Phoenix police have arrested Michael Gilliland, the founder of Sunflower Farmers Market and Wild Oats Markets, for planning to pay a minor he met online for sex. He was arrested Thursday upon entering a hotel on Interstate 17, where he was scheduled to meet the teenage girl. The bust was part of an investigation, and eight other arrests were made, authorities said. Gilliland founded Wild Oats Market in Boulder, Colorado, in 1987, and it grew into one of the nation's largest health-food chains.
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