Girl accused of providing intercourse to undercover Las Vegas cop inside unlicensed therapeutic massage parlor
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A lady is accused of providing an undercover Las Vegas police officer intercourse in an unlicensed therapeutic massage enterprise with the identical title as one the 8 Information Now Investigators beforehand reported was allegedly housing intercourse trafficking victims.
Lily A Reflexology is situated on Tropicana Avenue and Jones Boulevard, based on enterprise information. The enterprise was listed in state information as dissolved as of Wednesday although on-line posts continued to say it was open 24/7.
On Thursday, Feb. 22, an undercover Las Vegas Metro police officer went to the enterprise as a part of an ongoing investigation, paperwork stated. A lady, later recognized as Yanqing Zhu, greeted the officer after he rang a doorbell. Zhu escorted the officer to a backroom. The officer then paid $60 for a 30-minute therapeutic massage, paperwork stated.
“Shortly after, [Zhu] reentered the room [and] pulled her gown up exposing her genitalia,” paperwork stated. After a number of minutes, Zhu then allegedly provided the officer sexual activity for $200.
The officer paid Zhu $200 and she or he left the room to retrieve condoms, paperwork stated. Different officers and detectives then entered the enterprise and took Zhu into custody.
There is no such thing as a county enterprise license for therapeutic massage remedy companies for the enterprise, police stated. In 2022, Wei Geng, the then-owner of a enterprise with the identical title, confronted three counts of pandering, three counts of residing from the earnings of a prostitute and one cost of an act encouraging a brothel, information confirmed.
Prosecutors dropped the case in 2023, although Geng’s lawyer famous he obtained a Marcum discover from prosecutors, that means an indictment from a grand jury could also be forthcoming, information stated. No case was filed as of Wednesday.
In that investigation, detectives stated a person complained to police that he went to get a therapeutic massage however was propositioned for “full service,” which police stated means sexual activity, for $150, paperwork stated. Investigators stated the reflexology enterprise was working as an unlawful brothel, which they stated was “disguised” as a reflexology and therapeutic massage enterprise.
Contained in the unlawful brothel, police stated they discovered a room with 4 beds. Investigators on the time stated they suspected the room was sleeping quarters for ladies intercourse trafficked to work on the enterprise, they wrote in paperwork. Investigators stated in addition they discovered condoms and different sex-related gadgets.
Zhu faces costs of prostitution, performing as a therapeutic massage therapist and not using a license and resisting a public officer. She was launched with out having to submit bail. Her subsequent courtroom date was scheduled for April 29.
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