Now we have a spa in Norwalk (Shogun's Palace) advertising again in the same place as other spas were in. Is it possible that the Powers That Be in Norwalk just thought they had *too many* spots?
Not sure if Crystal AKA Shogun's is open now but it got a visit from the police last week. This ran a few days ago in the Stamford Advocate
Spa raids lead to prostitution charges
Police raided three massage parlors Thursday, resulting in seven prostitution-related arrests.
The undercover operation raided West Avenue's Crystal Spa at about 2:30 p.m., then moved to Executive Spa on Connecticut Avenue at about 8:30 p.m., before wrapping up at Main Avenue's Nirvana Spa at about 11:30 p.m., Special Services Lt. Peter Randall said.
Officers charged four women with prostitution, two with promoting prostitution and one with permitting prostitution.
"Surveillance has been made of these establishments for an extended period of time," Randall said. "We will continue to monitor these places and take the appropriate action if we see any future prostitution activity at these establishments."
The raid is part of a continuing crackdown on massage parlors police say are fronts for prostitution.
One man in the same building as Nirvana, at 181 Main Ave., which has been raided three times in 15 months, said Nirvana's reputation has made it difficult to do business at his address. Four woman were arrested on prostitution-related charges there Thursday night.
"It is an embarrassment to have this kind of business in the same building," said the man, who asked that his name not be used because he fears retribution.
"No matter how many times they raid that establishment, within a couple of weeks they are back in full operation. I don't understand because of how the state laws are written how they can continually be raided and not be shut down permanently," the man added.
A dental assistant working downstairs from Nirvana at Shel Dental said the massage parlor gives her business a bad reputation.
"We have kids coming into the office," Claudia Fernandez said.
Another dental assistant, Amanda Sgro, said her patients have gone there thinking it is a legitimate day spa.
One woman went there "only to find out that she was going to get more than a massage. She came down and asked us why we didn't tell her what was going on up there," Sgro said.
While five of the women were released on written promises to appear on bond, one woman charged with prostitution at Crystal Spa, KH, 55, was arraigned at state Superior Court in Norwalk yesterday.
H, of <address removed>, Flushing, N.Y., had her police bond raised from $5,000 to $7,500 by Judge Burton Kaplan at her arraignment because she is a flight risk.
H has 16 aliases and three prostitution convictions from New York's Westchester and Nassau counties in 1996 and 1997, said Bail Commissioner Muntega Belton Moore. She was convicted of jumping bail in 1997 in Westchester County and does not have proper identification, Belton Moore added.
Norwalk police have raided Crystal Spa four times in the past 18 months with prostitution arrests in each action.
During the last raid at Crystal Spa May 31, police made three prostitution arrests and charged owner HK with promoting prostitution.
K, who pleaded guilty to federal human trafficking charges in September, faces 14-21 months in prison when she is sentenced next month.
The charges relating to her transporting Korean immigrants across state lines to engage in prostitution came out of a federal raid at Crystal Spa in August 2006.
At Crystal, police also charged KSK, 45, of <address removed>, Flushing N.Y., with promoting prostitution. She was released on $5,000 bond.
Court records show that in Thursday's raid, police confiscated 33 hidden condoms at Crystal Spa and found used condoms in a jar of rubbing alcohol.
While serving a search and seizure warrant at Executive Spa at 178 Connecticut Ave., police charged AG, 53, of <address removed>, Norwalk, with prostitution. She was released on a $2,500 bond.
The Nirvana raid netted three arrests.
YB, 50, of Killeen, Texas, was charged with promoting prostitution, DYL, 24, of <address removed>, Norwalk, was charged with prostitution, AH, 37, of <address removed>, Norwalk, was charged with prostitution and IP, 60, of <address removed>, Oahu, Hawaii, was charged with permitting prostitution.