Arresting prostitutes won?t actually keep them off the streets and community resources could be better spent, veteran Maryland Circuit Court Judge Vincent Femia said.

Annapolis City police arrested eight women on prostitution charges in a downtown sting Wednesday night. Annapolis police conduct the stings about every other month and charge about 50 to 60 people with prostitution every year, Annapolis police spokesman Officer Hal Dalton said. But Femia, a Prince George?s county circuit court judge, said prostitution stings are usually little more than good PR for a city.