A New York woman was ordered to serve two years on probation for offering to perform illegal sex acts last year at a Hempfield massage parlor.
Zhang Peiyun, 61, following a brief court hearing Wednesday was admitted into the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program for first-time nonviolent offenders. Peiyun was arrested last year as part of a series of state and local police raids of local massage parlors.
Police said Peiyun made an offer to perform sex acts on an undercover agent at Mu’s Asian Massage location on state Route 119 in Hempfield.
According to court records police conducted four simultaneous raids on other massage parlors in Greensburg and in Unity last Nov. 13.
Peiyun was charged with two misdemeanor counts of prostitution. Although sentenced to probation, she did not admit guilt and her case could be expunged upon successful completion of her probation.
She participated in court with the help of a Mandarin translator.
Defense attorney Mike Ferguson said Peiyun, who was free on a $10,000 unsecured bond, is legally in the United States will return to her New York City home.
“She’s here on a Green Card. This is definitely not an ICE case and we do not expect they will try to deport her,” Ferguson said.
Another woman charged in a raid last year at Li’s Massage on Main, just a block from the Greensburg police station, remains in jail without bond as she awaits trial on two counts of prostitution. Police said on two occasions Zhou Hailan, 39, offered an undercover officer sex for cash.
Melanie Jones, spokeswoman for Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli said no other charges were filed in connection with the raids. The owner of the Greensburg business was deported and owners of the massage parlors in Hempfield and Unity were determined to be legally operating, she said.