Crime & Safety

Massage Parlor Sting Nets 2 In Palos Heights: Police

An Oak Lawn woman was arrested after offering to perform a sexual act on an undercover cop at a Palos Heights massage parlor, police said.

PALOS HEIGHTS, IL — Two women were arrested Tuesday in an undercover prostitution sting at a massage business in Palos Heights, police said. Yizhen Liang, 56, of Oak Lawn, is facing a misdemeanor charge of violating a city prostitution ordinance. Her colleague, Yujuan Wang, 58, of Des Plaines, is charged with performing massage therapy without a license.

Palos Heights and Cook County Sheriff's Police were working an undercover investigation at Palos Heights Massage, 7230 W. 127th St., and Liang was arrested after she offered to perform a sexual act on an undercover police officer, police said.

Wang did not have a massage therapy license, police said.

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Both women are due in court Dec. 4 in Bridgeview.

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