Sometimes, catching a local bad guy ends up getting noticed nationally.

Det. Paris Capalupo, 33, of the Montgomery County Police Department, was given a Certificate of Appreciation by the Department of Homeland Security for his investigation of a prostitution scheme that led to the arrest of a Transportation Security Administration agent.

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