Chicago Hts. Impounds 28 Autos In Sex Sting

In the first large-scale use of a new city ordinance, ChicagoHeights police announced Sunday that they had seized 28 cars from menarrested during an undercover prostitution sting.

"Astonishment" was the reaction as the men watched their carsbeing taken away, said Lt. Michael Stowers.

"Just wait until you have to get home to tell someone about it,"he said.It might have surprised the "johns" in the south suburb. Butthe action is part of a trend spotlighted in Sunday's ChicagoSun-Times.Police departments are confiscating the vehicles of allegedlawbreakers to put an extra bite into an arrest.In Chicago Heights, the law that went into effect early thisyear allows …