Perkiomen Man Charged With Promoting Prostitution

A Perkiomen Township man is facing a charge of promoting prostitution, allegedly having spent the past several months driving women to area residences, offering sex in exchange for money, according to The Reporter. 

Florencio Perez Martinez, 45, of the 600 block of Gravel Pike, was charged with promoting prostitution, a felony, and is currently incarcerated after failing to post his $25,000 bail, according to court documents. 

According to an investigation by the Montgomery County Detectives Bureau that began in February, Martinez allegedly was operating an “illegal sex trade” operation, and was observed driving women around Montgomery and surrounding counties in the evening, night and early-morning hours to allegedly provide sex for money.

According to police, Martinez allegedly procured a new woman each week for his operation; a search of Martinez’s home found condoms, U.S. currency and calendar and planner books with notes that allegedly detailed his sex-trade operation.

Martinez was arrested on the 800 bock of Wedgewood Drive in Lansdale, after a woman he brought to the home entered the residence and returned to Martinez’s car shortly thereafter.