Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Baltimore County detectives served a search warrant on the Harford Road massage parlor Tuesday evening.
A Harford Road massage parlor appears to be closed Wednesday after Baltimore County detectives raided it Tuesday night with a search warrant. One person was arrested on charges of prostitution during the course of the investigation of Sunny Spa Asian Massage and Table Shower, according to police. The name of the individual who was arrested has not been released. Detective Cathy Batton, a spokeswoman for the police department, told Patch that county detectives were accompanied by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during the operation, but that the investigation is currently under the jurisdiction of Baltimore County Police Department. Signs and window coverings that advertised the business, located at 8604 Harford Road, …
Friday, October 7, 2011
Police arrested a New York woman in the raid.
Baltimore County police shut down an unlicensed massage parlor on Harford Road in Parkville Tuesday evening and arrested a New York woman inside the business charging her with prostitution, according to police spokeswoman Elise Armacost. Li Wang, 38, of Flushing, NY, was arrested and charged with a violation of massage therapy law and two counts of prostitution, Armacost said. Wang is free on $5,000 bond. Police executed search warrants at two locations, the massage parlor and an undisclosed address related to the business. Police also found and seized what Armacost called a "sizable amount of cash." The unlicensed massage parlor was operating on the second floor of a building at 8910 Harford Road. "We expect more arrests to come out of…
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
The raid, which took place in May, led to the arrest of five people for charges related to a prostitution ring that spanned several states.
Parkville Patch obtained the charging documents and a press release related to the May 10 raid of Elite Spa in Overlea, which federal officials have accussed of operating as a front for a brothel. The documents allege that the following individuals conspired to operate a multi-state prostitution ring: "The indictment alleges that the five defendants conspired to induce women, some of whom were undocumented aliens, to travel in interstate and foreign commerce for the purpose of prostitution, controlled their travel, and laundered the proceeds of the business," according to a press release from the office of Pensylvania Middle District U.S. Attorney Peter J. Smith. The operation allegedly included Elite Spa in Overlea along with four …
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12:44 pm on Friday, February 10, 2012
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