{"id":893,"date":"2011-02-13T18:16:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T18:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2011\/02\/ceo-arrested-in-child-prostitution-ring.html"},"modified":"2011-02-13T18:16:38","modified_gmt":"2011-02-13T18:16:38","slug":"ceo-arrested-in-child-prostitution-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2011\/02\/ceo-arrested-in-child-prostitution-ring.html","title":{"rendered":"CEO Arrested in Child Prostitution Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/CRIME\/02\/13\/arizona.ceo.child.prostitution\/index.html?hpt=T2\">The CEO of Sunflower Markets is Arrested for Child Prostitution<\/a>. The internet, child prostitution, and another predator is arrested. Just in case you think this doesn&#8217;t happen in the United States, it does, too often. It&#8217;s good to see the U.S. authorities tracking down and arresting child predators.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/CRIME\/02\/13\/arizona.ceo.child.prostitution\/index.html?hpt=T2\">CNN has just broke the story<\/a>&nbsp;of the man who was CEO of Wild Oats Market, now Sunflower Farmers Market, arrested for soliciting and offering money to an underage minor for sex.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font: 12.0px Helvetica\"><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/story.micheal.gilliland.maricopa.so.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"story.micheal.gilliland.maricopa.so.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/104\/import\/assets_c\/2011\/02\/story.micheal.gilliland.maricopa.so-thumb-350x197-21376.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Michael Gilliland, 52, was one of eight people arrested in the sting, said Steve Martos, spokesman for Phoenix police. He is accused of soliciting sex online from a girl who identified herself as a minor on Thursday, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, &#8220;the suspect arranged a meeting with this underage female&#8221; and allegedly drove to a hotel to meet her, authorities said. &#8220;The suspect agreed to pay the underage female for sexual intercourse,&#8221; police said.<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 19px\">Gilliand founded Wild Oats Market, which was bought by Whole Foods in 2007, and was the CEO of Sunflower Farmers Market. He was charged with felony child prostitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CEO of Sunflower Markets is Arrested for Child Prostitution. The internet, child prostitution, and another predator is arrested. Just in case you think this doesn&#8217;t happen in the United States, it does, too often. 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