NY Illegals run brothel

Newsday.com
Cops: Southampton brothel busted
BY DAVID J. LOPEZ


9:33 PM EDT, May 18, 2009

Two men and two women were arrested after a probe determined that a Southampton man was running a brothel out of his home, police said.

Luis Ortiz-Parra, 37, brought prostitutes from as far as Queens to serve "a clientele of between 30 and 40 johns each night of the week," Southampton Town police said in a Saturday news release announcing the four arrests and the brothel's closure.

Ortiz-Parra, of 46 Longview Rd., was charged with third-degree promoting prostitution, a felony, and second-degree criminal nuisance, a misdemeanor, police said. Two Queens women, ages 31 and 33, were charged with prostitution, a misdemeanor.

Pablo Estanle Calle Mendez, 34, of West Neck Road, Southampton, was charged with third-degree patronizing a prostitute, a misdemeanor, police said. The four suspects are in the United States illegally and were reported to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, they said.

The arrests came as a result of an undercover investigation by the town police Street Crime Unit, which looked into a reported house of prostitution at Ortiz-Parra's home, authorities said.

Two women worked each evening, and Parra paid them $20 per customer and he would collect between $30 and $40, netting him a daily profit of $300 to $800, police said.

The investigation is continuing and more arrests are expected, police said.