New York Massage Parlors: Plainfield Police Scandal Confirmed

Plainfield Police Scandal Confirmed
PLAINFIELD — News 12 New Jersey’s Walt Kane followed up on our report about Plainfield’s public safety director, who received a three day suspension after he was caught making arrangements on his city computer for an erotic massage.
Plainfield Public Safety Director Martin Hellwig was confronted by News 12 New Jersey’s Walt Kane. Click on picture to view the video at News12.com
Martin Hellwig also allegedly used a police vehicle to drive to the male prostitute’s house in North Jersey while on duty.
Kane confirmed the legitimacy of documents purported to be a police report and copies of e-mail messages between Hellwig and the alleged hooker, Jason Taylor.
Hellwig refused to say much when Kane confronted him at a City Council meeting, but he did deny being suspended because he “solicited a prostitute with a city computer on city time.”

See the full article from “NJ TODAY”

New York Massage Parlors: New York police arrest two Oyster Bay women after offering sex in return for …

New York police arrest two Oyster Bay women after offering sex in return for money during massage
March 12th, 2010 – 9:46 am ICT by BNO News
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OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — Two Oyster Bay, New York women were arrested on Thursday after offering sex in return for money during an illegal massage, police said.
The arrests were made in South Farmingdale, a hamlet within the town of Oyster Bay. According to detectives with the Nassau County Police Department, the women were operating an illegal massage parlor at 210 Northwest Drive in South Farmingdale.
Undercover officers entered the location and were offered a massage by the women. “During the illegal massage defendant Kim offered to engage in sexual activity in exchange for currency,” a police statement read.

See the full article from “Thaindian.com”

New York Massage Parlors: Hookers with business cards What’s behind the sudden string of prostitution …

The West New York Police Department receives approximately 10 to 20 complaints a week on their hotline (see sidebar) and has been working hard to follow up on every tip since Albert Bringa began his tenure as police director three months ago.
“We follow through on every complaint,” said Bringa last week. “The whole department is very dedicated towards the community.”
He added that some of the women who have been arrested cited the current economic situation as their reason for getting involved in prostitution. He hopes the recent arrests will serve as a warning call to others contemplating or currently involved in such activity.
Business cards, a $30 rate, and other conundrums
The prostitution profession has been updated to fit the times. Police said it is less common these days to see prostitutes standing on a corner or even utilizing massage parlor fronts; rather, they are more likely to use internet sites like Craigslist to advertise.

See the full article from “The Hudson Reporter”

New York Massage Parlors: Global human trafficking news roundup ( March 5, 2010)

Florida: Authorities encourage the community participation in rescuing human trafficking victims. A 15 year old trafficking victim from Guatemala was rescued by a woman who built a friendship with her over a year. She called the police after suspecting that the girl is being exploited by her traffickers. 
New York: Sex trafficking is growing issue in Queens according to the authority. The district attorney says that the rate of conviction in Queens was 81.7%, which exceeded that of the city. 
Georgia:  A new bill’s effectiveness to deter human trafficking and regulate massage parlor is questioned. According to the report, approximately a half of the massage parlors in the state is illegally operating in the state. The report also states that though the bill is necessary, it is not enough to regulate massage parlors and prostitution in the state. 

See the full article from “Examiner.com”

New York Massage Parlors: What to look for in a massage therapist

A bag of rocks pounded into my back and a karate chop assault by a woman who looked like a kind-hearted grandma isn’t exactly how I thought I’d spend my free time in New York, but that’s the situation I found myself in a few weeks ago.
Every year I tour the United States to be interviewed by the media about the Get Ripped! program. My schedule is gruelling and my body aches from cramming into airplanes and sleeping in unfamiliar hotel beds.
To make matters worse, I get really nervous before interviews. So, when I noticed a sign advertising discounted massages near my New York City hotel, I decided to stop in for a treatment.
Papers and opened nail polish bottles were scattered across the counter of the massage parlour, but the petite masseuse who greeted me with a wide grin and welcoming eyes seemed like a sweet lady.

See the full article from “Calgary Herald”

New York Massage Parlors: What to look for in a massage therapist

A bag of rocks pounded into my back and a karate chop assault by a woman who looked like a kind-hearted grandma isn’t exactly how I thought I’d spend my free time in New York, but that’s the situation I found myself in a few weeks ago.
Every year I tour the United States to be interviewed by the media about the Get Ripped! program. My schedule is gruelling and my body aches from cramming into airplanes and sleeping in unfamiliar hotel beds.
To make matters worse, I get really nervous before interviews. So, when I noticed a sign advertising discounted massages near my New York City hotel, I decided to stop in for a treatment.
Papers and opened nail polish bottles were scattered across the counter of the massage parlour, but the petite masseuse who greeted me with a wide grin and welcoming eyes seemed like a sweet lady.

See the full article from “Calgary Herald”

New York Massage Parlors: Tiger is no sex addict

That most men are randy and think about sex at least once an hour isn’t news to the women who live with them. Sex addiction happens when those sexual needs override everything else, and render the individual unable to function both personally and professionally. So, based on my definition, Tiger Woods is not a sex addict.
Addiction is a real thing. Anything that targets the pleasure centres of the brain can become addictive. Smoking, alcohol, chocolate, or gambling can certainly change your physiology. Any addiction that gives you a pleasurable buzz in your head can have you coming back compulsively for more.
Sex most certainly falls into this category. It goes from being a happy pill to a full blown addiction when it starts to take over an inordinate amount of brain space. The sex addicts I see in my day to day practice are paralyzed with inaction. They surf porn for hours at a time, find themselves masturbating at work, blow their rent money at the local massage parlours and are generally filled with self loathing.

See the full article from “Ottawa Citizen”

New York Massage Parlors: Budget Beauty: Manicured Without Getting Clipped

Then they stuck more needles in me.
For aficionados of acupuncture, this is old hat. According to the tenets of Chinese medicine, tapping skinny needles into your pressure points is an age-old way of rebalancing the body and restoring, or ensuring, general health.
For the Frugal Traveler, however, this was entirely new. And not because I don’t trust non-Western medicine, or because my body never needed rebalancing. It was mostly because such treatments — which I lump together with massages and spas — have always seemed needlessly expensive. Sure, I’ve had worthy spa treatments in Asia (shiatsu in Saigon, Thai massage in Bangkok), but back home in New York City I never even considered making an appointment, or even ducking into one of the cheap but undifferentiated Tui Na massage parlors in Chinatown.

See the full article from “New York Times (blog)”

New York Massage Parlors: Media Workers: It Could Be Worse. It Could Be 1977.

New York has done this since, multiple times, most recently (as far as I can tell), in 2005. This newest list is also very much worth a look, if only to see the athletes and now-disgraced titans of industry and who make their 1977 counterparts look like relative hobos. (Lehman’s Dick Fuld made $35,000,000 in 2005; Frank Cary, CEO of IBM, earned $595,000 28 years prior. Raise your hand if you still do business with Lehman Brothers.)
These comparisons aren’t fair, of course. A dollar in 1977 isn’t the same as a dollar today. (In fact, a 1977 dollar is worth about three-and-a-half times a 2010 dollar.) But it’s more fun comparing your salary to Rose Ann Scamardella’s $60,000 annual earnings than her actual $214,000-in-2010-dollars haul. (“Tony”, who passed out flyers for the Harem massage parlor, gets boosted from $3 an hour to only $10, so feel free to act superior.)

See the full article from “Mediaite.com”

New York Massage Parlors: There’s the rub

Some residents and officials are worried about a new massage parlor that won approval in Middlesex Twp. The owner says it will be a legal service.
Friday, February 19, 2010 CHRISTINE BAKER, The Patriot-News
Neighbors and some officials say they fear the massage spa opening next to the adult book store along the Miracle Mile section of U.S. Route 11 — truck stop central in Cumberland County — will put the “sex” in Middlesex Twp.
In the next few weeks, Blue Spa will open next to Mature Fantasy, an adult book store. Township officials, who can’t ban such a business but only regulate it, recently approved the spa. But that doesn’t mean officials like the idea.

“What do we look like when we have a massage parlor next to the adult book store?” said Scott Shirey, a member of the township zoning hearing board.

See the full article from “Patriot-News”

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