NJ correction officer posed as cop to get free hooker sex, authorities say

A New Jersey State correction officer was arrested today on charges of identifying himself as a police officer in order to coerce prostitutes into having free sex with him.

Using the name “Rick” or Rich,” Juan R. Stevens called prostitutes who offered their services only and met them at hotels in South Jersey and Philadelphia, State Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa said.

After getting what he wanted, Stevens “produced what appeared to be a law enforcement badge … so the women feared they would be arrested,” the attorney general said, adding that he “sometimes wore handcuffs hooked to the back of his pants,” as well.stevens1

Stevens, 50, got off without paying at least four of them — and, in one instance, got a discount, Chiesa said. READ MORE....

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