A Harrisburg man is facing charges after he allegedly promoted prostitution in Montgomery Township.
Jared Harrison, 40, has been charged with felony counts of promoting prostitution, criminal solicitation – promoting prostitution, and criminal use of a communication facility, along with two misdemeanor counts of promoting prostitution. He’s currently being held at the county jail in lieu of 10% of $1,500 bail, as well as 10% of $20,000 bail on unrelated charges from an incident in Upper Providence Township.
According to the criminal complaint, Harrison called Montgomery Township Police on July 15 to arrange for the pickup of property belonging to a female who was known to engage in prostitution and had been released several days earlier. While speaking to Harrison, police ran his number through a website where prostitutes advertise their services and found an ad with his number, accompanied by a photo of the female whose had previously been in custody, the complaint states.
Investigators sent a text to Harrison’s number inquiring if “she” would come to the area for half an hour, at which point “she” responded “for $150” along with a request for cigarettes and a soda, police said.
Harrison arrived at the police station to pick up the property, and wrote the same number down as listed in the prostitution ad on the property form, police said. When asked if the female was with him, Harrison said no, however a person was observed in the passenger seat as Harrison drove away from the police station, according to charging documents.
A short time later, Harrison and the passenger — later identified as the known prostitute who was listed in the ad — arrived to the meetup location that police had arranged, the report states. Upon being stopped by police, investigators said Harrison’s navigation device displayed “You have reached your destination,” police said.
Investigators seized Harrison’s phones, which allegedly showed multiple messages inquiring about prostitution along with personal information about Harrison and photos of the female used in the prostitution ads, police said.
Charges were officially filed against Harrison on Nov. 18, 2022, however he wasn’t taken into custody until Jan. 24 when he was arrested on felony aggravated assault charges following a traffic stop in Upper Providence Township.
Harrison was arraigned on the prostitution charges later that afternoon by District Judge Denise Ashe. His next court appearance is a preliminary hearing in front of Judge Ashe on Feb. 7 at 11 a.m.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using court records and the affidavit of probable cause.
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