Worthington, Ohio, United States

United States · Worthington, Ohio · 2006 (location generalized to protect survivors)

It seems as though the prostituted people disappeared from the scene as the arrests were taking place. they were missing. January 27, 2006 nbc4i.com Undercover Officers, Deputies Bust Alleged Prostitution House Police Search For Alleged Madam UPDATED: 7:45 pm EST January 27, 2006 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two California women were arrested and charged with engaging in prostitution after a massage parlor was raided Friday afternoon. The raid took place at the Ocean Health Spa, located at 4392 Indianola Ave., at about 2:30 p.m., NBC 4's Erin Tate reported. Watch The Report SLIDESHOWS: Images From Raid | June Prostitution Busts Bags of condoms and $15,000 in cash that was wrapped in aluminum foil were taken from the business at about 2:30 p.m. Columbus police and Franklin County sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant inside the massage parlor, alleging that much more was taking place inside. The business was a front for organized prostitution, according to Franklin County Chief Deputy Steve Martin. The women who were arrested are both 50 years old, Tate reported. A male customer was inside the business at the time of the undercover operation, but he was not arrested, Tate reported. Law enforcement was looking for several other suspected prostitutes who work at the Ocean Health Spa, along with the madam who is suspected of running the operation. Authorities did not release her name but said she faces more serious charges of promoting prostitution. "It's sort of almost like a slave trade," said Franklin County Chief Deputy Steve Martin. "These females are shipped from one location to another, all over the country. Every time we get driver's licenses or ID from them, we get them from Boston, L.A., Houston, Texas." Martin said the operator of the Ocean Health Spa is different from the person who ran the Oasis Health Spa at the exact location. The Oasis Health Spa was raided in June for similar crimes, along with the Jade Clinic, located on East Dublin-Granville Road. Website: http://www.nbc4i.com/news/6505919/detail.html