Pasco prostitution sting goes online

NEW PORT RICHEY -- The ads were posted on escort service Web sites and Craigslist. But authorities say the services they promised were hardly of the legal variety.

Which is why their latest customers were deputies from the Pasco County Sheriff's Office vice/narcotics unit.

This morning, Sheriff's officials announced four women were arrested Thursday night on misdemeanor charges of prostitution and felony charges of unlicensed practice of a health care professional.

Deputies targeted women who said they were in Pasco County and posted their services on Craigslist and escort service Web sites. Calls were made and appointments set up to rendezvous at a local motel.

The women arrested were:

• Jolyn Dawn Steier, 48, of 2110 Marshview Drive in Wesley Chapel. She was also charged with possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Angel Ann Stebelton, 35, of 30707 Way Drive in Wesley Chapel. She was also charged with possession of a controlled substance.
• Shawna Marie Lee, 20, of 2060 15th St. SW in Vero Beach.
• Kimberly Anne Jimino, 25, of 4205 Summerdale Drive in Tampa.

The women's vehicles were also seized, sheriff's officials said, because they were used in the commission of a felony.

Jamal Thalji, Times staff writer