Published: February 8, 2010
A Norman massage parlor located near Adams Elementary School and an after-school recreation center was allegedly a front for a prostitution and drug trafficking ring.
Sun Cha Aldrich, 61, was charged Wednesday with two counts of soliciting prostitution within 1,000 feet of a school after a year-long investigation by the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department and the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, OBN spokesman Mark Woodward said in a press release.
Aldrich is being held at the Cleveland County jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.
The illegal activities were taking place at Orient Tokyo Health Massage, located at 1035 N. Flood Ave., Woodward said.
“This massage business was nothing more than a front for the defendants’ prostitution ring,” Woodward said. “Additionally, the defendant was trafficking cocaine from this location.”
Mitch Smith and Brian Hess, undercover OBN agents, visited the massage parlor on different dates in January and paid $40 for a 30-minute massage as part of the investigation, according to court affidavits. Aldrich allegedly offered to perform a sexual act in exchange for $60, the agents said in the affidavits.
The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department and the OBN served search warrants Feb. 3 at the massage parlor and Aldrich’s home in Del City, Woodward said. Authorities seized drugs, several vehicles and access to bank accounts.
Aldrich is expected to face additional charges of cocaine trafficking, illegal possesion of drug proceeds and unlawful use of wire transfers, Woodward said.
She is believed to have used wire transfers to send thousands of dollars from illegal drug and prostitution proceeds across the U.S. and outside the country, he said.
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