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A Peoria man who is reportedly a registered sex offender on probation was arrested on Tuesday on child prostitution allegations, reports The Arizona Republic.

Al Maurice O’Neil is accused of pimping out a 14-year-old girl for more than a month. The 32-year-old was arrested on suspicion of sexual conduct with a minor, child prostitution and misconduct involving weapons. He is being held without bond.

O’Neil allegedly found the girl through a third party and forced her to prostitute herself at a Phoenix apartment. She was also allegedly taken to Las Vegas by 28-year-old Tiffany Burt for prostitution purposes.

Two people are accused of using the controversial website Backpage.com to pimp out a 15-year-old Arizona girl for child prostitution, reports ABC15 News.

Chad Walker reportedly forced the teenage girl into child prostitution for several months after she ran away from home to be with him. The girl claims Walker set up an ad on Backpage.com and made her schedule sexual appointments with men in different hotel rooms in Maricopa and Pinal counties. He would then collect the money outside the room after the encounters were over. Walker is also accused of sexually assaulting the girl multiple times.

One thing is clear from the recent Bibi Jones/MLB agent Terry Bross scandal - Bibi Jones likes baseball. The rest is all a matter of speculation.

Jones, a porn actress, recently went on a media spree after pictures of her and a New England Patriots player blew up on Twitter. During those broadcasts, she managed to let slip that a Phoenix agent would "kind of use me to get baseball players to sign him as an agent," reports CBS News.

Jones added in another interview that the undisclosed agent would take her to bars after Arizona Diamondbacks games in 2010, introducing her to players she would later hook up with.

Could the Phoenix Goddess Temple be a front for a prostitution house? Phoenix police detained 16 people connected with the unusual temple that purportedly incorporates sexual acts with its religious practices, reports The Arizona Republic.

Although charges have not yet been announced against those detained, it is likely that police questioning is connected to allegations that the temple is a front for prostitution. The search warrant was issued on Wednesday, and police have questioned five men and 11 women thus far.

When the El Paso County Sheriff's Office conducted a prostitution sting on Friday night, they probably weren't expecting to net a fellow officer. Their "decoy female prostitute" was too good for even a member of the Phoenix Police Department to catch on, however, and a Phoenix officer was arrested in its prostitution sting, The Arizona Republic reports.

Sheldon Czegledi, a 14-year veteran of the Phoenix force and a Central City Precinct patrol officer, allegedly solicited a prostitute, who turned out to be a female sheriff's deputy in disguise. The decoy was part of the department's crackdown on prostitution in El Paso.

Ironically, the Phoenix vice squad had just busted an alleged taxi prostitution ring earlier this month.

After an intense, yearlong investigation, the Phoenix vice squad busted an alleged taxi prostitution ring involving seven women and two men last Wednesday, reports The Arizona Republic.

According to authorities, the organizers of the taxi prostitution ring used a sophisticated system of cabs to ferry young women for "out-call and in-call prostitution services." The cab drivers would then collect the money and return it to a main location where the profits would be shared with the group.

Just one reason it is not a good idea to hire a prostitute over the internet to perform sexual favors is that you never know who you're really dealing with. The "prostitute" could in fact be a cop and you could end up being caught in a sting.

The Arizona Republic reports that Phoenix police used to do most of their prostitution stings on the streets, but that authorities are now turning to the internet to keep up with modern times. Phoenix officers recently arrested eight people in a child prostitution sting, including 52-year-old Michael Gilliland.

The East Valley Tribune reports that Mesa City Council agreed earlier this week to draft new regulations for hotels and motels in order to deter crime at these locations. The new measures in Mesa are also being adopted to help police officers investigate illegal activity.

The ordinance will require hotels to identify guests by asking for identification at check in. The hotels in Mesa will reportedly be required to keep guest information for a year and could face fines ranging from $250 to $2,500 for violating such a policy. The city is looking to set up a hotel review board to enforce the policy.

The city of Mesa is advancing a hotel-motel ordinance that police say could push crime out of the city's hotels.

The East Valley Tribune reports that Mesa hotels will soon likely need to ask for a person's ID before a guest checks into a hotel. The hotel will also be required to keep information about of their guests for a year. Police say that this new policy could drive away prostitutes, drug dealers, and other criminals that typically only pay for a room with cash and don't provide their name when checking into a room.

The Avondale man that was charged with unlawful tattooing is now facing criminal charges that are much more severe, including charges of sexual conduct with a minor, child prostitution, and attempted child prostitution. The Arizona Republic reports that 38-year-old Juan Lara Jr. has been held at the Fourth Avenue Jail on $50,000 bond since his indictment on June 23.

In the state of Arizona, it is illegal for a minor to get a tattoo without the physical presence of the minor's parent or legal guardian. However, Avondale police records show that Juan Lara agreed to give a girl a tattoo in exchange for sex. A second girl reportedly told police that the man had propositioned her to have sex in exchange for tattoos, but that she instead paid for the tattoos in cash. The indictment also names two other minors that Juan Lara allegedly tattooed and propositioned for sex.