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The self-employed operator of a home day care center in Sarasota is accused of placing a Craigslist ad in which she claimed to be her husband's ex-wife soliciting sex with strangers.

The falsified ad led the victim to receive numerous phone calls, text messages and home visits from male strangers, frightening her and making her concerned about her children's safety, according to a police report.

Bradenton Police arrested Natasha W. Larson, 35, of the 2400 block of Arapaho Street in Sarasota, last week on a felony charge of criminal use of personal identification and information.

On Feb. 18, detectives say, the victim started receiving phone calls and text messages from unknown men saying they were responding to her ad on Craigslist.com inviting strangers to come to her home for sexual encounters.

The ad reportedly stated: "I am currently dating a descent man but he is lacking some skills in the bedroom. Its nice but I need to be thrown around a little bit and to be dominated, that is exciting for me. I also like to take charge sometimes but I need a strong man to keep me in check."

The ad then gave the victim's home address.

"Please be respectful if you do stop by," the ad concluded.

The victim told detectives that unknown men soon started coming to her house.

"She also gave them my cell phone number and these men were calling, texting and sending pornographic picture messages to me," the victim, who said she has two children at home, wrote to the Herald-Tribune. "So, not only did she endanger my life and safety by sending these strange men to my home but she endangered her husband's children as well."

The victim also reportedly received a phone call from a man who told her that he wrote to an email address in the ad and received a response giving him the victim's name, address and cell phone number.

The man provided her with copies of the emails and the Craigslist posting, which the woman took to police.

According to court records, the victim earlier last week obtained a temporary injunction for protection against repeat violence filed against Larson.

Detectives say they worked with Google and Verizon to trace the emails and ad to Larson. The charge against her is a felony.

Larson admitted to placing the ad, creating an email address in the victim's name and giving out the victim's phone number, detectives reported.