Austin, Texas - Hundreds of condoms that
clogged a city sewer pipe led police to raid a massage parlor in
Texas and arrest two people for prostitution and other crimes,
police documents released on Tuesday showed.
A real estate agent who had just taken took over the
property notified police of the problem at Jade Massage Therapy
in the Texas capital of Austin and told them that other tenants
believed the business was a front for prostitution, a police
arrest affidavit said.
Austin police then launched their probe that culminated in a
raid about six weeks later where a woman who co-managed the
business "was found in a massage room with a completely nude and
uncovered male," the document said.
Juan Wang and her husband Joseph Emery were arrested on
suspicion of managing "a prostitution enterprise that used two
or more prostitutes," it said.
No lawyer was listed on the arrest affidavit and the
company's phone went to voicemail. Neither person could be
immediately reached for comment at phone numbers associated with
their names.
Police also discovered more than $60,000 in cash at the
woman's home. She and her husband were arrested in March and
charged with engaging in organized criminal activity to promote
prostitution and money laundering, court documents filed in
April showed.