New York Massage Parlors: Two Hudson residents nabbed in Bergen County prostitution sweep

Mariana E. Caranza, 55, of North Bergen, was charged with engaging in prostitution as part of a sweep in Bergen County last week.
A Hudson County man and woman are among 36 people arrested on prostitution-related charges in a major sweep by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office that also resulted in seizure of more than $60,000, officials said.
On Wednesday, Mariana E. Caranza, 55, of North Bergen, was charged with engaging in prostitution, and Javione J. Lessane, 35, of Hoboken, was charged with facilitating prostitution, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced today.
The pair was charged with 13 others arrested at various hotels in Paramus, officials said, adding that Lessane is charged with being a driver for alleged prostitutes.
The investigation targeted numerous illegal massage parlors and “in-call” prostitution operations in Bergen County hotels, officials said.

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New York Massage Parlors: Two massage parlors in Ramsey closed following prostitution sting

Two massage parlors in Ramsey closed following prostitution sting

RAMSEY – Two massage parlors were shut down last week for alleged prostitution, authorities announced Monday, Jan. 31.
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In a statement, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said a sting had resulted in the arrests of 36 individuals working at 12 massage parlors on prostitution-related charges as well as the seizure of in excess of $60,000.
Employees of Ion Spa, at 875 Route 17, and the Stress Reduction Center, at 19 Spear Road, were among those facing charges.
At the Stress Reduction Center, employees Xingji Che, 45, of Palisades Park, was charged with engaging in prostitution while Yong Shun An, 50, also of Palisades Park, was charged with promoting prostitution and maintaining a nuisance.
Ion Spa employees Xin Sin Shen, 42, and Shunnu Gon, 39, both of Flushing, N.Y., were arrested and charged with engaging in prostitution after soliciting an undercover police officer, authorities said.
Calls to the establishments were unanswered Monday, Jan. 31.
The other arrests occurred at ma …

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New York Massage Parlors: 36 arrested in Bergen prostitution sweep

The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office arrested 36 people in a prostitution sting allegedly involving a dozen massage parlors and several hotels throughout the county, authorities said.
The arrests occurred Jan. 24 through Friday at 12 massage parlors in Ramsey, Englewood, Bergenfield, Tenafly, Fort Lee, Edgewater and Fairview. where undercover investigators were solicited, according to a statement from the agency. On Wednesday, 13 people — including promoters, escorts and their drivers — were arrested at several hotels in Paramus, prosecutors said.
In the course of making the arrests, investigators seized more than $60,000 in cash.
The arrests at the hotels involved “in-call” prostitution, in which the prostitution promoter supplies and pays for a location. Investigators arrested Maria Cistano, 20, of Englewood and Andrea Papp, 33, of Ridgewood, accusing them of using the hotels to operate a prostitution business, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Cistano was charged with engaging in prostitution and Papp was charged with promoting prostitution.  
The escorts and their drivers would respond to a location, previously paid f …

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New York Massage Parlors: Several Years Later, The Box Finalizes London Expansion Plans

The Box, Simon Hammerstein’s adult theater and nightclub, has finally locked up its London expansion plans, leasing the Raymond Revue Bar in Soho. The neighborhood was once known for its plethora of sex shops, massage parlors and strip joints, but has become more gentrified during the recent real estate boom. The deal was announced just three and a half short years after Hammerstein first began looking for a space across the pond, and is a bit surprising, considering that the Box’s time at the top of the New York nightlife scene seems to have passed. But unlike his neighbors on the Lower East Side who railed against Hammerstein during the Box’s heyday and the fickle New York crowds, the residents of Soho are eagerly anticipating the club’s arrival, hoping that the club will help preserve the neighborhood’s quickly disappearing character. One resident explains that he’d “rather see a burlesque club open than yet another branch of Slug and Lettuce.” Amen.

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New York Strip Clubs: Second man charged with murder in Long Branch shooting death

Areport that club owners in Dallas have put out an urgent call for an additional 10,000 strippers

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New York Strip Clubs: Should a FL School Return a $20K Donation from a Strip Club Owner?

Let’s call this the tale of the strip club owner with a heart of gold.
Joe Rodriguez, owner of Fort Lauderdale’s Pure Platinum adult nightclub and a chain of Florida gentlemen’s clubs simply (aptly?) named The Cheetah, has been making donations to schools, parks and other community institutions for years under the auspices of Rodriguez Charities, a foundation that has “raised at least a half-million dollars, primarily through charity car washes and golf and poker tournaments.”  As The Sun-Sentinel dryly notes, “The events feature scantily clad women.”

Marcy Smith, Broward schools’ spokeswoman says, “Since Rodriguez operates a legal business and a legal charity, Broward has no qualms about the donation.”  My pal Brooke Van Poppelen at Tru TV’s Dumb as a Blog agrees that taking money from a strip club owner is no big deal.  She wrote, “To this school district I say: DON’T BE DUMB.  ACCEPT A STACK OF 20,000 ONE DOLLAR BILLS.”
Why not?  Some of Mr. Rodriguez’s taxes likely go to fund local schools – what’s the difference?  What do you think?  Is it wrong for public institutions to accept charitable donations from a strip club owner?

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New York Strip Clubs: Monmouth, Ocean county students talk with scientists in Antarctica

Areport that club owners in Dallas have put out an urgent call for an additional 10,000 strippers

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New York Strip Clubs: Report: Martin Luther King Jr.’s son interested in buying into Mets

Areport that club owners in Dallas have put out an urgent call for an additional 10,000 strippers

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New York Strip Clubs: Port Authority leased land for tunnel project

Areport that club owners in Dallas have put out an urgent call for an additional 10,000 strippers

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New York Strip Clubs: Book explores Jersey Shore’s role as bootlegging hub during Prohibition era

Areport that club owners in Dallas have put out an urgent call for an additional 10,000 strippers

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