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Tampa Massage Parlors: Chattanooga police arrest Florida man wanted in sledgehammer murder case

Friday, July 16th, 2010

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Florida fugitive Jason Andrews arrested last night in connection with a capital murder case out of Pasco County, Fla.
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Chattanooga police and U.S. Marshals have arrested a Florida fugitive wanted in connection with a capital murder case where a tattoo parlor owner was beaten to death with a sledgehammer while he lay on a massage table.
Jason Andrews, who was working as a manager at the Chattanooga Billiard Club on Jordan Drive was arrested last night during his shift.
Mr. Andrews is wanted in connection with the Pasco County, Fla. capital murder investigation in the death of massage parlor owner Dennis Abrahamsen.

See the full article from “Chattanooga Times Free Press”

Tampa Massage Parlors: Chattanooga police arrest Florida man wanted in sledgehammer murder case

Friday, July 16th, 2010

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Florida fugitive Jason Andrews arrested last night in connection with a capital murder case out of Pasco County, Fla.
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Chattanooga police and U.S. Marshals have arrested a Florida fugitive wanted in connection with a capital murder case where a massage parlor owner was beaten to death with a sledgehammer.
Jason Andrews, who was working as a manager at the Chattanooga Billiard Club on Jordan Drive was arrested last night during his shift.
Mr. Andrews is wanted in connection with the Pasco County, Fla. capital murder investigation in the death of massage parlor owner Dennis Abrahamsen.

See the full article from “Chattanooga Times Free Press”

Tampa Massage Parlors: Arrest of Florida Fugitive

Friday, July 16th, 2010

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A collaborative effort between the US Marshal Service and the Chattanooga Police Department landing Florida fugitive, Jason Andrews, in Hamilton County Jail last night.
Andrews was wanted in connection with a high-profile capital murder case out of Pasco County, Florida in which massage parlor owner, Dennis Abrahamsen, was brutally beaten to death with a sledgehammer.
Law enforcement officials received word that Andrews was in the Chattanooga area working as a manager at the Chattanooga Billiards Club on Jordan Drive.
After conducting surveillance and identifying Andrews, CPD Fugitive Detectives and US Marshals took him into custody last night as he was working his shift.
Andrews was secured without incident and will be held at the Hamilton County Jail until he can be extradited back to Pasco County, Florida.

See the full article from “WDEF News 12″

Tampa Massage Parlors: Global human trafficking news roundup (June 8, 2010)

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Texas:  A smuggling ringleader was sentenced 17 years in jail for smuggling more than 70 people from Mexico. The police found 17 people dead, two others died later from dehydration, suffocation, and overheating. The surviving victims testified that they tried to kick out a signal light to try to get attention from a passing motorist. 
Hawaii:  Labor trafficking victims testify against their employer before the court. They said that some of them were underpaid and lived in a modified storage container on the farm. Each worker is from Thailand and promised a good paying job in Hawaii. They also paid $20,000 to come to Hawaii. One of the victims said that they were given moldy bread to eat. 
Virginia: The police arrested three people at a massage parlor in Leesburg. The police said that all of them were Korean background, but their residential status is currently unclear. This is the fourth message parlor that the police charged with prostitution or sex trafficking related offense. 

See the full article from “Examiner.com”

Tampa Massage Parlors: Massage parlor employees face prostitution charges

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Massage parlor employees face prostitution charges
TBO.com
Published: June 4, 2010
TAMPA – Employees of two South Tampa massage parlors have been arrested on prostitution charges, police said.
Sung Rowe, 41, was arrested Thursday at New Gold Spa, 3637 S. West Shore Blvd. She faces charges including six counts of unlicensed practice of a healthcare professional and four counts of offering to commit prostitution, records show.
Rowe, of Flushing, N.Y., is being held on $13,000 bail.
Also Thursday, police arrested Suhua Zhang and Mei Fang at J-Spa, 4644 W. Gandy Blvd.
Zhang, 41, of Port Richey, faces three counts of offering to commit prostitution. She has been released on $750 bail.
Fang, 49, of Tampa, faces one count each of offering to commit prostitution and failing to appear in court on a prostitution charge. She was released on $2,750 bail.

See the full article from “Tampa Tribune”

Tampa Massage Parlors: Three women in custody after prostitution bust

Friday, June 4th, 2010

PERRY TWP., Pa. – June 4, 2010 (WPVI) –
Three women are in police custody after a prostitution bust at a Berks County massage parlor.

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Tampa Massage Parlors: Three women arrested at Shoemakersville massage parlor for prostitution

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Three women arrested at Shoemakersville massage parlor for prostitution
Published: Friday, June 04, 2010
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The Peace of Mind Day Spa, in Shoemakersville, where the three women in custody allegedly participated in prostitution in exchange for money. View and purchase photos

Berks County detectives have charged three women with prostitution and related offenses after a June 3 bust at a Perry Township massage parlor.

This investigation was initiated after the Berks County Detectives received complaints from concerned citizens regarding prostitution activities occurring inside the massage parlor.
During the investigation, an undercover detective from the District Attorney’s Office met with the women on two separate occasions inside the massage parlor.  

At approximately 4:35 p.m., task force detectives executed the aforementioned search warrant. Detectives found all three women inside the business.  There were no customers inside the massage parlor at the time of the search.  

See the full article from “Boyertown Berk Montgomery Newspapers”

Tampa Massage Parlors: Spa Busted For Alleged Prostitution

Friday, June 4th, 2010

PERRY TWP., Pa. — Three women were taken into custody on prostitution charges during a raid on a local massage parlor, according to authorities.
The Berks County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force said it began its investigation into the Peace of Mind Spa on Route 61 in Perry Township, just north of Shoemakersville, after receiving complaints about possible prostitution taking place inside.
During their investigation, detectives said they went undercover and met with Xiangdan Li, Sungnam Yang, and In Suk Saunders two separate times. The detectives said the women offered to provide them sexual services in exchange for money.

Detectives said they also searched the massage parlor and seized surveillance cameras, cash, condoms, numerous documents, and various items associated with prostitution.

This is the sixth raid for alleged prostitution at a massage parlor in Berks County since the start of the year.

See the full article from “WFMZ Allentown”

Tampa Massage Parlors: Fla. Editorials Gang Up on Attorney General’s Support of ‘Rentboy Rekers’

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

The editorial drew an unflattering comparison between McCollum and Rekers, noting that, “Attorney General Bill McCollum and George Rekers have this in common: They were both happy to hire sleazy services, and they knew what they were getting for the money. Now both are having trouble explaining themselves.”
Rekers had told the press that he had hired 20-year-old Jo-vanni Roman to act as a luggage porter because Rekers was unable to hoist his own luggage following surgery. Rekers also claimed that the European trip was well underway before he learned that his travel companion was a male escort–despite having hired Roman through RentBoy.com, an online clearinghouse for escort services.
Rekers, who co-founded anti-gay group Family Research Council and was until recently a board member of “ex-gay” group NARTH, threatened to sue over media suggestions that he is closeted. But Roman told the press that he was not lifting luggage for Rekers; rather, the young escort said, his daily duties included giving Rekers erotic massage.

See the full article from “EDGE Boston”

Tampa Massage Parlors: Sex addiction — is it real?

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Sex addiction — is it real?
By Jessica YadegaranContra Costa Times
Posted: 04/07/2010 01:00:00 AM PDT
Updated: 04/07/2010 12:11:38 PM PDT
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ADDICTS CALL IT a God-sized hole, a hollowness in the soul. It leaks no matter how much they try to fill it — and at what cost. For years, George filled his emptiness with pornography, erotic massage and, eventually, sex for hire. There was no tenderness. Even pleasure was rare because every time George engaged in his obsessive sexual behaviors, he felt dirty and even emptier than before.

See the full article from “San Jose Mercury News”