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Subscribe to RSSA Connecticut state trooper and her husband stand accused of running a prostitution ring while on duty. WVIT's Ilana Gold reports.
A former Connecticut state trooper and her husband were arrested Thursday on charges of running a prostitution ring.
NBC Connecticut obtained court documents that showed Pearl Kelly-Paris was running the illegal business with her husband, Jaykuan Paris, while still on the force.
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The State Police Statewide Organized Crime Investigative Task Force began an investigation 11 months ago after receiving information from federal authorities regarding possible prostitution activities in Connecticut.
Kelly-Paris, 43, of New Britain, retired from the State Police in 2010, before the prostitution investigation began, according to Lt. Paul Vance. She had also worked as a state correction officer, Vance said.
NBC Connecticut went to her New Britain home, Conn., but no one answered the door. Her neighbors were shocked by the allegations.
“I'm surprised especially living in this part of town,” said Jeanette Thomas.
Kelly-Paris’ arrest warrant was sealed, but her husband’s wasn’t and it detailed some disturbing allegations. The paperwork showed that in 2010, when she was still working as a state trooper, her husband was renting rooms for prostitutes in the Super 8 and Motel 6 in Rocky Hill and often used her name.
One of the alleged prostitutes reportedly said she saw Kelly-Paris drive up in a police cruiser wearing her uniform and met up with her husband, then gave him a digital camera. That woman alleged he then took pictures of the girls working for him to post prostitution ads on Craigslist.
“A state trooper is supposed to protect the place...not bring that kind of trash in,” Thomas said.
In the arrest warrant, the alleged prostitute told investigators Kelly-Paris would take the “dates” if customers were interested in someone older, and the workers were instructed to call her if someone made the request.
State Police said they started investigating her after she left the force, and on Thursday they still had many unanswered questions.
Both Kelly-Paris and her husband Jaykuan Paris are facing criminal charges in connection with the crime.
Kelly-Paris was released on a $50,000 bond. She is scheduled to appear in court on June 11.
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Once a pimp, always a pimp.
Lol...A name like Jaykuan doesn't really leave much to the imagination.
Jaykuan , git yo nappy hade on up'n here - gib yo Pearl her propa's!
ROFLMAO!!!
Jaykuan, hmmm, is he really a short mexican type? Naw, probablies gots a gold teef display.......They need some extra time in the pokey to think about who got poked.
Were they delivering the pros in squad cars?
More like delivering pros TO the squad cars. I'm sure she had a pretty steady list of clientele within the police force.
It would be really easy to stop this kind of garbage... Just legalize, regulate and tax prostitution. There would be less corruption, disease and more money for the government. Of course, Obama and his cronies would probably make every brothel a union shop....You would want Brittany, but, would get Ethel because she had seniority... LMFAO!
Totally unacceptable behavior. Talk about dishonoring the uniform. The punishment should be double for cops. etc who break the law.
Where and when are the citizens of this country going to stand up and say "enough is enough"
I am SOOOOOOOOOOO tired of reading about CORRUPT cops and then OTHER cops standing up for the "BROTHERS and SISTERS" regardless of how badly they break the law that the rest of us would go to jail for, in a heartbeat.
Throw these two UNDER the JAIL and TAKE away her 100 grand yearly pension for only working 20 years.
Nuff said.......
Yeah cops get 100000 pension lol. Maybe if they weren't forced to hire minorities and females even when they aren't qualified to do the job this wouldn't happen. Female and minority she could have been a prostitute and they still would have gotten sued for not giving her the job. PC crap needs to stop.
Just another Example of the ....Class of People .....who work for the Public ....But don't worry ...the Rather low Bond is just a Hint... they will get off Scott- Free.... because being an Officer is ...a get out of Jail free Card.....Plus.. they have lots of friends who are ...Judges ....Jokes on the Public...again
a state trooper a law enforcement officer arrested for this???? huh? im very sure she and the police cheif or whoever decided to arrest had beef with each other. they dont even get arrested for murder let alone some prostitution ring that should be legal anyway. maybe this was one of the few good cops and was cool. bad cops wouldnt run no prostituion ring. that sucks.
and i agree with the comments cops should be punished and not above the law but for this reason? i rather have the cops who abuse citizens get punished, not someone running a prosititution ring. i want violence and real crimes to go after. this news of them arrested does not make me happy. i want the cops who beat kelly thomas in fullerton, a white homeless man to death, i want them punished. or the ones who raided the wrong home and shot and killed a 7 year old black girl who was sleeping, i want them punished, not some prosititution ring who was prbaly giving services to citizens.
What needs to stop is this racist crap u posted.
Bills gotta get pd.
Dolla dolla bill y'all
The cops "STILL" can't figure out why we don't trust them. They say this gives them a bad name. The way I look at it, they're all crocked, the others just haven't been caught yet. Hey, they did it to themselves.
So if one person does something unethical or illegal in your line of work does that mean you're automatically guilty as well? That's assuming that you even have a job.
What we don't see in the headlines are the thousands of even millions of cops who are honest and hard working.
Wrong! I'm not a COP but I know over 100 (Motorcycle Club). Are there a few bad apples? Yes. But the majority of them are not bad. BTW, most of them would rather help you then lock you up or write tickets, I have seen it first hand many of times. To do either takes up both your time and theirs.
Then how is it that cops use, and get away with using, the same logic? "We deal with the dregs of society" - which they use to justify assuming "civilians" are guilty of something.
I agree with Elmo: you did it to yourselves. This is you reaping what you sow.
Cops simply "DO NOT CARE" about their actions now a days. But put a camera on them, an all hell breaks loose. They've made the choice to act like this, so "ENJOY" your reap.!!!!!!!!!!!!
I used to bash people just because they wore a uniform. Then I grew up.
Good. Now you can bash them for the right reasons.
I can't say that I know any civilian cops (just military) but I can't imagine them all being bad. The fact that she had a nice job, yet prostituted herself tells you that she was totally crazy. If you read the story, you'll see that she not only prostituted others, but herself if they wanted someone older! I kinda wonder if the guys that bought her knew that she was a real cop or if they were thinking, damn that costume looks real!
They can't all be crooked but their job position gives them a great deal of power. Except for Illinois, they were born crooked and a life in Illinois as a cop will only make it moreso.
Yet the "cops" are the ones who developed the case and arrested him. Go whine somewhere else.
What we don't see in the headlines are the thousands of even millions of cops who are honest and hard working.
Thats because the majority of them are not that. First they are taught to lie on the stand and from there it can go downhill fast. Friend of mine told us that after he quit the force. Most caary a dropper in case they shoot some unarmed creep. I salute the honest ones for their service but in most places they are the severe minority.
Wrong Scalzo. It was a federal investigation. The troopers swept it under the rug.
Stay classy, lady.
It takes a crook to catch a crook. Do as I say; not as I do.
I guess being a State Trooper in Connecticut just doesn't pay enough so they had to supplement their income.
I wonder how many other Troopers knew about the ring and kept their mouth shut to protect one of their own.
I wounder how many used it?
I am SO glad this didn't happen in Florida. Yet
When it does, she'll be moonlighting as a teacher and one of her students will also be a client.
Or pimp[
@bubba: I see your knowledge of Florida social mores and standards surpasses mine; I stand corrected as your scenario is more likely.
Where are the defenders of the private enterprise? Nobody has ever managed to eliminate prostitution. Legalize it. Tax it. Don't pretend that it has no place in society.
I say legalize it and reduce the size of government so there's no need to add additional taxes.
I thought Government was prostituting itself! Just not to those who need it the most!
@ Bubba - It is. The real reason prostitution is illegal is because the government doesn't like the competition. They think they are the only ones that should be able to screw you while getting paid to do it.
I THOUGHT SO! YOU GET NUMBER 7 FROM ME!
Gneisenau, I bow to your intelligence and logic! The IRS would definately be put upon if they had someone else "rectally relieving" the population!
But if some huge multi national company wanted to get into it then the laws would change. Attention Walmart shoppers...LOL
My reaction to this would be the same as if she got caught smoking pot on her own time. Who the f' cares. Both should be legalized. What a waste of taxpayer dollars. Now, if she used being a cop to her advantage or performed this side job during working hours, that's different. Nothing in the story indicates either.
She used her position, her sentence should be especially harsh.
Exactly why is there a law against a woman selling her best asset to make money and a service that's obviously needed since prostitution's been around since well since there was men and women it seems.
Oh Man! I love a girl in a uniform! Ohhh, yeh, let's use handcuffs!
More dum dum. Bet there was some extortion going on too. Time to clean house and weed out the corruption, in all states. Also can't wait to see this story on 48 hours.
Interesting that her bail is $50,000 for running a prostitution ring- while in NYC, Anna Gristina still sits in jail on a $2 million dollar bail- because, according to the prosecutor's office which instigated the investigation- there were dirty cops involved in Anna's business. When dirty cops are actually involved and running a prostitution ring, their bail is so far below that of someone like Anna's that it is a joke. Yes, we should decriminalize all consenting adult commercial sex and get the government out of our bedrooms- and then there will be no need for cops to 'protect' prostitution rings, no need for corrupting law enforcement agents, and anyone who is the victim of abuse can go to the police like any other worker in any other job. Gee, what a concept! Allowing grownups to make their own choices and file reports when they are victims...
Prime example: Do as I say, not as I do....... shameful. Another example of those who serve to protect aren't above breaking the law.
Always remember when investigating or examining an issue to never assume anything. If you assume then you make an "ass" of "u" and "me". Assumptions do not result in a conviction in a court of law, only facts, and verified evidence will result in a conviction.
Only verified evidence results in convictions? Reeeeeaaallllyyy? Tell that to the Innocennce Project and the 2,300 people they have exonerated since 2006. By the way, Danno, the Innocence Project is in itself verifiable; just go visit those 2,300 people, one by one; one by one; one by one.
Well said and very true. Here we have the FBI investigating the police force. They have a whole lot of bad apples. there.
It's a sad day in law enforcement when people will use their position of authority for personal gain.
Please don't judge all of law enforcement by a few. They need to pay their dues for the actions that they
have taken. For the thousands that protect us 24/7 - we salute them!
Thank you.
Lt.G.Spanos
Ret.
its a hard world for a pimp
Eliminate prostitution? That would severely handicap about 75% of Congress (maybe more). The cops are way late on the bandwagon; pay-to-play is the way almost every industry works, and has for millennia. There are bad apples in every vocation, and in some quarters, it is looked on as entrepreneurial and acceptable.
My town has great LE, but I'n not naive enough to believe there aren't some "moonlighters". Punish the guilty, not the ones who do their jobs properly.
"Are you a female high school dropout, between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five?...Are you tired of lying around in bed all day with nothing to do? Well. you never need get up again, because in six short weeks I can train you to be high paying ho...Just think-fifteen hundred dollars a week, without even leading the comfort of your own bedroom.. Sound too good to be true? Just send for my new book, 'I Wanna Be a Ho.'"
But, But, I don't have any money to buy your book, I don't think I am smart enough?? Do you have any testamonies of those you have help to a better life?? I wanna say here is the Hoe Hoe Hoe but I am afraid........
Steve, open a school for Ho's. I wanna be a teacher!!!
You can apply to the Velvet Jones School of Technology? The school that will teach you to be something, be a Ho......
And if you know where that schools name came from......you may be old! LMAO
Patinwy, I "know (Exactly!) where that school's name came from," even if it does mean I'm old- way back when Eddie Murphy was BOF funny and able to sell a moovey! LMAO
“I'm surprised, especially living in this part of town,” said Jeanette Thomas.
Where all the nice, normal people are Jeanette?
I'd be more surprised if she said, "Yeah, she always kinda dressed like a skank and I did see her slap a ho one time but I just thought they were rehearsing for a play."
Plenty of crooked cops in Parma , Ohio too...lots of them !
Doesn't the name Pearl & Jaykuan give you a clue? or could it have been the bumper sticker on the State Police car that read "Pimp my Ride" i
Really does it matter what the race is???
Yes it does matter because if they were named Williard and Jan they wouldn't even be under investigation! Black people are low hanging fruit for US Law enforcement because unless you are white and have money you are as good as guilty!
"State Police Statewide Organized Crime Investigative Task Force'
ROFL
They were just doing their part to stimilate the economy. Jobs Jobs Jobs
Do blow jobs count as 'jobs' with the federal government?
Sounds like she was doing some undercover work.
/Snickers/
Move along folks nothing to see here..nothing new,,, just free enterprise almost working.
Kaiser Industries had a slogan just after the war (II) "find a need and fill it'" seems like the cop was 'filling' a need, now if that is not free enterprise what is?
Can we just legalize prostitution and marijuana already and get it over with?
What and have the whole country party like it was living in New Orleans at Marde Gras, do you want to make the people happy or keep them down!
Nope, can't legalize either one, more money in it when it's illegal. You silly person..
They could get taxes for the legal stuff if they were smart, but then who ever said a politician was a smart crook!