApp, he texted her: "Where are you?"

She responded immediately and told him her room number, 204, and motel, the Sup

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