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Suit filed to shut down massage parlors

WARREN

As promised, the city of Warren has filed action in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court seeking a court order to shut down the eight massage parlors raided last week by state and Warren investigators.

The filings ask that the eight parlors be declared a public nuisance based on evidence that prostitution was occurring at the sites.

The filing seeks to have the furniture, fixtures and movable property in the businesses sold, “to effectually close the premises against its use for a one-year period,” the suit says.

Film project on blight

WARREN

A Point Park University in Pittsburgh television broadcasting student completing her senior film project has filmed a 40-minute documentary on the blight and housing problem in Warren.

Claire Gysegem will show the documentary titled “Abandoned” at 7 p.m. June 18 at the Warren YWCA, 375 N. Park Ave.

The gallery opens at 6 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.

The film explores Warren and the way the city is responding to the blight and dangerous conditions created by the numerous vacant houses in the city.