Prison time for man who operated brothels out of tanning salons

Submitted by Heather Reese on Wednesday, December 2nd, 12:28pm

A man who operated a string of massage parlors and tanning salons as fronts for prostitution was sentenced to 22 months in prison and three years of supervised release for "conspiracy to transport individuals in furtherance of prostitution."

Jesus Deleon, 47, employed women from out of state to come to Washington and work as prostitutes out of the following businesses:

The Avalon Spa, 9530 Aurora Avenue North in Seattle
The Aloha Tanning Resort, 2828 Sunset Lane N.E. in Renton
The Malibu Tanning Spa, 13985 Interurban Avenue South in Tukwila

In addition to the prison time, Deleon has to give up more than $150,000 and eleven luxury watches.

Earlier this week, Deleon's accomplice Donald Frey was sentenced to two years in prison and three years of supervised release.

Both men pleaded guilty to the charges in July. Deleon has already served almost two years in California for a similar operation in Sacramento County.

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Crime

Comments

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wednesday, December 2nd, 02:27pm.

So...

These places still open?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wednesday, December 2nd, 02:42pm.

get a life....

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wednesday, December 2nd, 02:57pm.

So it's just a matter of time before they start operating out of these little espresso stands...if they haven't already.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wednesday, December 2nd, 03:21pm.

Obviously a comment from Everett or Bellevue.

Submitted by DNA (not verified) on Wednesday, December 2nd, 03:25pm.

Yay, my tax dollars get to incarcerate people for HAVING SEX. I don't care what people do with their genitalia. Prostitution should be legal.

Submitted by pete (not verified) on Wednesday, December 2nd, 06:33pm.

Maybe if the police would consentrate on the true criminals instead of what two concenting adults do we might have prevented this tragity in Lakewood this weekend.

Submitted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 3rd, 02:39pm.

WOW...We have Gang Crime, Rapes, Cop killers, AND we're putting jokers in prison for this nonsense? SIGH

Submitted by lilhit (not verified) on Thursday, December 3rd, 03:38pm.

prostitution should be #one priority of the law of the land those that disagree r prey & make it all a felony

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Friday, December 4th, 08:42am.

WTF free these guys. These 2 men were helping us all out by letting these people have a girl 24/7 never have to go look on the street or rape a woman. Keeping #'s of women employed with good money and benifits. Look at Germany's red light district WAKE UP USA!! There will always be these places, only time before there legal.