PD: Off-Duty Officer Solicited by Prostitute During Cold Snap

An off-duty police officer driving home after his shift came across a woman he believed needed help in freezing weather conditions, but it turned out she was a prostitute solicited him for business, according to Middletown Police.

On Jan. 22 at 11:45 p.m., an officer leaving work in his personal car saw Lisa M. Gibbs, 45, of Bow Lane standing at the corner of Union and Main streets waving him down when the temperature was 10 degrees.

He stopped, the report says, thinking she was in distress but she then offered sex for money after asking if he was a cop and she started getting into his car.

The officer said he had just seen another officer and asked if she would wait for him at Rite Aid, the report says, so the officer drove to the other cruiser and explained the situation. When they told Gibbs they were officers, the report says, she apologized and said she did not prostitute often.

Gibbs was arrested for prostitution. She has a one pending case for breach of peace and panhandling dating back to October and a record of convictions dating back to 2008, according to the Connecticut Judicial website, of sixth-degree larceny, possession of narcotics, several failures to appear, interfering with an officer