The arrests were made in the area of Mill and Main streets in the city's South End.
Top row, left to right: Nelson Moody, Michael Vega. Bottom row, left to right: Adnan Akbar, Jessica E. Chaclas
SPRINGFIELD - A Springfield police anti-vice detail in the city’s South End Thursday evening netted three men and one women on charges related to prostitution, police said.
Arrested and charged with engaging in sexual conduct for a fee were Springfield residents Nelson Moody, 55 of 97 Groveland St., Michael Vega, 26, of 66 Grenada
Terrace, and Adnan Akbar, 32, of 15 Preston Road, Windsor Locks, Conn.
Also arrested and charged with prostitution was Jessica E. Chaclas, 25, of 115 Regency Park, Agawam.
According to Sgt. John Delaney, aide to Police Commissioner William Fitchet, undercover detectives with the department’s vice unit, under the command of Capt. C. Lee Bennett, were deployed to the area of Mill and Main streets in the city’s South End.
The three men were arrested after they approached an undercover female officer and offered money in exchange for sex, Delaney said.
Chaclas was arrested after she propositioned a male detective who was pretending to be a customer, Delaney said.
At their arraignments Friday in District Court, all four were released from custody on their own recognizance instead of being required to post bail.
Chaclas is due back in court for a pre-trial conference on Monday, and Akbar has a similar conference scheduled for June 22.
Vega’s case was continued without a finding. Information was not available on Moody’s arraignment.
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