[SauronOfMordor]

If they had the evidence to shut them down, they would have raided them and shut them down. By the fact that they have to resort to this, it indicates they haven't enough evidence to make an arrest -- yet they can pressure a utility to stop service

[templar]

If they had the evidence to shut them down, they would have raided them....yet they can pressure a utility to stop service

Not as bad as the title makes it sound. It wasn't a case of the police coercing the phone company to damage someone without legal process. They did get a court order to remove the phone service, they did establish that these 'businesses' were directly involved in prostitution (their purpose) and they did make prostitution and propmotion of prostitution arrests. They pretty much established that the phone lines were used for the purpose of promoting illegal activity (prostitution).

[Lawgvr1955]

I wondered why my "girlfriend's" number was out of service when I tried to call.