CLINIC STILL OPEN DESPITE BEING RAIDED IN STING PROSTITUTION INVESTIGATION RESULTS MAY AFFECT PERMITS.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer MONTROSE - Despite being raided by police earlier this month during a prostitution sting that netted four arrests, a Montrose acupuncture acupuncture (ăk`y  pŭng'chər), technique of traditional Chinese medicine, in which a number of very fine metal needles are inserted into the skin at specially designated points. clinic was still open for business Tuesday. The Police Department continues to investigate the Royal Acupuncture Clinic and a connected business a few blocks away called the Integrative Pain Clinic. City officials said they could revoke To annul or make void by recalling or taking back; to cancel, rescind, repeal, or reverse. revoke v. to annul or cancel an act, particularly a statement, document, or promise, as if it no longer existed. the businesses' massage permits depending on what police recommend when their investigation ends. On Dec. 1, police arrested Feng Wen Liu, 56, and Li Juan Sun, 48, at the Royal clinic at 2520 Honolulu Ave., Suite 175; and Qing Wang, 46, and Mei Ling Mei Ling is a female Chinese given name. People
The women were booked on suspicion of prostitution. Police believe Wang is the owner or manager of at least one of the businesses, and she was also booked on suspicion of operating a house of prostitution. A woman who answered a business line Tuesday for the Royal clinic said it's still open, but she declined to give her name or comment on the arrests. Don Plance, whose doctor's office is just down the hall from the clinic, said he has seen men - and only men - entering the business since the arrest, and that customers were going in and out just two days after the bust. ``It's kind of become sort of a joke with our patients,'' he said. The Royal clinic is just past the Montrose Shopping Park, a quaint stretch with cafes and shops now decorated for the holidays. The Integrative clinic is in the shopping park, above a party supply store. ``Last I heard there is nothing operating up there at the moment,'' said John Drayman dray·man n. A driver of a dray. , vice president of the Montrose Shopping Park Association. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. for a fact. Actually, I'm quite curious to know.'' The arrests came after police received complaints and investigated over the last few months, with undercover officers pretending to be customers, police Lt. Gary Montecuollo said. In at least four incidents, workers at the businesses offered sexual favors sexual favor Any sexual act occurring in an employee-employer relationship, exchanged for privileged treatment in a workplace, ↑ salary, career advancement. See Sexual bribery, Sexual harassment. for money. ``It's such a contrast to our town,'' Drayman said. ``We always feel that the aura of Norman Rockwell Noun 1. Norman Rockwell - United States illustrator whose works present a sentimental idealized view of everyday life (1894-1978) Rockwell is sort of floating right above the street.'' Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com |
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