Massage parlors hearing postponed a week

Massage parlors hearing postponed a weeks

WARREN

A hearing that was scheduled for this morning in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to determine whether a judge would keep eight massage parlors closed has been postponed until 9 a.m. June 25.

Fourteen of the 15 “Johns” who were ordered to attend the hearing and testify regarding the sexual activities they say they participated in were in attendance.

And the attorneys, investigators and defendants in the case were in attendance, but one of the attorneys pointed out that two of the massage parlors had not received sufficient advance notice of Monday’s hearing.

Atty. Dan Keating told Judge W. Wyatt McKay that two of the parlors he represents received their notices on Thursday and Friday of last week, which was not early enough under Ohio law.

The eight massage parlors were closed down after a May 30 raid that followed a year-long investigation that authorities say uncovered “a ton” of prostitution.