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  • Mark Strong Sr. comforts his wife Julie after she became emotional while addressing Justice Nancy Mills during Strong's sentencing at Cumberland County Superior Court in Portland, Maine, on March 21, 2013. Strong was sentenced to 20 days in jail and a fine of $3,000 for his role in promoting a one-woman prostitution business from a Zumba studio in Kennebunk. (Associated Press/Portland Press Herald)

    Maine man gets 20 days in Zumba paid-sex case

    An insurance agent who helped run a prostitution operation out of his mistress's Zumba studio and watched secretly videotaped sex acts was ordered Thursday to spend 20 days in jail in a scandal that rocked a community better known for its beaches and sea captains' homes than for crime.

  • Retired sheriff's deputy Paul Main poses in his shop at his home Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 in Alfred, Maine. Main's phone has been ringing off the hook since a person with his same name, accused of visiting a prostitute in Kennebunk, was released on Monday. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

    Release of names in prostitution case stirs debate

    The first batch of men charged with being clients of a woman accused of turning her Zumba dance studio into a brothel included a former mayor and men from more than a dozen towns in Maine, as well as one each from Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

  • **FILE** Alexis Wright, 29, turns towards her attorney Sarah Churchill (left) during her arraignment Oct. 9, 2012, in Portland, Maine, for allegedly providing sex for money at her Kennebunk fitness studio and office. (Associated Press)

    Maine town abuzz after john suspect names released

    The first batch of more than 100 men accused of paying a fitness instructor for sex were laying low after police began releasing their names in a small New England town where rumors have run rampant for weeks.

  • Paul Main now runs a shop in Alfred, Maine, but he used to head a detective division. He has the same name as a customer of an alleged prostitute and his phone has been ringing off the hook since the name of the other Paul Main was released by authorities on Monday. (Associated Press)

    Main’s name is the same but he’s not a john

    Paul Main's quiet evening was shattered by a phone ringing off the hook and a half-dozen TV crews showing up on his porch. Everyone wanted to know: Was he the same Paul Main who's been accused of visiting a prostitute in Kennebunk?

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