Scottsdale police arrested a 68th Street condo resident's boyfriend on eight felony charges after detectives say online escort ads led them to an alleged house of prostitution operating out of the unit near Camelback Road. Brice McCallum was taken into custody while leaving the condo, and his girlfriend, who lived there, was also detained as investigators pieced together months of alleged commercial sex activity advertised online.
According to court documents cited by AZ Family, McCallum was arrested Tuesday as he was leaving the condo near 68th Street and Camelback Road. Investigators said they found an adult website profile with more than 40 reviews describing clients texting to set up appointments, being vetted, traveling to the condo and paying for sexual activity. Detectives searched the residence under a warrant and reported breaking up what they described as an alleged house of prostitution, also recovering drug paraphernalia inside.
How Detectives Connected the Condo to the Ads
Investigators used online escort advertisements, MVD records, surveillance and photo background details to link both McCallum and his girlfriend to the condo, the outlet's report states. An undercover detective arranged a date with McCallum's girlfriend after responding to one of the ads, and separately, a man who visited the condo in mid-August identified McCallum as the woman's boyfriend, telling police he had paid her $300 for sex. Police say the couple had dated for four years, and that McCallum was aware of what she was doing.
Investigators also told the outlet that McCallum ran a prostitution operation through multiple online escort websites dating back to December, and that his girlfriend made about $9,000 a month from sex work during that stretch. On one occasion, she reportedly earned an additional $1,500 from three prostitution dates arranged in Las Vegas. Police said she used her earnings to pay for McCallum's rent and other necessities, as well as to fund his drug use, including methamphetamine and fentanyl. Detectives also said they found texts linking her to a fentanyl supplier.
Charges, Bond and What Comes Next
McCallum is facing eight felony charges in total. He was booked on seven felony counts tied to prostitution along with one count of possessing drug paraphernalia, and a judge set his bond at $100,000. Police said McCallum requested an attorney, and that he did not force his girlfriend into sex work — though his girlfriend could still face her own prostitution charges, and it remains unclear whether she has been formally charged. Public records reviewed separately show McCallum previously worked as a mortgage loan officer and fire-dancing performer around Scottsdale and Fountain Hills, and that he had a prior arrest history involving DUI, identity theft, forgery, drug possession and theft.
Under Arizona law, knowingly operating or maintaining a house of prostitution is a Class 5 felony, according to the Arizona State Legislature, while merely working inside one is only a Class 1 misdemeanor — a distinction that helps explain why McCallum faces far more serious exposure than his girlfriend. Separately, knowingly receiving money from a prostitute's earnings is also a Class 5 felony under state statute. A first-time offender convicted of a Class 5 felony faces a presumptive 1.5-year prison term, with a sentencing range between six months and 2.5 years and fines that can reach $150,000 per count, according to DM Cantor Criminal Law Practice. Prostitution itself carries a mandatory minimum of 15 consecutive days in jail for a first conviction under Arizona law, a sentence judges cannot waive or convert to probation, per Matthew Lopez Law. The paraphernalia count McCallum faces is a Class 6 felony carrying up to two years in prison, though first-time non-violent drug offenders may qualify for probation without jail time under Arizona's Proposition 200, according to Salwin Law Group.
Part of a Broader Scottsdale Crackdown
The case adds to a growing list of prostitution-related arrests handled by Scottsdale Police's Human Exploitation and Trafficking Unit, known as HEAT, which was established in April 2021 to target sex trafficking and child exploitation. The unit made 280 arrests in its first two years of operation, according to the City of Scottsdale. Earlier this year, the HEAT Unit ran a three-week multi-agency crackdown between January 21 and February 14 that led to 173 arrests targeting sex buyers, child predators and human trafficking networks, per 12News.
Regional cooperation on these cases isn't new either — in June 2025, Homeland Security Investigations Phoenix and local Valley police departments arrested 43 people on sex trafficking, prostitution and drug charges during Operation Spring Fling, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Hoodline previously reported on a Scottsdale fire captain caught up in a separate HEAT Unit sex-sting operation, part of the same pattern of aggressive local enforcement against both sellers and buyers in the commercial sex trade.
