Cops: Hackettstown man ran brothel through veterinarian office Cops: Hackettstown man ran brothel through veterinarian office July 30, 2008 Print this page E-mail this article Share this article: Del.icio.us Facebook Digg Reddit Newsvine What’s this? SOMERVILLE – Authorities charged a Hackettstown man with running a prostitution business from his desk at Novartis in East Hanover. The services allegedly took place at a veterinarian clinic in Bedminster Township. David Baker, 35, of Hackettstown, was arrested following a two-month investigation dubbed "Operation Net-Vet Harlot" that began with an ad on the Internet classified Website, craigslist.org., offering "erotic services," Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest said. Bedminster Det. Sgt. Craig F. Meyer responded to the ad, and ultimately set up an appointment to meet with Cathy J. Rosania, 50, of Lebanon Township, at a veterinary facility located on Route 202-206 North in Bedminster. An undercover detective with the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force responded to the appointment and met with Rosania on July 11. During the meeting, Rosania led the detective into a veterinary examining room and propositioned the undercover detective, Forrest said. Rosania was then arrested and charged with prostitution. The investigation revealed that she worked as a prostitute with Baker, who served as her pimp, screening potential johns and then setting up appointments via his computer, at times, while at work as a temporary employee at Novartis. An undercover female police officer posing as a prostitute in need of a pimp then contacted Baker, who offered to recruit and screen potential johns for the officer in exchange for money. The officer arranged a meeting with Baker at 5:30 p.m. on July 29 at the Short Hills Mall. There, he was charged with third-degree promoting prostitution and third-degree conspiracy to promote prostitution.
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