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On February 2, 1936, Dewey launched a massive police raid against 200 brothels in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Ten men and 100 women were arrested.

However, unlike previous vice raids, Dewey did not release the arrestees.

Instead, he took them to court where a judge set bails of $ 10, 000, far beyond their means to pay.

By mid March, several defendants had implicated Luciano.

Three of these prostitutes implicated Luciano as the ringleader, who made collections, although David Betillo was in charge of the prostitution ring in New York, and any money that Luciano received was from Betillo.

In late March 1936, Luciano received a tip that he was going to be arrested and fled to Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Unfortunately for Luciano, a New York detective in Hot Springs on a different assignment spotted Luciano and notified Dewey.