A search warrant filed this week gives new details on the three year investigation of a Detroit Lakes massage parlor. Sunny Asian Health Massage owner, year-old Jinlan Li, of rural Hawley, is charged with two felony counts of solicitation of prostitution, and one felony count of disorderly house. Documents say the investigation kicked off in after a concerned citizen told Detroit Lakes Police they only observed middle aged male customers at the massage parlor, and female employees who could not speak any English.
The citizen believed the business to be a front for prostitution. Investigators soon found advertisements on websites that are frequently used for prostitution and sex trafficking such as rubmaps.
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The ad was posted among others for prostitutes in the area. Documents say when investigators spoke with surrounding business owners, each stated they had noticed unusual activity at Sunny Asian Health Massage. One owner said he saw male customers walking in with flowers and said employees rotated out every couple months. Another owner told investigators he observed massage customers park in the vacant K-Mart lot and walk to the business even when there were empty spaces in front of the parlor.
When investigators conducted a traffic stop on a man who had just left the massage parlor, documents say he told officers he only had a massage.
He told the officer he parked in the K-mart lot because he didn't want his wife to see his car at Sunny Asian Health Massage. The man denied anything illegal taking place at the business. Investigators later received a complaint from the Minnesota Department of Health which stated a man had gone to the business roughly 15 times.
