Crime & Safety
Massage Parlor Recording Device Leads To Arrests For Rockville Centre Duo, Police Say
Two people were arrested and one is in ICE custody after a recording device was discovered in a Rockville Centre massage room, police say.
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY — A pair of arrests were made Friday after a woman discovered what appeared to be a recording device inside a massage room at Kokoro Wellness in Rockville centre, police said.
Nassau County police said 38-year-old Copiague resident Luke Unneland and 35-year-old Corona, Queens resident Daniela Cespedes Almonacid were arrested after the incident.
Police said three more patrons were victims of the surveillance scheme in addition to the woman who reported it. In the wake of their arrests, Unneland was arraigned Saturday and pleaded not guilty to four counts of unlawful surveillance while Cespedes was charged with unlawful practice of a profession, police said. Cespedes was also found to be in the United States unlawfully, and was turned over to ICE, police said.
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