An elderly Massachusetts man is facing a charge of soliciting a prostitute after reporting that the woman stole jewelry from him. 
 
 Nicholas Salerno told police he paid a woman half his age $100 to perform a sex act on him earlier this summer in his home. 
 
 After 48-year-old Karen Proia left his home, Salerno told police he noticed a necklace was missing. The necklace was recovered by police at a South Yarmouth pawn shop. 
 
 When Salerno reported the theft to Orleans police an officer told him he would be charged with soliciting a prostitute. His response, the Cape Cod Times reports, was "I don't give a (expletive). I'm 90 years old ..." 
 
 Both Proia and Salerno pleaded not guilty during arraignments Tuesday. ||||| LIVE, THE ONE AND ONLY LOCAL 10 NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. WE BEGIN WITH A STORY YOU SAW FIRST ON LOCAL 10 NEWS. A 90-YEAR-OLD MAN CITED AGAIN BY POLICE FOR FEEDING THE HOMELESS. NOT BEFORE SHINING ANOTHER SPOTLIGHT ON THE CONTROVERSY ISSUE IN FORT LAUDERDALE. STANDING BY LIVE WITH OUR TOP STORY NOW. WELL, THAT 90-YEAR-OLD IS A HOMELESS ADVOCATE WHO HAS BEEN FEEDING THE HOMELESS TWICE A WEEK EVERY WEEK FOR THE PAST 24 YEARS, INCLUDING OUT HERE ON FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH WHERE TONIGHT HE RAN INTO TROUBLE. I'M ONLY INVITING 200 OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS TO DINNER. ABBOTT AND HIS TEAM OF CHEFS SET UP ON THE BEACH, DISHING OUT FREE FOOD TO THE HOMELESS. UNIFORMED POLICE WERE ALSO THERE RECORDING. THE 90-YEAR-OLD IS VIOLATING A NEW CITY ORDINANCE THAT MAKES IT A CRIME TO FEED THE HOMELESS IN PUBLIC. THE PENALTY, 60 DAYS IN JAIL. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE GUMPTION TO MOVE ON US, THEY WERE AFRAID, AFRAID OF PUBLIC OPINION. BUT ARNOLD, WHO WAS ARRESTED THREE DAYS AGO FOR FEEDING THE HOMELESS AT A DIFFERENT PARK IN FORT LAUDERDALE WAS ULTIMATELY CONFRONTED BY COPS IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR INTERVIEW. WE'RE DOING FINE. YOU'RE IN VIOLATION, OF 2.2 AND ISSUE A NOTICE. THE ELDERLY CHEF WITH A BIG HEART WAS ESCORTED AWAY IN FRONT OF A LARGE CROWD OF HIS SUPPORTERS. ARNOLD, ARNOLD! INSTEAD OF WHISKING THE 90-YEAR-OLD TO JAIL THEY DECIDED TO FINGERPRINT HIM AND ISSUE HIM A VIOLATION ON THE SPOT. IT'S A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT AND I BELIEVE THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD AND BROTHERHOOD OF MAN. IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. SILER IS NOT BACKING DOWN FROM THE LAW THAT HE SAID WERE GOOD INTENTIONS. THE LAW SAYS IF YOU'RE GOING TO FEED THEM OUTDOOR TO BREAKFAST TO LUNCH TO DINNER. YOU'RE ENABLING THE CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS. WILL YOU COME BACK TO THE BEACH? I'M FIGHT FOR THE BEACH AS LONG AS THERE'S BREATH IN MY BODY. HE SAYS HE DOESN'T WANT TO AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION AND IS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE AS LONG AS IT INVOLVES HELPING THE HOMELESS WILL FOOD AND HE'S EVEN WILLING TO TAKE THE ISSUE TO THE COURT TO SUE THE CITY, AN AREA HE'S HAD SUCCESS WITH IN THE PAST. IT'S A STORY THAT'S CERTAINLY GARNERED INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION. 
 
 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - 
 
 Local 10 first brought you the story of the 90-year-old man who was arrested for illegally feeding the homeless in Fort Lauderdale. Wednesday he was back to continue his cause. 
 
 VOTE: Do you agree with the Broward homeless feeding ordinance? 
 
 "We've heard from every continent," said Arnold Abbott. "The last I heard was from Kenya and Moscow." 
 
 Abbott has heard from hundreds of people all around the world since he and two pastors were charged Sunday with feeding the homeless in Fort Lauderdale. 
 
 "I've heard from South America, any number of people from Canada, three newspapers from the United Kingdom," Abbot said. 
 
 He was the first charged with the new ordinance that makes it a crime punishable by up to 60 days in jail to feed the homeless in public. The story first aired Local 10 has gone viral. 
 
 "I am both enthused and humbled," Abbot said. "The good news is that there is pressure being put on the city of Fort Lauderdale to do something about a law that is not only unfair, it's repressive." 
 
 Mayor Jack Seiler, who supports the ordinance, said he's gotten massive feedback as well, though not always so positive. But he said the law is meant to help the homeless, not to keep them from eating. 
 
 "Mr. Abbott has decided that he doesn't think these individuals should have to have any interaction with government, that they should be fed in the parks. We disagree," Seiler said. 
 
 But Abbott said there aren't adequate government services or food to deal with the homeless. 
 
 "What the city is doing by cutting out feeding is very simple -- they are forcing homeless people to go dumpster-diving all over again," Abbott said. "They will steal. That's what the mayor is forcing the homeless to do." 
 
 And while Abbott said he wants to compromise with the city, he expects to be charged again. 
 
 "I love the city. I live here, it's a beautiful place and I'd like to keep it beautiful, but you cannot sweep the homeless under a rug," he said. "There is no rug large enough for that." 
 
 Abbott and his team of chefs set up shop Wednesday night on Fort Lauderdale Beach and dished out free food to the homeless. Uniformed police were also there recording. 
 
 "They didn't have the gumption to move in on us. They were afraid, afraid of public opinion," said Abbott. 
 
 But Abbott was ultimately confronted by cops in the middle of an interview with Local 10 News. The elderly chef with a big heart was escorted away in front of a large crowd of his supporters. Instead of whisking the 90-year old to jail, police decided to just fingerprint Abbott and issue him a citation on the spot. 
 
 "It's a pubic safety issue. It's a public health issue," said Seiler. "The experts have all said that if you're going to feed them to get them from breakfast to lunch to dinner, all you're doing is enabling that cycle of homelessness. They don't interact with anyone, they don't receive the aid that they need." 
 
 "It's our right to feed people, it's our First Amendment right and I believe in the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, and we should be allowed to feed our fellow man," Abbott said. 
 
 Abbott was asked if he would come back to the beach. 
 
 "You bet your life," Abbott replied. "I'll fight for the beach as long as there's birth in my body." 
 
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– When you're 90 years old, most people give you a pass to do certain things without question—eat what you want, nap all day, watch Columbo marathons, solicit prostitutes … well, maybe not that last one. At least not in Dennis Port, Mass., where a nonagenarian was arraigned Tuesday for allegedly doing just that, the Cape Code Times reports. Nicholas Salerno is accused of procuring the services of Karen Proia, nearly half his age at 48, allegedly paying her $100 to perform a sex act on June 22, Orleans District Court records note. And that alleged interlude may have gone unnoticed by law enforcement, except that Salerno filed a police report a little over a week later claiming Proia had stolen a necklace from him (the jewelry was later recovered at a local pawnshop, MassLive.com reports). When a cop informed Salerno he'd be charged with a crime, too—solicitation in his case—Salerno reminded that whippersnapper what's what. "I don't give a [expletive]. I'm 90 years old," he reportedly exclaimed. Salerno and Proia, who was charged with larceny and prostitution, pleaded not guilty at their Tuesday arraignments. (A drone caught an elderly man on camera engaging in some questionable behavior.)