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13 Massage Parlors Targeted In Indianapolis Sweep
Multi-Agency Sweep Puts Regulatory Pressure On Businesses
POSTED: 1:08 pm EDT April 12, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS — Thirteen Indianapolis massage parlors were targeted in a multi-agency sweep on Monday as part of the city’s effort to curb prostitution at those businesses.
The parlors were targeted because of the nature of their advertising, the number of prior police runs and arrests there, 6News’ Jack Rinehart reported.
Six of the parlors had prostitution arrests last week. Some of the businesses had multiple violations, including a lack of proper business licenses and licenses for therapists. Some violated the fire code, along with zoning issues and sign violations.
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The city doesn’t know how many illicit massage parlors there are in Indianapolis because they pop up in different places frequently and without regulatory approval.

See the full article from “WRTV Indianapolis”

April 12, 2010
Chicago aldermen target massage parlors
Posted by Hal Dardick at 1:07 p.m.
Chicago aldermen attempting to prevent prostitution offered under the guise of massage services today endorsed a measure to ban massage businesses in locations that are mostly residential.
The ordinance approved by the City Council Zoning Committee would ban massage parlors in confined business districts that essentially serve just the surrounding neighborhood. They would be allowed in areas that have more commercial development.
Today’s action amends a previously proposed ordinance that would have enacted a broader ban and was opposed by therapeutic massage therapists who said it would damage their ability to do business. The newer measure was endorsed by Mayor Richard Daley’s administration, unlike the previous one. It is scheduled to go before the full council Wednesday.David Penn, an executive with the Massage Envy chain that is expanding in the city, said the proposal would prevent his company from doing business in some areas — without doing much to address the problem of prostitution.The proposal “doesn’t really solve the problem of the kind of illicit activities that you have,” he said.

See the full article from “Chicago Tribune (blog)”

Georgia: Public hearing is set on massage parlor rules in Macon. The ordinance would require any employees in massage parlor and bodywork shops to be state-licensed massage therapists to obtain a business license. The rule is also aimed at fighting against human trafficking and prostitution involved in massage parlors.  
Washington: The founder of Shared Hope International, Linda Smith, assist the lawmakers to pass the bill to punish John and prevent victims from revictimization. According to the report, teenagers become incarcerated over and over again while Johns are waved off. The bill, if implemented, would allow John’s vehicle to be impounded. Also, the teens would be sent to social services upon first offense and would not be treated as criminal offenders. 
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Cambodia: Police raid massage parlors in Ratanakkiri. The authorities shut down 27 karaoke and massage parlors. The authority also said that he was concerned that the employees would be lured into another false promise of traffickers if they ended up not finding a job. 

See the full article from “Examiner.com”

I would like to comment on an article published in the Yuma Sun which stated that the people from the Smile Spa Massage in Somerton were performing some “legitimate” massages in addition to providing illegal sexual services. No self-respecting licensed massage therapist would work in a “massage parlor.”
For your information, Arizona has had a massage therapy board for about six years now. Only those people who are licensed are supposed to be performing massage therapy or calling themselves massage therapists.
When I first read about this incident, I checked with the Arizona State Board of Massage Therapy and not one of those “massage therapists” names came up as being licensed.
If you would like to find a qualified massage therapist in your area, visit the Arizona Massage Therapy Board Web site at www.massageboard.az.gov and click on “Find a Therapist”. It will give you a choice to type in a person’s first name, last name or city, state and ZIP code.

See the full article from “Yuma Sun”

A Northbrook woman is charged with prostitution following an investigation at her Chicago massage parlor.
Kristy Chin, 37, was arrested after she offered to perform a sex act on an undercover officer working for the Cook County Sheriff’s Department.
A department press release said the incident occurred at the Therapy Spa on 3334 W. Peterson. Chin is believed to own the spa.
Chin is charged with prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution and performaing a massage without a license. An investigation is underway to see if the business the proper licenses required to operate a massage clinic in Chicago.
     Aaron Montrose    Brian V. O’Keefe    police photos
Two men are charged with the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy and the wounding of two other teens on February 21.
Aaron Montrose, 24, of the 5900 block of N. Maplewood and Brian V. O’Keefe, of the 4100 block of Williamsburg in Glenview, are charged with one count of first degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery.

See the full article from “Examiner.com”

The Cook County sheriff says 37-year-old Kristy Chin is believed to be the owner of a massage parlor on West Peterson.

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The owner of a North Side massage parlor is charged with prostitution after being busted in an undercover sting.
37-year old Christy Chin of Northbrook was arrested yesterday after offering to perform sex acts on an undercover Cook County Sheriff’s officer.
Chin owns the therapy spa in the 3300 block of West Peterson Ave.
She is charged with prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution and performing a massage without a license.

See the full article from “WGNtv.com”

Unhappy Ending
Massage parlor owner arrested in prostitution sting
Updated 1:30 PM CST, Sun, Mar 7, 2010
Like most people who run a business, Kristy Chin wants her customers to walk away satisfied.
But little did she know, the man who walked into her massage parlor wasn’t looking for the happy ending police say she was offering.
He was an undercover cop, but this wasn’t his first time inside the Therapy Spa at 334 W. Peterson Ave. Spurred on by complaints from neighbors, the sheriff’s office was in the midst of a sting operation, repeatedly returning to the spa, trying to gain the proprietor’s trust.
And it worked, according to charges filed against 37-year-old Chin. After the cop became a repeat client, authorities say she offered to perform a sex act on him, and was promptly arrested.

See the full article from “NBC Chicago”

Prohibition documents that belonged to Al Capone and a bulletproof vest allegedly worn by John Dillinger are among items that once belonged to an eccentric collector that are about to be auctioned, the Chicago Tribune reported.
A number of items that belonged to Harold Rubin are about to go on the auction block at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago, the paper said.
Among those items: a bulletproof vest allegedly worn by 1930s gangster Dillinger and a plaster mold of his death mask, prohibition documents, room keys and poker chips that allegedly belonged to Al Capone, along with photos of dead criminals, the Tribune reported.
Rubin, who died in 2007, was known as “Weird Harold” and he owned an adult bookstore, massage parlor and modeling studio on Chicago’s Wabash Avenue, the paper said.

See the full article from “USA Today”

Harold Rubin, the eccentric collector once dubbed the “king of Chicago pornography,” or John Dillinger, the notorious 1930s gangster?
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers are hoping a little of both.
This month, part of Rubin’s collection will go on the block at the Chicago auction house. Among the most gripping items are a bulletproof vest that reportedly was worn or stolen by Dillinger and a plaster mold of his death mask. Prohibition documents, room keys, poker chips, all said to have belonged to Al Capone, as well as gruesome photographs of dead criminals and their families, also will be for sale.
Fans of Rubin, who died in 2007, knew him as Weird Harold, a nickname he took with him when he opened Weird Harold’s, an adult bookstore, massage parlor and nude modeling studio at 541 S. Wabash Ave.

See the full article from “Chicago Tribune”