Crime & Safety

Berlin-Meriden Prostitute Reverse Sting Nets 66-Year-Old Middletown Man: Cops

Five men were arrested Sept. 28 trying to solicit prostitutes on the Berlin Turnpike.

On Sept. 28, the Berlin Police Department with the assistance of the Meriden Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigations conducted a reverse sting operation to apprehend individuals attempting to patronize prostitutes along the Berlin Turnpike. 

As a result, five arrests were made, including Giuseppe Morello, 66, of Old Mill Road, Middletown. He was charged with patronizing a prostitute from a motor vehicle.

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