Newtown Man Due In Court On Prostitution Charges

By Andrew Gorosko

The 40-year-old local man who state police charged last month with promoting prostitution is scheduled to appear back in Bridgeport Superior Court November 15 to face a judge on that charge.

Louis J. “Buddy” Holland, Jr, of 38 Little Brook Lane, is awaiting the court appearance while out of jail on a $150,000 bond.

State police charged Holland October 3 with promoting prostitution, racketeering, and conspiracy to commit racketeering in connection with the operation of Bunny’s Inc., his Bridgeport-based escort service. State police charged Holland with racketeering under the provisions of the state’s Corrupt Organization and Racketeering Act (CORA). Holland has two prior convictions on charges of promoting prostitution.

State police have said Holland was arrested on a warrant at his home without incident. The state police organized crime investigative task force and investigators from the office of the chief state’s attorney made the arrest.

State police said they launched a 17-month investigation into Holland’s activities after receiving an anonymous letter informing them that although Holland had been convicted in March 1999 of promoting prostitution for a second time, he was continuing to commit the same crime. In that case, Newtown police had charged Holland in June 1998 with promoting prostitution from his Little Brook Lane home, following a six-month investigation.

According to state police, the escort business was run out of a Bridgeport address, where telephone calls were received from males seeking female companionship, with sexual relations being the ultimate goal. The females were dispatched to various locations around the state to meet male customers, who paid the women approximately $250 hourly for sex, according to state police. Holland received a portion of the money paid to the women, state police said.

In both his previous convictions for promoting prostitution, Holland received $10,000 fines, three-year suspended prison terms, and three-year probations. 

The most recent state police investigation into Holland’s activities involved the review of credit card records, financial records, telephone records, surveillance, and interviews with employees and customers of the escort business, state police said. The credit card records indicated the names and other identifying information of the escort service’s customers, according to state police. State police reportedly found records of more than 165 customers.

To promote the escort business, Holland advertised the service in the Yellow Pages, newspapers, and on a World Wide Web site on the Internet, describing Bunny’s as a service which offered lingerie models, massages, and dancers.