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Home / News / Man Falsely Arrested in Prostitution Sting Sues City

Man Falsely Arrested in Prostitution Sting Sues City

John P.

September 26, 2007 By John P.

Chicago Police BadgeImagine this… it’s 8am, you’ve just dropped your 8 year old off at school and picked up your 22 year old daughter for breakfast. While your daughter goes inside a restaurant to correct the breakfast order your wife, in the seat beside you, notices a woman waiving her arms as if in distress. So you roll down the window to see if she needs help and she leans her head into your car and offers her “services”.

Then, to add injury to insult, a few seconds later a bunch of cops rush your car, drag you out of it, and handcuff you for soliciting a prostitute. Meanwhile your wife is freaking out, and your daughter, returning to the car, screams!

Well, that is exactly what happened to Erasmo and Rocio Palacious in Chicago recently:

The Palacioses, of Chicago, claim the woman approached their car, parked outside Manolo’s restaurant, leaned in to the passenger side where Rocio was sitting and asked Erasmo if he wanted oral sex for $20 or sex for $25. The couple laughed, realizing this wasn’t a woman in distress after all.

But within seconds, Chicago police swarmed the family car, hauling Erasmo Palacios out in handcuffs. He was charged with solicitation of a prostitute. His daughter, who had just run in to exchange her coffee for a hot chocolate, screamed, while his wife cried in fear.

Eight hours later, Palacios, who has no criminal record, was released from custody. And weeks later, charges against him were dropped.

Oh, but that’s not all. During the illegal event the family’s 1983 Mercedes was impounded and his wife and daughter were left stranded and even threatened with arrest as they tried to stop police from taking it. And now the city wants $4,700 in towing and storage fees!

Outrageous, huh?

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Comments

  1. eboomer says

    May 6, 2013 at 11:24 pm

    Typical of Chicago, really – they don’t care at all about the quality of life of their citizens, they just want to milk and bleed them dry of their money at every turn. Did you know that when they tow your car (which they love to do), if it gets damaged there, and even if they ADMIT it is 100% their fault, the most you can ever get out of them is HALF the damage? And you of course still have to pay to get your car back.

    Avoid this city, folks.

  2. DocHoliday says

    July 28, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    Just another example of having to prove you innocent when you are accused of a cop for anything. Glad he had witnesses or he would be found guilty which Illinois now has a bill to make this a felony. It is on the governors desk waiting his signature. If passed assault will carry a lighter sentence.

  3. Rich says

    July 8, 2008 at 5:07 pm

    I was also wrongly accused and falsely arrested for robbery with a firearm.
    Years later in a Civil Suit, I was awarded damages and an apology from the arresting authorities dept.
    A life changing and chilling story to say the least

  4. mark says

    May 7, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    he should have gotten the bj, that’s cheap

  5. RB says

    January 5, 2008 at 10:54 am

    Cops are the the worst, seems they always revert to the badge as their authority to act like jack booted thugs…worked for the storm troopers too.

  6. Boydakar says

    October 9, 2007 at 1:30 am

    Guy you are lucky your wife was there to witness it , otherwise you would have had a tough time convincing her of your innocence. This could have ended your mariage and ruin your life.
    Be thankful and get a good lawyer , it could have been a lot worse.

  7. PR4 says

    October 1, 2007 at 8:24 am

    Nice post thanks sharing

  8. GrAveTzT says

    September 27, 2007 at 1:59 pm

    That’s cops for you. Cops like to entrap people instead of picking up real criminals.

  9. Tom Barr says

    September 26, 2007 at 11:26 pm

    Or at least get the wrong guy in the right situation not the wrong guy in the right situation. Is entrapment really that hard? :D

  10. Peter B says

    September 26, 2007 at 7:38 pm

    The saddest thing about all this to me is that the cops went to this length over the relatively trivial offence of soliciting on the street to begin with. There’s bound to be more to this case than what’s been said/printed.

  11. MG says

    September 26, 2007 at 5:13 pm

    I imagine folks just get so caught up doing this that they don’t think about these things.

    I’ve been watching The Wire on HBO recently (only up to season 2), and it’s actually a great show to get into the mind of cops. On Netflix, a few cops chimed in and said as much. I bet adrenaline just ends up taking over rational thought.

    Shame too because we’re going to end up paying for this =/ Well at least the locals are.

  12. Brandon says

    September 26, 2007 at 4:18 pm

    wow, and I’m going to Chicago next month, I’ll be sure not to try and help anyone..lol

  13. Lisa Marie Mary says

    September 26, 2007 at 3:18 pm

    That is just awful! I’ve been searching and searching, but, I can’t find any updates about their situation. I sure would like to know what’s happening with the case, though.

  14. Steve says

    September 26, 2007 at 1:59 pm

    “It was my wife! SHE wanted the prostitute! Take HER! Take HER!”

  15. Tom Barr says

    September 26, 2007 at 12:06 pm

    Can I be the lawyer in this case? Those cops need to go back to Entrapment 101, if they are going to do the job right, arrest the wife and daughter as accomplices. :D

  16. abhishek says

    September 26, 2007 at 11:27 am

    This is just not done. Its ok for the police to clean up the streets but this is a cruel way and one man can’t just be punished for no fault of there own.
    Poor fellow it must have hurt him a lot
    As for the person he must have a apology letter as well as a good compensation for the mental and physical trauma he and his family went through.

  17. TheDane says

    September 26, 2007 at 8:44 am

    Insane, I hope this guy will own Chicago Police after this crap, I qwish him all he best in the law suit.

    Kim:)

  18. Audio Mastering says

    September 26, 2007 at 6:18 am

    There are a number of such sting operations that take place everyday and people are compelled to suffer in silence. Was the operator nuts? The wife was sitting next to the man and she solicits him? In the presence of a witness? I think that the cops owe them an apology and must be made ot pay damages instead of claiming towing and storage fees.

  19. Derek Wong says

    September 26, 2007 at 2:04 am

    That is just outrageous. I, for one, am not opposed to the cops trying to clean up the streets of would-be sex mongers before they possibly hurt someone. But they have to be careful. And they have to get the right guy!

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