A woman working as a prostitute fell prey Monday to an undercover police sting, after using an online solicitation ad to criticize police in Monroe County as inept, authorities said.

Alyssa R. Ambrosino (Courtesy photo | For lehighvalleylive.com)

Alyssa R. Ambrosino, 24, of West Lincoln Way West in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, touted in an ad Jan. 13 on eroticmugshots.com she was working in Bartonsville, Pennsylvania, "within the jurisdiction of East Stroud PD," court record say.

Ambrosino claimed police there couldn't find their own buttocks "with both hands and a map, so dont (sic) bother even trying to call and set up a date. Save your gas money for doughnuts and leave me alone because flashing a badge isnt (sic) going to get you a discount," according to court records.

East Stroudsburg police merged into the Stroud Area Regional Police Department in 2000.

The ad featured photographs, "distinct because of tattoos, clothing and overall appearance," and investigators identified the female as Ambrosino, records say.

About 9:15 a.m. Monday, a Monroe County District Attorney's Office detective found an ad on another adult-entertainment website, backpage.com, that appeared to show Ambrosino, records say.

An undercover officer called the ad promising to "hang out and make sure you enjoy your time," and the woman who answered indicated she was available for in call in Stroudsburg, records say. That is slang for prostitution involving a patron, or john, visiting the prostitute, police said.

The officer arranged to meet at the woman's hotel, and county detectives along with Stroud Area Regional police set up surveillance there.

"The female, Ambrosino, told the officer to come to her room, Room 105," police wrote in court records. "The officer went to her room."

Ambrosino answered the door in just a T-shirt and panties and invited the officer in, records say.

"When he attempted to pay her and talk about sex she stated that she was uncomfortable and asked him to leave," police wrote. "The officer exited the room."

A female undercover officer posing as the first officer's wife then knocked on the door and asked why he was in that room, records say. Ambrosino told the female officer to ask him or come into the room and she'd explain, and inside the female officer spotted marijuana in plain view and smelled marijuana, police said.

Police said they took Ambrosino into custody, and that she gave consent to search the room. Investigators reported finding a small amount of marijuana, three joints, blunts, a large sum of money, two cellphones and condoms, as well as the lingerie Ambrsosino wore in the backpage.com ad.

Taken in for questioning, Ambrosino said she knew the first undercover officer was a cop but, before that, had planned to have sex for money, police wrote in court records.

Ambrosino said she had worked as a prostitute since she was 18 and was arrested previously, according to court records: "She stated that she had two other dates earlier in the day, each paid $60."

Ambrosino was awaiting arraignment late Monday afternoon on charges of promoting prostitution, possession of a small amount of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and disorderly conduct.

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