San Angelo police: Two arrested in undercover massage parlor sting - San Angelo Standard Times

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Mei Fang Shi(Photo: Tom Green County Jail)


The San Angelo Police Department on Wednesday announced it had arrested two people — one on a prostitution charge — following an undercover operation at two massage parlors.

"Over the course of several months, the San Angelo Police Department has received several citizen complaints regarding prostitution occurring inside two local massage parlors," according to an SAPD news release.

So Wednesday SAPD Street Crimes investigators, with the assistance of Homeland Security Investigations agents, conducted undercover operations at Sakura Massage, 1021 Caddo St., and Asian Massage, 3292 Sherwood Way, the release states.

After interviews that determined no personnel were victims of human trafficking, prostitution was identified at one establishment, according to the release, which did not specify which location it was.

Both establishments, however, "were in violation of various statutes of Chapter 455 of the Occupations Code, which states [in part]; persons cannot operate as Massage Therapists unless they are properly educated and licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services; licenses have to be openly displayed inside the business; and that it is a violation for the owner/operator to allow unlicensed Massage Therapists to work at a Massage Establishment," the release states.

Hai Xiang Liu (Photo: Tom Green County Jail)


Hai Xiang Liu, 53, was charged with Class B misdemeanor massage therapy license/owner violation. Mei Fang Shi, 35, was arrested on a charge of Class B misdemeanor prostitution. Both were booked into the Tom Green County Jail.


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