'Sunshine Spa' Owners to be Arraigned Thursday

Two middle-aged women who police say engaged in sexual acts for a fee out of a Milford business office are scheduled to be arraigned Thursday at Milford District Court.

Both women posted $500 cash bail Wednesday morning, after being arrested and charged Tuesday with sexual conduct for a fee, keeping a house of prostitution/ill fame, and massaging without a license. The charges are all misdemeanor offenses.

According to court documents, Yung has no identifiable criminal record, but Pechacek has been arrested twice in Houston, including in 2007 on a charge of prostitution. She was subsequently charged with a lesser offense of disorderly conduct. In April 2009, she was convicted of a massage therapy license owner violation, according to a statement filed in Milford District Court by detective Jason Ball.

In a statement, Ball wrote that police observed two men enter at different times the "Sunshine Spa" at 231 E. Main St. on Saturday, March 16. Both men later told police they had paid $70 for a massage, and $40 to have their genitals touched. Both men identified the women inside as "Lily" and "Lulu."

Both men told police it was their second visit to the establishment, and neither had seen any other women working there, Ball wrote.

Because the men cooperated with police, and provided information as informants, they were not charged, Ball said, in an interview.

The investigation began with information from the state's business licensing division that a massage parlor had opened in town.

According to Ball, "The Sunshine Spa" advertised on several online sites under adult entertainment services. The ads said the business featured "exotic beautiful Asian masseusses" private rooms, showers and "very kind caring and warm Asian hands," he wrote, in an application for a warrant.

The ads ran Feb. 27, March 6, 12, 13 and 18th. The business was advertised as being open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m, seven days a week, police said, and had been operating about three weeks when it was shut down.

The Sunshine Spa had a town business license, according to police, which was issued Feb. 4 for a "spa and massage" business. Both women are identified on the paperwork as partners in the business, according to Ball, and they did not identify any employees. Police are investigating whether more women were involved, he said.

Although it had a license from the town, neither women has a massage license through the state of Massachusetts.

Located in the same office complex as a running store and Acapulco's Restaurant, the spa was noticed by some of its neighbors, but they were not aware that criminal activity was taking place there, Ball said.