Affidavit reports massage employees soliciting sex - Odessa American

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A woman at a West County Road massage parlor Wednesday night reportedly exposed her breast while soliciting an undercover Odessa police detective to have sex with her in exchange for $120, one of two acts which led authorities to raid the business later that same day, a search warrant affidavit reported.

Less than eight minutes after the first reported solicitation occurred at about 5:09 p.m. another undercover detective entered Accu Therapy Massage, 2808 W. County Road, where a woman, or masseuse, “grabbed (the detective’s) genitalia and asked if he liked it,” the affidavit read.

“(The detective) asked how much it would cost and eventually agreed to a price of $100,” the search warrant affidavit reported.

No one has been arrested in connection with the operation of the massage parlor that Odessa Police Department detectives suspected was where prostitution occurred since mid-March, OPD spokesman Cpl. Steve LeSueur said.

OPD officers raided the business where no one was found. A tipster told OPD detectives on March 15 through Odessa Crime Stoppers that men had been overheard bragging that a woman performed sexual favors in exchange for money, prompting detectives to follow up on the information for more than three weeks, the affidavit reported.

An ad for “body rubs” was posted online that listed the business address of Accu Therapy Massage. OPD

detectives know that the website is frequently used to advertise massages but that the ads “are ploys to illicit prostitution,” the affidavit read.

The two OPD undercover detectives that went to the massage parlor this week paid $60 to appear as customers. The business was raided more than two hours after the detectives arrived there.

LeSueur said there was a suspicion that employees of the massage parlor may have stayed there overnight.

A record check showed that the renter, identified as Oscar Barreras, a retiree in El Paso, applied for a certificate of occupancy on Feb. 24 and was granted the certificate on March 10. Barreras said Thursday he was unaware his fledgling business had been raided and was also unaware of the accusations and police suspicions.

Barreras said he intended to travel to Odessa on Monday to find out “what’s going on.”


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