Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze. Torrance police conducted a prostitution sting at four massage parlors in Torrance, CA on Thursday, May 08, which resulted in two arrests. What we do? Hawthorne Blvd. So many men coming and going. It was only men.
Robert Watt said. On Thursday, Torrance detectives with search and arrest warrants returned to the businesses, accompanied by state licensing officials. In two of the visits, male officers again posed as customers and were offered sex, authorities said.
Jin allegedly offered to perform a sex act on an undercover officer Thursday, and Ford allegedly did so on a prior occasion, Watt said. Inside one of the treatment rooms, police forensic experts shined their black light on the wall next to an exam table and discovered evidence of semen, an obvious indication that a sex act had occurred in the room.
At Shanya Massage, Sepulveda Blvd. Another woman previously sought for a similar proposition during an earlier sting at Shanya could not be found. Zimmerman said his wife went into the massage parlor recently to ask what services were offered, but the workers there did not seem to want female customers.
Moraima Cruz-Gonzalez, 41, of South Gate was arrested on suspicion of prostitution; Kyungsoo Na, 65, of Gardena was held on suspicion of pimping. Watt said the police operation was designed to serve as a deterrent and that future actions could occur. Torrance police officials recently visited Sacramento to seek support for legislation that would give municipalities more control over massage parlor licensing and increase penalties against those who commit prostitution.
