The Daily Grind coffee shop in Sherwood, Arkansas was doing quite good business. Customers would come in for a coffee and women would get their hair and nails done.
All that changed a few month ago when men started showing up at the Daily Grind, asking for a ‘special kind of massage’ and ‘sexual favors’.
The owner, Ms. Heaven McKinney, started suspecting something fishy was going on and noticed that all the change had come since her new neighbors down the road, Tokyo Spa, had moved in.
She said: "I love Sherwood. The community has been very supportive," but also added that the change she had noticed a few months ago was quite something.
"More and more men," Ms. McKinney added. "I would say five or six guys walked in looking for this massage spot."
That’s when she contacted the authorities.
<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A prostitution bust leads to 3 arrests after complaints pour in regarding Tokyo Spa in Sherwood. <a href="https://twitter.com/TyThomason?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TyThomason</a> reports. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ARNews?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ARNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/5CtHJhc9i0">pic.twitter.com/5CtHJhc9i0</a></p>— Matthew Sewell (@_MattSewell) <a href="https://twitter.com/_MattSewell/status/951596644935589888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Police confirmed that they had already gotten several complaints about the tucked-away establishment which could be found facing away from Kiehl Avenue where the Daily Grind operated.
Lieutenant Michael Payne with Sherwood Police Department stated: "A licensed business in the city of Sherwood for massage therapy, but nobody we found in the business was licensed as a therapist."
"This business wasn't here long. And, any of those like it won't be long here either."
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That is because an undercover operation of a few weeks confirmed what many had already suspected. The spa served as a brothel and police officers quickly arrested three women on prostitution-related charges.
Source:
http://www.fox16.com/news/local-news/spa-busted-for-prostitution-in-sherwood/911148565
