The St. Charles Liquor Control Commission Thursday revoked the business license of Main Spa, one of three massage parlors targeted in a March 15 police sting and one of two connected with prostitution charges.
St. Charles Mayor Raymond Rogina, as acting liquor control commissioner, approved Thursday the license revocation, along with a $3,089.71 fine including court costs, as decided by the commission during an April 18 meeting, according to information provided by city spokeswoman Lisa Garhan.
The commission approved punishments for the other two businesses targeted in the sting April 14. Best Massage, in the 2700 block of East Main Street, also had its business license revoked and was ordered to pay a fine of $500 plus court costs of $500. Lotus Spa, in the 1700 block of Lincoln Highway, had its license revoked too. Lotus closed March 29 and did not have to pay any additional fines.
The fate of Main Spa, in the 500 block of East Main Street, was decided later because the commission had granted it a hearing continuation.
Fenglan Smythe, of Crystal Springs, the 51-year-old owner of Lotus Spa, was charged with violating the massage licensing act by giving a massage while she was unlicensed. Smythe pleaded guilty to the charge and waived a hearing in a form letter to the city's Liquor Control Commission dated March 29, according to documents provided by the city.
Lotus Spa is the only business of the three targeted in last month's police sting that is not connected with current prostitution charges. Two Chicago women, one from Best Massage and one from Main Spa, were charged with prostitution after they offered to perform a sex act for an undercover agent in exchange for money, police said.
Xinnian Hu, 48, was charged with prostitution and practicing massage without a license at Best Massage. Ok Kim, 62, was charged with prostitution at Main Spa.
Separately, the city's Liquor Control Commission cited each business for "prohibited acts and conditions."
Commissioners discussed the citations and appropriate penalties for Main Spa during closed session after an April 18 meeting and for the other businesses April 4. City ordinance allows the mayor, as liquor control commissioner, 10 days to make a final decision about fines and penalties on behalf of the commission.
The commission has the power to revoke and suspend licenses and impose fines on businesses it has licensed that are found guilty of violating the terms of their licenses. Charges brought by St. Charles police are separately tried in Kane County Court. Kim has a status hearing in Kane County Court on May 26, and Hu is scheduled for a plea setting May 19. Smythe is also scheduled to appear in court next May 19, records show.
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St. Charles Mayor Raymond Rogina, as acting liquor control commissioner, approved Thursday the license revocation, along with a $3,089.71 fine including court costs, as decided by the commission during an April 18 meeting, according to information provided by city spokeswoman Lisa Garhan.
The commission approved punishments for the other two businesses targeted in the sting April 14. Best Massage, in the 2700 block of East Main Street, also had its business license revoked and was ordered to pay a fine of $500 plus court costs of $500. Lotus Spa, in the 1700 block of Lincoln Highway, had its license revoked too. Lotus closed March 29 and did not have to pay any additional fines.
The fate of Main Spa, in the 500 block of East Main Street, was decided later because the commission had granted it a hearing continuation.
Fenglan Smythe, of Crystal Springs, the 51-year-old owner of Lotus Spa, was charged with violating the massage licensing act by giving a massage while she was unlicensed. Smythe pleaded guilty to the charge and waived a hearing in a form letter to the city's Liquor Control Commission dated March 29, according to documents provided by the city.
Lotus Spa is the only business of the three targeted in last month's police sting that is not connected with current prostitution charges. Two Chicago women, one from Best Massage and one from Main Spa, were charged with prostitution after they offered to perform a sex act for an undercover agent in exchange for money, police said.
Xinnian Hu, 48, was charged with prostitution and practicing massage without a license at Best Massage. Ok Kim, 62, was charged with prostitution at Main Spa.
Separately, the city's Liquor Control Commission cited each business for "prohibited acts and conditions."
Commissioners discussed the citations and appropriate penalties for Main Spa during closed session after an April 18 meeting and for the other businesses April 4. City ordinance allows the mayor, as liquor control commissioner, 10 days to make a final decision about fines and penalties on behalf of the commission.
The commission has the power to revoke and suspend licenses and impose fines on businesses it has licensed that are found guilty of violating the terms of their licenses. Charges brought by St. Charles police are separately tried in Kane County Court. Kim has a status hearing in Kane County Court on May 26, and Hu is scheduled for a plea setting May 19. Smythe is also scheduled to appear in court next May 19, records show.
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