A sting was nearly stung Thursday when a Syracuse police officer pretending to be a john met a suspected prostitute pretending to be a police officer. It began when a male undercover officer was flagged down in the 100 block of Lodi Street by a female on the street, said Sgt. Tom Connellan, a Syracuse police spokesman. Here's his account of what happened Thursday morning: The woman got in the car and the two went to a nearby parking lot to negotiate a price for sex. She asked the cop if he was a cop. The officer said "no." "That's...
