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Former Coroner's Investigator Among 15 Arrested In Prostitution Sting

A total of 15 people were arrested in Steubenville after a joint undercover prostitution bust Wednesday.

Among them, a man who has made headlines lately -- former Jefferson County Coroner's investigator David Workman. He's the man accused of using a dead man's credit card at a Weriton strip club.

Workman is set to face a judge in Hancock County Thursday at 9 a.m. for his preliminary hearing in that case, but now he's also set to face a Steubenville municipal judge at the exact same time because of the prostitution bust.

Investigators said they arrested the people on North and South streets in Steubenville in a joint operation between the Steubenville Police narcotics division and the Jefferson County sheriff's office.

Steubenville Detective Jason Hanlin said they used decoys in the busts. All of the people were arrested, but weren’t held in jail because of overcrowding issues at the Jefferson County Justice Center.

Arrested: Tera Tweedyle, 32, Steubenville Rhonda Wick, 39, Steubenville Liette Artman, 19, Wintersville Angela Massey, 44, Steubenville Tracy Summers, 31, Steubenville Andrew Taravella, 49, Steubenville David Vogel, 51, Steubenville Martin Moody, 56, Chester Wesley Briggs, Avella, Pa. Donald Myers, 47, Steubenville Donnie Morris, 31, Mingo Junction Paul Bonecutter, 70, Bloomingdale David Workman, 52, Irondale Frank Sciabica, 82, Strabane, Pa. Robert Gildow, 54, Bridgeport


UPDATE: David Vogel was originally charged with soliciting. However on October 8, 2008 Vogel pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge in connection to this investigation and the case was closed. He was ordered to pay court costs.

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