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Police: Man ran Johnstown prostitution ring, paid women in heroin
JOHNSTOWN — A central Pennsylvania man is charged with running a prostitution ring out of a hotel and paying the women with heroin instead of money.
Richland police and the Cambria County District Attorney's office investigated after managers of the Super 8 Johnstown hotel reported suspicious activity.
Barshay Dunbar, 35, of Johnstown promoted prostitution on a website depicting younger women using names suggesting they were young teens, police said.
Police Chief Michael Burgan said Dunbar was “using the girls” and “paying them with heroin.”
Dunbar faces a Nov. 10 preliminary hearing on prostitution and heroin charges and remained in the Cambria County jail on Tuesday. He was arrested Friday.
Online court records don't list an attorney for Dunbar.
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