One was a 60-year-old Sun City woman. Another a Tempe woman with a brand-new $60,000 boat. And another advertised herself as a former Miss Canada.

They were among the 45 women arrested Thursday in the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's prostitution raid, which swept from Wittmann to east Mesa. A companion operation netted 27 male customers.

Operation House Call targeted 33 homes and 10 massage parlors, while Operation Destiny ran a sting out of three Valley hotels, arresting men who came to pay for sex. Among the men were a local radio station's sales director, an airline pilot and a state correctional officer.

Women arrested on suspicion of running houses of prostitution face felony charges. Men arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex face misdemeanor charges.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio said previous prostitution stings were criticized because they targeted only the women. This time around, he went after the customers.

Outside Margaret Miller's modest Sun City condo, a sign warned of neighborhood Block Watch on the lookout for crime. Her neighbor had a Sun City Posse sponsor sticker on the door.

But undercover detectives say Miller, 60, has been enticing men in for $125 tricks, using an alias of "Allison." Full Story...