Former Avon Lake mayor Vincent Urbin arrested, fined in prostitution sting
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- Former Avon Lake Mayor Vincent Urban was arrested in a Wood County Sheriff's Office Internet prostitution sting in Bowling Green.
Vincent Urbin, 52, of Avon Lake, pleaded no contest July 1 in Bowling Green Municipal Court and was fined $500 for arranging a $100 sexual liaison with a deputy posing as a prostitute.
He was one of five people arrested June 30 in the sting either for offering prostitution or seeking it. He spent the night in the Wood County Jail, then pleaded no contest the following morning.
Urbin made headlines in 2001 when he was convicted in Lorain County Common Pleas Court and originally sentenced to 90 days in jail for steering about $2,400 in catering contracts to his brother at Fountain Bleau Party Center. He also was convicted of hiding evidence before police searched his office.
The arrest and conviction cut short what Lorain County political figures called a promising career. That same year, he was hired as a Lorain County Economic Development planner. It could not be determined if he still holds that position. Urbin did not return calls seeking comment.
Wood County Detective Sgt. Terry James said the office ran the sting to discourage prostitution in the area.
"There are well-known websites out there that sell prostitution services," he said. "Several of our local hotels have had problems with it. So we set up a sting."
James said an undercover female deputy placed an ad on the site with a phone number offering sexual services.
"Men call the number, offer to exchange money for a sex act, and set up a time and place to meet," he said. "When the men show up, they are placed under arrest on a charge of soliciting sexual activity."
James said Urbin was arrested about 6:30 p.m. and placed in jail under a video arraignment at 9 a.m. the following day. He pleaded no contest and paid the fine, cutting the process short.
One man and three women were also arrested the same day as part of the sting.
Rodolfo Benitez, 30, of New Bremen; Michelle Wainwright, 25, of Toledo; Esperanza Ledesma, 20, of Toledo and Sarah Rupert, 25, of Oregon were all charged with soliciting.
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