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Spring City Woman, Others Caught in Prostitution Ring, Police Say
Prostitution sting at Allentown strip club nets 11 arrests, including one Spring City resident.
A 29-year-old Spring City woman is among 11 women arrested in a prostitution sting at an Allentown strip club, according to a press release issued Thursday by the state Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement.
Michelle Marie Andrews, 29, of the 400 block of Main St., Spring City is charged with misdemeanor criminal solicitation.
An Emmaus woman, Alisha M. Litzenberger, was allegedly arranging for undercover officers to meet with 10 other women in a private room of Platinum Plus, 1251 Airport Road, where they brokered sex acts, including oral sex, in exchange for money, according to police.
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The room, known as the “Champagne Room,” is a separate room in the Lehigh County strip club available for dancers and club patrons to meet privately for periods of time for an additional cost.
Police began investigating Platinum Plus after anonymous complaints by strippers working in the club.
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Police also arrested the other nine woman, ranging in age from 18 to 45 and from several different cities around the Lehigh area.
The women were taken to Lehigh County Central Booking where they were arraigned and released on unsecured bail.
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