FAYETTEVILLE, NC - A Raleigh Police Department detective was charged Thursday with promoting and participating in the prostitution of a minor in Fayetteville. Thirty-four-year Jason Brandon Hoyle faces two felony counts of promoting the prostitution of a minor and participating in the prostitution of a minor.

Also arrested was 17-year-old Tiara Michelle Bradshaw, of the 800 Block of Durwood Dr, Fayetteville. Police described Hoyle as Bradshaw's client. Bradshaw was charged with misdemeanor solicitation for prostitution. Hoyle has been employed by the Raleigh Police Department since October 2000 and is assigned to the Detective Division as a sergeant. An RPD spokesperson declined to say if he was still on the job. Hoyle's bond was set at $100,000.

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Published: 08:03 PM, Thu Feb 16, 2012
Raleigh police officer charged with hiring underage prostitute in Fayetteville

By James Halpin
Staff writer

A Raleigh police officer was charged Thursday with having sex with an underage prostitute who proceeded to steal a police-issued computer and other property after their tryst at a Fayetteville hotel, according to Fayetteville police.

Jason Brandon Hoyle, 34, of the 8600 block of Maryel Way in Raleigh, is charged with felony counts of promoting prostitution of a minor and participating in the prostitution of a minor. He has been released on $100,000 bond.

Hoyle has been a Raleigh police officer since October 2000 and is assigned to the detective division, according to Raleigh police spokesman Jim Sughrue.

Hoyle is accused of having relations with a 17-year-old prostitute, who was also charged Thursday with solicitation for prostitution. She was released on a written promise to appear in court.

The Fayetteville Observer is not naming the teenager because of the nature of the charges against Hoyle, which involve sexual activity with a minor.

According to an affidavit filed in court by Fayetteville police Detective S. Larson, Hoyle was visiting Fayetteville on Feb. 7 and was staying at the Fairfield Inn by Marriott, at 1925 Cedar Creek Road.

"About 90 minutes later the video shows the female running out of the hotel to an awaiting vehicle," Larson wrote.

Authorities contacted the prostitute later the same day and recovered the stolen property, charging the girl with felony larceny and possessing stolen goods. The girl told detectives that Hoyle had paid her $140 for sex, Larson wrote.

A search of Hoyle's work computer found several visits to a website adverting escort services, the document says.

Although the age of consent in North Carolina is 16, Hoyle is accused of sex crimes involving a minor because state law defines minors in prostitution cases as anyone who is under 18 and is not married or judicially emancipated, said Gavin MacRoberts, a spokesman for Fayetteville police.

Raleigh police had been kept apprised of the investigation and are conducting their own internal administrative investigation to "provide information necessary to determine appropriate personnel actions," Sughrue said.

He would not say why Hoyle had Raleigh Police Department equipment in a Fayetteville hotel room or whether Hoyle was in town on official business, saying it would be inappropriate to comment because of pending investigations. He did note that the laptop had been recovered.

"There is no reason to believe that there was any breach of security," Sughrue said.

He declined to say whether Hoyle was still on active duty with the department.