Hand Jobs for the Greater Good

Cops in Virginia's Spotsylvania County are fighting a grave threat to public safety: overzealous masseuses. But the wily massage therapists are tightlipped and/or non-English speaking. So unhitched detectives are taking one for the team:

During several visits to Moon Spa on Plank Road last month, detectives allowed women to perform sexual acts on them on four occasions and once left a $350 tip, according to court papers.

Spotsylvania Sheriff Howard D. Smith said that the practice is not new and that only unmarried detectives are assigned to such cases. Most prostitutes are careful not to say anything incriminating, so sexual contact is necessary, he said.

"If I thought we could get the conviction without that, we wouldn't allow it," Smith said. "If you want to make them, this has to be done."