PORTSMOUTH — Police arrested three people on prostitution charges Thursday, one of them a registered sex offender.

PORTSMOUTH — Police arrested three people on prostitution charges Thursday, one of them a registered sex offender.



Capt. Mike Schwartz said the arrests were the result of "an operation to identify and arrest people engaged in prostitution in the Portsmouth area" and that the operation involved social media. Schwartz said further details would be disclosed during a morning arraignment.



Scheduled to be arraigned today, and currently held without bail, is Andre S. Hunter, 45, of 69 Woodlin Green, Rochester. Hunter is charged with misdemeanor counts of prostitution and breach of bail conditions, as well as a felony alleging he was in possession of illicit drugs at the time of his arrest.

Hunter is listed on the New Hampshire and Massachusetts sex offender registries as having been convicted in 1986 for the rape of a child under the age of 13.



Also charged with prostitution is Misty L. Sullivan, 31, of 1 Northway Circle, Dover. Following her arrest, Schwartz said, Sullivan was released on personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 28.



A second woman charged with prostitution is Sara A. Cruz, 33, of 541 Lake St., Manchester. According to Schwartz, Cruz, who was also wanted on a warrant out of Nashua for disobeying a police officer, refused the services of a bail commissioner and will be arraigned today.