Police crack case through ad for massages in paper By DIANA SCHOBERG
The Patriot Ledger
QUINCY - Two people accused of running a brothel in Quincy were arrested after an investigation launched when police saw an advertisement for massages on the Boston Phoenix newspaper’s Web site.
A Quincy police detective set up two appointments for massages through the online ad, which offered ‘‘Asian girls available for full body massage. New girls every week.’’
The first time he was told to go to an apartment at 530 Willard St. and the next time to one on Copeland Street. Neither is licensed for massages in the city.
According to court documents, the detective was greeted at both addresses by an Asian woman wearing a skimpy outfit. He was told the massage would be $70. When he asked for oral sex, he was told, ‘Yes, after the massage’ at the Willard Street address. The request was declined at the other address.
Police traced the advertisements and apartments to Shawn Banks, 40, and Sho Juan Zhao, 39, a married couple living at 310 Copeland St.
When police searched their home, they found 2,000 condoms, a massage table and about $600 cash, according to court documents.
The two were arrested on Aug. 27 and charged with maintaining a house of prostitution and deriving support from prostitution, court records show. They pleaded innocent and were told to return to court on Oct. 11.
In 2004, police shut down a prostitution business in the guise of a massage parlor in an office building across the street from Quincy High School. That incident pushed the city to institute new rules for licensing massage businesses.
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