![]() ![]() Williams was arrested following an undercover investigation that included a massage parlor in Gulf Breeze that has since been reopened as Magdalene’s Gifts & Gatherings, a gift shop and safe space for human trafficking victims. He used the now-defunct website to advertise. This is the second investigation into prostitution at Santa Rosa County massage parlors in recent years.Ī Pensacola man pleaded guilty in 2019 in federal court on charges of money laundering and trafficking women at his massage parlors located in several places throughout the country including Gulf Breeze, Pensacola and Gainesville.ĭavid Clayton Williams, 41, was convicted of running Asian massage parlors with Chinese women illegally brought to the United States, where they would offer sex acts in exchange for money. "We don't know that yet, we are going through different paperwork that we seized and different things that we seized at the locations and that will be forthcoming," Johnson said, about the possibility of human trafficking. Investigators were still working to determine whether human trafficking was a factor at any of the businesses. "We can't solicit that because that would be entrapment, but there was no solicitation on our part. "They make the offer to the undercover," he said. Undercover deputies wearing wires were offered sexual services by people working at the four parlors, Johnson said. "So taking that, I called Major Crimes and they sent in undercovers and that was confirmed pretty much for all four places." said that he overheard some people talking in reference to this massage parlor and that if you go in and you pay to get a massage, if you pay extra then they will provide another service for you afterwards," Johnson said. ![]() "The phone call that I got was an individual. Johnson said the investigation started when a person shared a tip with the sheriff. Johnson said the public should expect "more arrest warrants, coming on other individuals" in connection to the case on charges of prostitution. So, we have to do a warrant for their arrests, which is forthcoming for some of these individuals who work at these massage parlors." Well for this prostitution charge, it is not one of the exceptions. ![]() If you don't witness them, then you have to do a warrant. "Some misdemeanor charges, you have to witness as a deputy sheriff. "In Florida, it is a little weird," Johnson said. 'Record-setting verdict': SRSO ordered to pay $1.7M to family of inmate who took his own life ECSO, SRSO or PPD are not mandating vaccines for staff Vaccine mandates: Don't believe what you've heard. Investigators do not believe she was the owner of the business.Ĭounty records indicate she was booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail with a $1,500 bond and released from custody Saturday.Īt the time of the sheriff's press conference, neither Sun nor any other person had been charged with prostitution in connection to the investigation. Xia Sun, 37, of Gulf Breeze, was arrested Friday and charged with misrepresentation as a masseur and practicing massage without a license.Īccording to her arrest report, Sun was "identifying herself as a masseur without a license" at True Massage & Spa. As of Monday, one person had been arrested in the investigation. ![]()
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