More than a thousand online prostitution advertisements. Sexual noises loud enough to disrupt a nearby Bible study. Officials announced the action at a Tuesday news conference in front of the Kearny Villa Road business. Neither the business nor its owners could be reached for comment. Police have been fielding complaints about the business, which has gone by several different names, since at least , court documents indicate.
Community members and nearby businesses have reported foot traffic at the location at all hours of the day, sexual sounds coming from the location and employees who wear explicit clothing. The church later left the business complex due to activity at the parlor, according to court documents.
Last year alone, San Diego police detectives spent more than hours investigating misdemeanor prostitution-related crimes at the property, officials said. Spa workers offered to sell sex to undercover police officers at least four times since β most recently in December β leading to two arrests for prostitution. Investigators have also documented 1, online advertisements for sex at the spa over the last five years. City inspectors sent to the property in October also found half a dozen building and zoning violations.
The owners combined two units in the business complex and created multiple massage rooms without submitting the required permits, court documents say. Some areas in the business appeared to be used for habitation, not massage β another zoning violation, the documents state. There were beds instead of traditional massage tables in some areas, a kitchen area with a well-stocked refrigerator and multiple suitcases and storage areas with clothing, shoes and other personal items, according to court documents.
These suspected habitation areas had city officials concerned some of the women who work at the business may be victims of human trafficking, officials said. Several notifications have been sent to various owners connected to the location about the alleged prostitution and other misdeeds occurring at the business. The owners briefly shut down the location in after being told of the violations, only to have the business start back up less than two months later under a different name.
