5 arrested on Long Island for sex ads on Craigslist

<p>Five people arrested this week on prostitution charges had advertised their services on Internet ads posted on Craigslist.com, police said.</p><p>Nassau County Police Capt. Steven Skrynecki said the ads were promoting sex at motels in Plainview and Jericho. He said the ads walked a fine line between promoting prostitution and legitimate advertising.</p><p>He said police routinely check the Internet advertising site for illegal activity being promoted in the county.</p><p>Craigslist, which gets about 10 million visitors a month, allows free ads. It said it would issue a statement later.</p><p>Ebony Gilbreath, 21, of Roosevelt, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon at a motel in Plainview, police said. Shaneesa White, 21, of College Park, Ga., and Keith Cowan, 23, of Riverdale, Ga., were arrested Wednesday at a motel in Jericho. Police said White's 4-year-old daughter was made to sit in the car outside the motel room.</p><p>Claudinette Rodriguez, 38, of Miami Beach, Fla., and Victoria Finley, 21, of Orlando, Fla., were arrested Wednesday at a motel in Plainview.</p><p>All the women were charged with prostitution, while Cowan was charged with promoting prostitution.</p><p>White and Cowan were additionally charged with endangering the welfare of a child.</p>

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