Man Arrested in Lansdale for Promoting Prostitution, Police Say

A Perkiomen Township man is facing a charge of promoting prostitution, allegedly having spent the past several months driving women to area residences, offering sex in exchange for money, according to The Reporter. 

Florencio Perez Martinez, 45, of the 600 block of Gravel Pike, was arrested after taking a woman to a home on the 800 bock of Wedgewood Drive, according to the report.

According to an investigation by the Montgomery County Detectives Bureau that began in February, Martinez allegedly was operating an “illegal sex trade” operation, and was observed driving women around Montgomery and surrounding counties in the evening, night and early-morning hours to allegedly provide sex for money.

According to police, Martinez allegedly procured a new woman each week for his operation; a search of Martinez’s home found condoms, U.S. currency and calendar and planner books with notes that allegedly detailed his sex-trade operation.

Martinez was sent to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility after he was unable to post according to court documents.