Sex in a truck leads to drug, possible prostitution charges

Elgin Police arrested a South Elgin woman they found in a compromising position - on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. She could face additional charges as well, police said.

According to reports:

An officer on patrol saw April L. Wideman, 24, of the 1000 block of Kane Street, having sex with a man she said was her boyfriend at 1:29 a.m. Monday inside a Dodge Dakota pickup parked at South Riverside Drive and Prairie Street.

Wideman told the officer she is a recovering heroin addict who started using two months ago and warned him that he would find hypodermic needles inside the truck.

But in addition to 27 needles, the officer also found 17 condoms, receipts from a local hotel with Wideman's name on them and pieces of paper that detailed advertised prices for prostitution and others with scheduled dates, specific prices, phone numbers and locations.

The officer seized those items as evidence for possible prostitution charges.

"We don't have any additional charges at this time, but there is the potential for future charges based on information that we received during the investigation," Elgin Deputy Police Chief Jeff Swoboda.

Wideman told the officer she's learning how to sell herself as a prostitute on a popular consumer Web site and that a woman recommended that she charge $150 an hour. But she said Monday's encounter doesn't qualify as prostitution because the man is her boyfriend.

Wideman and the man were cited under a local ordinance for endangering the public health and are due in court Sept. 15 in Elgin. She is scheduled to appear in court on the more serious charges Sept. 25.