Georgia spa raids lead to 14 arrests, but no sex trafficking charges listed

Authorities have now released the names and charges of people arrested in Tuesday's raids at seven Dalton-area massage parlors.

But despite initially describing the operation as part of an investigation into "prostitution and sex trafficking," none of the charges released so far is for sex trafficking.

Dalton Police now say 14 people have been arrested in the joint investigation, up from the 11 announced during Tuesday afternoon's news conference.

NewsChannel 9 has received information identifying those 14 people and the charges they face.

The charges include prostitution, pimping, pandering, keeping a place of prostitution, solicitation of sodomy, masturbation for hire and working as a massage therapist without a license.

The list provided to NewsChannel 9 does not include a sex trafficking charge against any of those 14 people. Read it below:

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Tuesday morning, Dalton Police announced that officers and deputies had served search warrants at seven massage parlors as part of what the department called an "ongoing investigation into prostitution and sex trafficking."

Whitfield County Sheriff Darren Pierce later said the investigation had been underway for several months.

Officials said both employees and customers were arrested.

The records released since then provide a clearer picture of those arrests.

At GQ Spa on Chattanooga Road, six people were charged.

Okran Kim, 55, of New York, faces charges of pimping, keeping a place of prostitution and violating massage therapist licensing requirements.

Jin Park Uno, 43, of Honolulu; Hyun Ju Park, 48, of Flower Mound, Texas; and Ipboon Tooly, 58, whose hometown was not listed, each face charges including prostitution, masturbation for hire and massaging in places of lewdness.

Garry Headrick, 69, of Dalton, and Neil Sundblad, 61, of Cleveland, Tennessee, each face pandering and solicitation of sodomy charges.

At A Healthy Spa on Airport Road, 59-year-old Jose Garcia of Dalton is charged with pandering, while 37-year-old Qin Jiang of San Gabriel, California, is charged with prostitution.

At nearby Supreme Spa, 58-year-old Cui Geying of LaFayette is charged with keeping a place of prostitution.

Whitfield County sheriff's investigators handled several other locations.

At Summer Massage on South Dixie Highway, Ling Dong, 66, is charged with keeping a place of prostitution and performing massage without a license.

At Spring Massage on Cleveland Highway, Yin Yan, 53, is charged with performing massage without a license, while Stephen Angel, 47, faces an attempted pandering charge.

At Purity Massage on East Morris Street, Qunlan Zhu, 56, is charged with keeping a place of prostitution and performing massage without a license. Ye Chen, 57, faces the licensing charge.

Dalton Police spokesman Bruce Frazier told NewsChannel 9 that a citizen's tip about one of the businesses played a role in the investigation.

Dalton currently has an ordinance preventing new massage parlors from opening. Frazier says city officials want to revisit their rules governing the businesses.

Pierce said Tuesday that he also plans to work with Whitfield County commissioners on an ordinance governing how massage parlors can open and what credentials they must have.

NewsChannel 9 has asked the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office for more information about the investigation and the remaining arrest.

Depend on us to keep you posted as we learn more.