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04-25-19 02:02 #3541
Posts: 52Century Center
Why don't we hear about raids in Century Center? There's ton of them in there.
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04-24-19 21:01 #3540
Posts: 86Originally Posted by Eluder [View Original Post]
On a side note, did you catch this? "The prosecuting attorney's office says over the past three years, police executed a total of 23 search warrants. Almost all were at massage parlors and relaxation spas -- one was at a private dwelling. 35 people have been indicted, and more than $250,000 has been seized since April 2016".
I'm just overjoyed to hear that the money I spent at Rejuve, Kison, Dream Therapy, and Tokyo Spa will help build Honolulu's finest a new recreation / break room at the Pearl City sub-station and snazzy new squad cars to catch those pesky speeders driving around Oahu in the middle of the day. This lovely tactic is known as asset seizure / forfeiture. Even if no one is arrested, the money is taken by police agencies for discretionary spending on nice to have items. Greatest scam ever. The money is never returned to the ones who earned it.
Stay safe fellas. The saga continues.
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04-24-19 20:45 #3539
Posts: 517 arrests today
Originally Posted by Eluder [View Original Post]
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04-24-19 20:34 #3538
Posts: 175Originally Posted by Honolulu1 [View Original Post]
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04-24-19 19:21 #3537
Posts: 797HPD Kison Raid
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04-24-19 15:27 #3536
Posts: 797Kison
Just seen on Social Media KITV HPD is there live on Raid at Kison.
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04-23-19 02:57 #3535
Posts: 16Irrational Exuberance
With the recent Honolulu Prosecutor moves, HPD raids, and AMP closures in the islands, just sharing an alternative take relative to Bob Kraft.
Far be it from me to feel sorry for a billionaire football-team owner but his treatment in Florida does echo recent Honolulu Prosecutor Xian-ian exuberance to iron-fist local venues.
https://nypost.com/2019/04/21/why-bo...-alarm-us-all/
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04-17-19 03:03 #3534
Posts: 797Just sharing info.
https://www.kitv.com/story/40319609/...=facebook_KITV
News on Massage Parlors
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04-17-19 03:01 #3533
Posts: 2479The latest on AMPs and the HNL Prosecutor's Office.
https://www.kitv.com/story/40319609/...ecutors-office
The latest prostitution bust at several Honolulu massage parlors highlighted a rarely seen department of the Prosecutor's Office.
The Investigative Service Division is one tool used to target this type of criminal activity.
Now, landlords are also being enlisted to help battle these illegal businesses.
Relaxation spas at the A why Wong building in Ala Moana were busted by city investigators who gathered evidence, got search warrants, then made arrests. Just like regular police officers.
So why doesn't the Prosecutor's Office simply use Honolulu police officers?
"We focus mainly on the massage parlors, HPD was not focusing on the massage parlors," said Acting Prosecuting Attorney Dwight Nadamoto.
The Prosecutor's Office has 3-4 full time investigators looking into these illegal businesses and has busted 22 of them over the past 3 three years.
"We are closing down massage parlors. We have closed down a number of them, and as word gets out people will be much more leery about going to them. ".
During those busts,15 people were arrested for prostitution, which is a petty misdemeanor. But nearly double that number were arrested for racketeering, which is a class B felony that carries much more jail time and is a bigger deterrent to committing crimes.
"You have to prove people know what is going on in there. Everybody you charge they say, 'I don't know what is going on in there'. ".
What is going on, at these businesses?
Nadamoto said workers are brought in, but many are unlicensed in massage.
"Most are foreigners, and foreign nationals who have been naturalized citizens from China, and from Korea. Koreans are the ones we are finding mostly or lately. ".
Nadamoto told KITV4 News the parlors themselves are not set up for typical therapeutic treatments.
"You almost always have the proverbial red light, you have the shower and you look at the table and it is not a massage table. ".
It is not hard to figure out what they are offering by their on-line ads, and there is no shortage of sites advertising for escorts or sensual massage.
Just busting businesses isn't enough to slow Hawaii's prostitution industry, because parlors and workers can simply move to another location.
So the Prosecutor's Office is also letting landlords know if they don't do more to stop illegal activity in their buildings, they could lose their properties.
"If you open up an illegal business once, twice, three times, you are starting to develop a case. So we can put the landlord on notice that he can't do this, or we will put out nuisance abatements and take over the property. ".
Already, that extra step of getting property managers or owners to step in, seems to be working. The property manager at the A why Wong building reportedly notified not just the 3 relaxation spas busted last month, but all 5 in the building, they would have to be out in 60 days.
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04-17-19 01:30 #3532
Posts: 189Melons
Originally Posted by BabaYaga [View Original Post]
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04-16-19 13:11 #3531
Posts: 663Alua
Anybody try the app Alua to connect with "famous people"? Asking because this model I met asked me to connect with her via the app. Thank.
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04-11-19 03:00 #3530
Posts: 6841Get choke pilau's
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04-09-19 20:06 #3529
Posts: 1526Seen,
Originally Posted by JohnRoss [View Original Post]
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04-08-19 17:40 #3528
Posts: 2479Originally Posted by HawaiiBoy09 [View Original Post]Originally Posted by BabaYaga [View Original Post]
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04-08-19 17:13 #3527
Posts: 168First Amendment Boston Legal TV show season 2 episode 26 "Spring Fever"
I just saw Boston Legal season 2 episode 26 in which a client was caught soliciting a pro. Charges were dismissed when they found he had videotaped the session. The lawyers claimed he was making a pornographic movie because he was acting, directing and providing a score (by humming) which is protected by the first amendment. Interesting. Any lawyers out there?