A downtown Eugene massage parlor is under investigation for allegedly acting as a front for a prostitution operation.
Eugene police filed a search warrant affidavit earlier this month in Lane County Circuit Court to collect documents, a vehicle and financial statements from Asian Massage, a cash-only parlor at 525 E. 11th Ave.
No Oregon massage licenses were displayed in the business as required by law, and a woman who was contacted at the parlor was not licensed by the state to practice massage, the affidavit said.
No arrests have been made. The crimes being investigated include promoting prostitution, prostitution and practice of massage without a license, the affidavit said.
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Asian Massage caught the attention of Eugene police after an officer heard of a possible sexual massage parlor operating in Eugene, according to the affidavit.
Police searched an online database of erotic massage parlors with โhappy endings,โ to see if there were any locations in Eugene, the affidavit states. One of the search results was Asian Massage at the East 11th Avenue address.
The business did not yet have any customer reviews and โas such, I formed the belief the listing was recently posted in preparation for a grand opening,โ the officer wrote in the affidavit.
The officer cross-searched the phone number listed on a prostitution advertising website and found a number of ads that โfeatured a thin, Asian female in her teens or 20s and the same phone number.โ
The ads featured sexual language, including the woman calling herself a โsex doctor,โ the affidavit states.
A police officer went to the business March 1, and a woman hurried to call her boss before speaking with the officer, the affidavit states.
The officer wrote in the affidavit that the kitchen was full of food and dirty dishes, consistent with living quarters and unlike a workplace break room. It also had a room with three cheap recliners that had sanitary papers laid on top, a room with massage tables in it, and a stairway leading upstairs. The officer did not go upstairs.
The woman in the business called herself โCoco,โ but revealed her legal name is Sun Weina. A car parked behind the business had a California license plate and was registered to Weina and a man named Chen Xuefeng, the affidavit states.
Weina does not have a license to practice massage in Oregon, the affidavit states.
Days later, another officer called to schedule a massage and was told it would be $70 and he should tip at least $20, the affidavit states.
The search warrant was granted by a Lane County Circuit Court judge on March 5. Itโs unclear when police used the warrant to search the business.
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