COOK COUNTY, IL – A 34-year-old man who worked as the doorman for an illegal brothel has been charged with promoting prostitution following a Sheriff’s Police Special Victims Unit investigation, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today.
Special Victims Unit investigators took Shi Wang into custody on Oct. 9, following an undercover operation at the brothel, which operated at a massage parlor in the 2500 block of South Halsted Street in Chicago.
Investigators learned that Wang set the prices for sexual acts, received proceeds from those acts, and helped set up the encounters with johns.
Later that day, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office approved two Class 4 felonies of promoting prostitution against Wang, of the 200 block of W. 25th Place in Chicago. He was released from custody. Wang’s initial court appearance is scheduled for Oct. 16.
The business was shut down by City of Chicago building inspectors, who took part in the undercover operation along with Chicago Police. The women located inside the business were referred to the Sheriff’s Victim Support Services Unit.
The public is reminded that the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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