Crime & Safety
Police: Two Women Arrested in Lindenhurst Massage Parlor Raid
Ping Xie and Hui Zhao, from Queens, were nabbed on Saturday afternoon in a raid at Sunflower Spa in Lindenhurst, according to Suffolk Police.
Two women were arrested for prostitution at a Lindenhurst massage parlor on Saturday afternoon, according to police.
The Suffolk County Police First Precinct Crime Section conducted an undercover investigation into illegal activities at the Sunflower Spa, located at 145 Sunrise Highway in Lindenhurst, and officers arrested Ping Xie and Hui Zhao at 3:30 p.m. yesterday.
According to police, Zhao, 40, and Xie, 42 - both from Flushing, Queens - were charged with prostitution, as well as unauthorized practice of a profession, a class E felony.
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Both women were held overnight for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip on Sunday, noted police.
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