Daytona Beach Radio: Former Owner Nabbed For Soliciting

A former radio-station owner who owns a marketing business and is active in the community was arrested for soliciting a prostitute on Ridgewood Avenue, Daytona Beach police said.

According to the News-Journal, Tony Welch, 77, of Ormond Beach, was charged Wednesday night after he offered an undercover policewoman $20 and told her "I want everything," an arrest report stated. He also told the officer that he was "cheap," the report said.

When the officer told Welch to meet her across the street at the motel, Welch drove to another block to turn around and was nabbed by a waiting policeman, the report said.

When the officer told Welch that he was under arrest, he responded with, "Is this about that girl? I didn't do anything. I told her I was cheap."

Welch, who owns Tony Welch Marketing and is the former owner and general manager of local radio station WROD 1340 AM.

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