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Candy James

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Affiliation
Prostitute
Born
1964
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Candy James (born 1964) was a prostitute with a long history of arrests for various prostitution-linked offenses. She was arrested by James "Sonny" Crockett while working at a hotel in Miami, but was later cleared when she helped OCB bring down an extortion racket targeting hookers at the hotel being run by dirty cops Ross and Garcia.

Biography[]

By 1985, Candy was selling her wares at a hotel where Crockett and Tubbs were working undercover as hotel security, hoping to bust two dirty cops allegedly running an extortion racket targeting the prostitutes at the establishment. When Candy approached Crockett (who was posing as a nerdy tourist in need of a good time) and solicited him, he busted her, hoping to use her to get to the detectives running the extortion racket. She told the Vice cops that she had been approached by the detectives running the operation, Ross and Garcia, but had refused to pay their blackmail. After striking a deal to have her file wiped clean if she cooperates, Candy went to work for Crockett and Tubbs, supplying them with information. She eventually got them the evidence they needed, but received a beating from Ross and Garcia in the process. As a result of her experience, she vowed never to work with the Vice cops again.

Soon afterwards, however, she went back to work hooking at the same hotel, much to Crockett's disbelief. Before Crockett could bust her, she went to work on Albert Szarbo, who was also in OCB's sights for planning to rob hotel's safety deposit boxes. Candy acquired the keys to Szarbo's car, passing them to Crockett and Tubbs so that they could check it out. They found breaking and entering equipment in the trunk, but afterwards were confronted by Szarbo and Ross, the latter of whom accused Crockett and Tubbs of being the snitches responsible for his suspension. Candy took the fall to save the Vice cops' cover, telling Ross it was her who ratted him out, earning herself another slap from Ross before Crockett and Tubbs beat him down. The display convinces Szarbo Crockett and Tubbs are on the level. Afterwards, Candy presumably made good on her vow to go straight and left town.

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