Saylors given probation for prostitution
A prostitute who was allegedly HIV positive was given probation this week after she entered a reduced plea to charges she tried to solicit an undercover police officer for sex.
The defendant, Martha Saylors, 34, entered a guilty plea before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to the charge of attempted aggravated prostitution. She was placed on supervised probation for two years.
Saylors was arrested for propositioning an undercover officer within a few yards of Northside Baptist Church. The officer had been placed there on undercover duty in response to complaints from neighborhood residents that hookers were working the area.
Saylors was arrested after she reportedly agreed to participate in sexual relations with the officer for $20.
After her arrest, Saylors reportedly told lawmen she was HIV positive, noting she had been prostituting in Nashville recently. It was never revealed if Saylors was in fact HIV positive since state law forbids any public disclosure.
“She presented herself for purposes of being hired for sex, knowing she was infected with HIV,” the indictment read against Saylors.
The plea agreement which netted Saylors probation was reached due to the fact she did not actually participate in sexual relations with the officer. Instead, the reduced charge of attempted aggravated prostitution, which is a felony, reflected her propositioning of the officer.