New York Massage Parlors: Union City police shut massage parlor, charge woman with prostitution

UNION CITY A massage parlor was shut down Friday evening after a woman there was charged with prostitution, police said.
At 5:50 p.m., police responded to a call of alleged prostitution taking place at the Wellcare Nature Therapy massage parlor, at 2911 Summit Ave., officials said.
A plainclothes police officer was sent to the location and Wanda Suarez, 35, of New York, was arrested and charged with prostitution after offering to perform sexual acts in exchange for $120, authorities said.
Police seized boxes of condoms and $1,020 in cash from the location, reports said.
The massage parlor is currently closed as Union City police work with the city Building Department to revoke its Certificate of Occupancy, police said.

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New York Massage Parlors: New York woman is charged with prostitution at Union City business, cops say

UNION CITY — A city massage parlor has been shut down after a woman was arrested there for prostitution Friday evening, police said.
Wanda Suarez, 35, from New York, was charged with prostitution, reports said. At 5:50 p.m., police responded to a call of alleged prostitution taking place at the Wellcare Nature Therapy massage parlor, located at 2911 Summit Ave., officials said.
Suarez was arrested after offering to perform sexual acts in exchange for $120, authorities said.
Police seized boxes of condoms and $1,020 in cash from the location, reports said. The massage parlor is currently closed as Union City police work with the city Building Department in an effort to revoke its certificate of occupancy, police said.

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New York Massage Parlors: Massage parlors not easy to shut down even after prostitution arrests

Massage parlors not easy to shut down even after prostitution arrests
Two massage parlors just blocks away from each other were raided late last month producing three arrests of women for engaging in prostitution and additional charges of practicing massage therapy without a license. The Lyndhurst massage parlor arrests were among 27 in a month-long county coordinated sting into prostitution throughout Bergen County, but the latest in a long line of trouble for illegal massage parlors in Lyndhurst that seem even after being raided in the past for illegal activities, manage to keep their doors open.
Lyndhurst Police Chief James O’Connor looks through the paperwork for 752 Spa with the owner of the massage parlor after the police raided it in 2007. It had been raided twice before it was shut down for good.

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New York Massage Parlors: The Don Geronimo Show – April 13, 2012

Today, being Friday, the 13th, Don begins by telling us about the superstitions he had in his “morning zoo” days, and how he would make his interns walk under ladders, break mirrors, etc. on this, the most superstitious of days. Mayor Kevin Johnson is in New York today to discuss the arena deal with Commissioner Stern, and to address the possible issues the Maloof’s have with the arena deal they agreed on during the NBA All Star Weekend in Orlando. After talking about another new game Slow Joe has come up with, and the “human Statue Of Liberties” that are seen on the street holding up business signs, Dave explains how to haggle at Asian massage parlors, and Don tells us that his John Wilkes Booth Bobblehead arrived in the mail yesterday, and he pulls it out of the package to show us. He also found an old journal of his son Bart’s from 1994, when he was 9 years old. Don reads a few of its contents, including Bart’s Christmas list, and the gifts he actually got.

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New York Massage Parlors: Prostitution sting catches seven from Edgewater

Prostitution sting catches seven from Edgewater
A mass prostitution sting conducted throughout Bergen County resulted in the arrest of seven individuals in Edgewater on March 26, implicating five massage parlors in the area, according to officials.

Police targeted Aqua Spa, World Spa, Jade Spa, River Wellness Spa and Hudson Therapy in a joint investigation with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations squad and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office.
Police also seized $27,000 in the investigation.
Most of the individuals arrested in Edgewater are from Queens, N.Y., including Chongsun Harris, 46, Chunmei Zhao, 39, Meilan Jin, 43, Ying Hau Zhao, 44, and Xiangyu Quan, 48. Yushin Ogrady, 54, of Rockaway was charged with engaging in prostitution at Jade Spa and Chom Chong, 55, of Edgewater was charged with promoting prostitution at Aqua Spa.

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New York Massage Parlors: Massage parlor investigations lead to arrests in Garfield

Massage parlor investigations lead to arrests in Garfield

On March 15, 11 individuals from New York and New Jersey were arrested at a hotel in Paramus for prostitution and related offenses. Following the arrests, five massage parlors known to be committing acts of prostitution in Edgewater were targeted with additional arrests. On March 27, Spa 46 located at 480 Boulevard in Garfield was one of the parlors targeted. It resulted in the arrests of Zhenhua Paao, 42 of Queens, N.Y., and Ping Guo, 41, of Queens, N.Y. Both were arrested and charged with engaging in prostitution.
Targeted during this investigation were numerous illegal massage parlors and in-call prostitution operations that have been operating in area hotels. According to Molinello, the term “in-call” refers to a set-up whereby customers respond to a location supplied and paid for by the illegal operation where the customer engages in sexual activity with a prostitute in exchange for money.

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New York Massage Parlors: Ramsey clamps down on illegal activity at massage parlors

Ramsey clamps down on illegal activity at massage parlors
RAMSEY — Two weeks after the Borough Council approved an amendment tightening an ordinance regulating massage therapists and establishments in the community, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office announced it had arrested an employee at Ocean Spa on prostitution charges.
On Monday, April 2, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced the arrests of 27 individuals for prostitution-related offenses at 12 massage parlors across the county. Among those charged with engaging in prostitution was Shundi Li, 36, of Queens, who worked at the business at 66 E. Main St.
The borough’s police department was among eight that participated in the sting, which was conducted the week of March 26. Li was arrested on March 29.
The enforcement effort targeted selected locations and/or businesses in response to citizen complaints made to local police departments, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office tip line, according to Molinelli’s office.

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New York Massage Parlors: Massage Parlor Owner Accused of Promoting Prostitution

Massage Parlor Owner Accused of Promoting Prostitution
Police searched Jade Massage Therapy, also known 888 Massage, and arrested the owner.
Yujing Hou, of Valley Stream, New York, turned herself in to police at 5 a.m. on Tuesday. Police said she is also known as Anna.
Clinton police arrested the owner of a massage parlor who is accused of using it as a brothel.
Yujing Hou, of Valley Stream, New York, turned herself in to police at 5 a.m. on Tuesday. Police said she is also known as Anna.
Police in Nassau County New York tried to serve arrest warrants at her residence in New York last week, but they could not find her.
On March 8, Clinton police searched Jade Massage Therapy, at 3 Post Office Square, also known as 888 Massage, after receiving several complaints from residents that men patronizing the business were engaging in sex with the female employees inside the business.

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New York Massage Parlors: Raising the curtain on suburban prostitution

The willingness of some men in affluent Bergen County to pay top dollar for sexual services is driving a shadowy network of prostitution in massage parlors and hotels, according to experts and law enforcement officials.

The impact of these operations is difficult to gauge. In towns without strong ordinances discouraging massage parlor prostitution, raided locations can be back in business within a week. The Record found that most of the parlors targeted by undercover police officers last month and in a similar sweep in January 2011 remain open. In most cases, prostitution is treated as a disorderly persons offense and rarely results in jail time, said Maureen Parenta, a spokesman for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.

But Dr. Ko-Lin Chin, a professor at the Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice and an expert on sex-trafficking networks, said Asian women, in particular, are motivated to seek work as prostitutes in massage parlors, particularly in wealthy ZIP codes. The reason for that is a simple one, he said: money.

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New York Massage Parlors: West Haven massage parlor under investigation for possible prostitution

WEST HAVEN – Police have made an arrest in connection with an investigation of an unlicensed massage parlor, according to a police press release.
Lin Ying, 36, 774 60th Street, Apt. 5R, Brooklyn, New York, was arrested and charged with interfering with police and practice restricted to licensed persons.
Officers had received complaints that The Marigold Spa, 236 Captain Thomas Boulevard, was still in operation several weeks after it was shut down due to health department concerns.
Police arrested Ying after she allegedly slammed the door of the business shut after seeing police.
According to the release, police are continuing to investigate the parlor, which they believe is housing a prostitution scheme run by Ying, and expect more arrests. 

See the full article from “New Haven Register”

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