San Diego cops have shut down a massage parlor they say was used as a front for an illegal prostitution ring. Mesa City Attorney Mara Elliott announced the closure Tuesday, marking the end of a months-long investigation. The probe revolved around Ocean Spa in Kearny, which operated out of two units at an office building on Kearny Villa Road. Over the years, residents have repeatedly complained about the enterprise - with San Diego Police receiving reports of people having sex in cars on the premises, sex noises loud enough to disrupt neighbors, and ads promoting prostitution online.
Among those forced to sit through the sordid scenes were youngsters in a Bible study that for years was set next-door, before it moved out in due to the alleged activity , cops said. At least four arrests have been made. San Diego cops shut down a massage parlor they say was used as a front for an illegal prostitution ring this week, after making at least four arrests. The probe revolved around Ocean Spa in Kearny, which staffers seemingly left in haste following a court order to officially cease business.
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In his own statement, David Nisleit - Chief of the SDPD - assured onlookers that the department and city attorney's office 'will not stand idly by while nuisance and criminal establishments violate the law and take advantage of our communities.
Court documents filed by the city tell the rest of the story - and how the business repeatedly raised red flags as staffers, and customers, allegedly engaged in their misdeeds. The complaints, the city's civil action says, began in , when locals cited 'traffic at all hours of the day, sexual sounds coming from the premises which are audible to nearby businesses, and female employees wearing sexually explicit clothing. A sprawling sting ensued, during which undercover detectives within Nisleit's force spent some hours last year alone compiling potentially damning evidence about the parlor's inner-workings.
This, prosecutors explained, proved enough to make four arrests - all involving spa workers who offered the undercovers sex for purchase. In his own statement, David Nisleit - Chief of the SDPD - assured onlookers that the department and city attorney's office 'will not stand idly by while nuisance and criminal establishments violate the law and take advantage of our communities'.
