


Additionally, the district attorney reported that all truck stop management in the Middlesex Township area agreed to post “no trespass, no soliciting, no loitering” signs at their businesses to allow authorities to make on the spot arrests of prostituted individuals. Situated along I-81, the area is described as “an artery for drug and sex trafficking, community residents have reported spikes in prostitution and sex trafficking in and around the area’s truck stops.” In 2004, local truck stop representatives joined local law enforcement agencies to announce increased enforcement to combat ongoing problems with prostitution in Middlesex Township, Carlisle, Hampden Township, and nearby communities in Cumberland County. Middlesex Township is a township in southeastern Pennsylvania of approximately 6,000 residents in Cumberland County, PA.
