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A South Elgin spa has a new name but an old problem.
Police arrested 65-year-old Son Jang, of Arlington Heights, on prostitution charges Friday, less than a year after arresting a Bolingbrook woman on similar charges in the same location, according to Sgt. Mike Doty.
The massage parlor at 1314 W. Spring St., was called Heaven Spa when 44-year-old Naomi Suh was arrested last March and charged with solicitation of prostitution and keeping a place of prostitution, among other charges.
Doty said officers conducted an undercover checkup Friday on the renamed Sport Spa, only to find the same conduct. This time Jang offered to perform a sexual act for money, Doty said.
Jang paid $150 bond for her misdemeanor prostitution charge and is due in court at 9 a.m. Feb. 27 in Elgin.

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WHEATON, Ill. (WLS) - The first of two women arrested earlier this fall for allegedly offering sexual favors for money at a massage parlor in Naperville has been sentenced in that case.

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Woman sentenced in Naperville massage parlor case BY BILL BIRD wbird@stmedianetwork.com December 7, 2011 10:58PM
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The first of two women arrested earlier this fall for allegedly offering sexual favors for money at a massage parlor in Naperville has been sentenced in that case.
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Zhang and an associate, Meiying Xu, were arrested at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21 on Naperville’s far south side. The massage parlor was located in a strip mall on the 1800 block of South Washington Street, west of the DuPage River and near the Old Farm neighborhood.
Members of the police Special Operations Group and Intel Unit investigated reports of “subjects engaging in acts of prostitution through a business front purported to be a massage parlor,” Sgt. Nick Liberio said in October. Zhang and Xu had allegedly “posted various services on the Internet, and agreed to meet their customers at the massage parlor and perform sexual acts in exchange for money,” Liberio said.

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Police acted on several complaints that sex acts were being performed for cash at two area massage parlors.

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Prostitution arrest at Naperville massage parlor
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Naperville police arrested two women Friday at a local massage parlor after one agreed to exchange sex for money with an undercover officer, police said. 
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Police did not provide a name or address for the massage parlor.
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Naperville police arrested two women Friday in connection with prostitution at a local massage parlor.
 
Meiying Xu, 49, was charged with prostitution and violation of the massage licensing act. Siwei Zhan, 40, was charged with violating the massage licensing act. Both listed home addresses in California, according to police.
 
Naperville Police Sgt. Nick Liberio said residents complained about the parlor, on the city’s south side, and online reviews of the parlor indicated patrons could pay for sex.
 
An undercover officer was used to in the investigation and no customers were arrested, Liberio said.
 
Both bonded out of court and have court dates in the future, Liberio said.

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Naperville police arrested two women Friday night after a sting operation at a massage parlor on the citys far south side. The women posted various services on the Internet and agreed to meet their customers at the massage parlor and perform sexual acts in exchange for money, according to a news release.
Meiying Xu, 49, of Alhambra, Calif., was charged with prostitution and violating the massage licensing act, and Siwei Zhang, 40, of Monterey Park, Calif., was charged with violating the massage licensing act, according to the news release

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Suburban Cook County residents are lining up to have a word with township assessors as bills for the second half of the property tax year are coming in unexpectedly high. “I almost had a heart attack,” Dan Pappas of Mount Prospect said. “Unbelievable. It went way up. My first payment was $2,600. This payment went up to $5,500. It’s nuts.” Full story.
But tax appeals favor businesses
Many Cook County homeowners opened their tax bills this week to find the amount they owed went up, even though the assessed value of their property went down. In the Northwest suburbs, one reason is that commercial property owners who appealed their assessments got bigger breaks than homeowners. Full story.
Buffalo Grove massage parlor shut down after third prostitution bust
A Buffalo Grove spa has been shut down after the village president revoked the massage parlor’s license due to its third prostitution bust in five years. GQ Spa, 1105 Weiland Road, was the target of an undercover police investigation in July. Full story.

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The GQ Spa in Buffalo Grove is out of business after Village President Jeffrey Braiman revoked the massage parlors license to operate in the wake of its third prostitution bust in five years.
Braiman announced his decision, which effectively shuts down the business at 1105 Weiland Road. on Monday. His ruling comes after the village held hearings in recent weeks examining the business record and giving its representatives a chance to defend it.
Ultimately, however, spa operator Christine Lee failed to persuade Braiman that GQ Spa deserved another chance.
The reason we looked at GQ is because this was the third time in about five years, he said.
Braiman called for the hearings after an undercover police investigation resulted in the July 20 arrest of a 42-year-old Park Ridge woman on a charge of prostitution. Another GQ Spa employee was arrested on the same charge in 2010 and a third prostitution bust took place in 2006.

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Five days after village leaders testified about alleged acts of prostitution at GQ Spa, Buffalo Grove’s village president revoked the massage parlor’s license.
Jeff Braiman said Monday that he ordered revocation of the business’ license Sept. 29, effective immediately. His decision followed a two-part hearing last month where officials expressed concerns about recent prostitution charges and business representatives asked for another chance.
Braiman called the hearing after Buffalo Grove police charged a GQ Spa employee with prostitution in July. Similar charges were filed against two other GQ Spa employees in 2006 and 2010.
In all three incidents, “the sexual or genital areas of a patron … were not covered by towels, cloths or undergarments when in the presence of an employee or massage therapist” and the masseuse “placed her hand upon and touched, fondled or massaged the sexual or genital area of another person,” Braiman wrote in the order of revocation.

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Buffalo Grove officials could strip a village massage parlor of its operating license next week in response to the July arrest of one of its employees on a prostitution charge.
Village President Jeffrey Braiman, who will conduct the hearing, said Monday it is the third time since 2006 that a worker at GQ Spa, 1105 Weiland Road, has been charged with prostitution.
Braiman held a four-hour hearing on the matter two weeks ago, but agreed to postpone a decision on the business license until at least next week to give the spas owner time to present additional testimony on her behalf.
Im giving them every opportunity to present their case, Braiman said.
Police on July 20 arrested Solongomaa Tserendori, 42, of the 1400 block of Carol Street in Park Ridge, on a charge of prostitution following an investigation of the spa.

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