49ers owner Jed York allegedly fell for Ohio police's 'sex-buyer' trap
SFGATE • • sports
Key Points:
- Jed York, owner of the San Francisco 49ers and a native of Youngstown, Ohio, was arrested in East Palestine, Ohio, after responding to a fake online sex advertisement set up by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force.
- York pleaded no contest to charges of disorderly conduct and possession of criminal tools, was fined $1,150, and sentenced to serve one day in jail concurrently for each charge.
- The arrest stemmed from a prostitution sting operation conducted by East Palestine police, led by Detective Dan Haueter, who uses fake online ads to catch sex buyers, focusing on both felony and misdemeanor cases.
- Columbiana County, where East Palestine is located, accounts for a disproportionately high number of sex-buyer arrests in Ohio due to active human trafficking task forces in the area.
- York's lawyers attempted to have the arrest record sealed, but the motion was quickly denied, and York also forfeited the $160 seized during the sting operation.
