BATON ROUGE, La (BRPD) -- As part of our ongoing efforts to proactively combat crime, BRPD investigators conducted a sting last evening that resulted in the arrests of 8 accused prostitutes.

The women were soliciting for prostitution on an Internet web site, and were arrested at various local hotels after meeting undercover officers posing as customers.

Several of the arrestees were from out of state and one was only 17 years old. All were booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

Arrested were:

NATASHA AUSTIN, 23, BR
Prostitution, Possession of Marijuana

JESSICA SCARBERRY, 24, BR
Prostitution, Possession of Marijuana

CARI DANSKI, 29, Nokomis, FL
Prostitution, Fugitive from Sarasota, FL

ROBYN FREENEY, 28, Cleveland, TN
Prostitution

ASHLEY HANSEN, 22, Richland Hills, TX
Prostitution

HEATHER WYROSKI, 20, Bedford, TX
Prostitution, Possession of Marijuana

CARLA DYER, 17, Jena, LA
Prostitution

KATHERINE CZARNECKI, 23, Atlanta, GA
Prostitution