June 05, News. In the Bennington raids, police seized computers, cellphones, business records and several thousand dollars in cash but made no arrests and filed no criminal charges. Rowland said police are now processing all the evidence. While such establishments regularly escape police scrutiny, Rubmaps.
Two of those have had connections to Everitt, of Bennington-bust fame. Last week, I went to see whether Rubmaps users were talking shit or telling it like it was.
It was just assumed that my massage would close with the proverbial happy ending, like a fortune cookie at the end of the meal. The working conditions I witnessed, or which female employees described to me, were consistent with what law-enforcement officers say characterize businesses engaged in forced prostitution.
In fact, many of the red flags for sex trafficking outlined in the Bennington police affidavits were also evident at three Chittenden County establishments: no apparent cash registers or documentation of transactions; all-male clientele; an abundant use of surveillance cameras, locked doors and buzzers to screen customers; windows covered with bars, boards or curtains.
The workers were all Asian women who claimed to work seven days a week and live on the premises. To find evidence of prostitution, all I did was walk in the door at each place and ask for a massage. At Battery Street in Burlington, River Spa seems out of place in the historic waterfront neighborhood it shares with an art gallery, marketing agency, architectural firm, hair salon and law offices. The next door was locked. According to Rubmaps, many Asian massage parlors offer table showers, where the women lather clients up, rinse them down and towel them dry.
