The Prostitute By Michael Martin, ECPD retired

About the author...Michael Martin (pictured front row, far right in the 1981 photo) is a retired veteran of 25 years on the Eden City Police Department, and has penned a number of anecdotal writings recalling his experiences.

I do not remember the year, but it was in the eighties. We had a real prostitute move into the Eden areas, she first set up on the bridge street area near Leaksville, she was a hefty mamma and did a good business with the local fellas. Detective Frank Watkins first busted her when she ran up a sixteen hundred dollar power bill.....then, she moved.....to Elam Avenue and detectives watched her progress.....Bud Moretz and I watched her business for a few days and we saw numerous cars at her place..we recorded the license numbers....and we tried to find a way to combat prostitution in Eden.

Bud and I drove to the "Builder's mart on Bridge Street and bought a pound and a half of roofing nails...that night we observed the prostitute....doing her business...there were several cars in the drive.....bud parked away from her trailer and I walked into the area......I sowed the drive graciously with nails and we notified patrol operations that there would be numerous drunk drivers on Elam Street the next morning...