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TROY -- The co-founder and former CEO of the liberal-progressive Democracy Radio and husband of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow was caught in February by a Troy police sting aimed at catching prostitutes, according to a police report.

Athans paid a 20-year-old prostitute $150 for sex in a Troy hotel but was not arrested
The police report said officers observed Athans enter a room under surveillance and leave 15 minutes later.
Officers entered the room and found sex toys, condoms, $431 in cash and a laptop computer. They arrested the woman, identified as Alycia Lorraine Martin, and charged her with prostitution.

Athans was executive vice president of Air America, which filed for bankruptcy in 2006. He was also on staff in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.