Five women face prostitution-related charges after West Windsor Police raided a home on Princeton-Hightstown Road a short distance from High School South.
Arrested were Jie Mao, 46, Mi Pi, 34, Yuxiu Tang, 42, Jiao Li, 37, and Kehua Li, 49, all of Flushing, NY.
Mao, Tang, and Jiao Li were charged with loitering to engage in prostitution. Pi and Kehua Li were charged with two counts of prostitution each. Mao was also charged with maintaining a nuisance.
Lieutenant Brian Melnick said police initiated an investigation of activities at 148 Princeton-Hightstown Road after receiving numerous complaints from “concerned citizens” that a prostitution ring was being run out of the house, located less than a mile from High School South.
“Residents advised that male patrons were coming and going constantly at the suburban, four-bedroom, colonial house that was advertised in newspaper personal advertisements as a massage-oriented business,” said Melnick.
Police served a warrant on February 15 as a result of a months-long investigation that was conducted with the assistance of the FBI, state Department of Human Services Police, state Division of Criminal Justice, and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Unit.
In addition to finding customer ledgers and surveillance equipment, police seized some $8,500 in cash, electronic equipment, and computer equipment, said Melnick. A 2011 Toyota Avalon and a 2012 Honda CRV, both believed to have been used in the criminal operation, were also seized.
According to Melnick, police are now focusing their investigation on the patrons listed in the ledger seized in the raid.
