Overview

• Beauty Garden Spa manager Suping Zhu pleaded not guilty in Lawrence District Court and was ordered held on $25,000 cash bail, with her next hearing set for Oct. 24.
• City inspectors on Tuesday ordered Oriental Spa, Yellow Lilly Day Spa, and Lavender Spa closed for unlicensed activity, unlawful habitation, and code violations including blocked egress and unsanitary conditions.
• Eastern Bodywork Therapy was shut down Monday after an inspector found unlicensed bodywork and evidence of unlawful habitation, with the case referred to police for further investigation.
• Police say a Sept. 4 search of Beauty Garden Spa uncovered basement living quarters for two women and yielded computers, phones, and business records; the business remains closed.
• Officials formed a Human Trafficking Task Force as the probe continues with local and federal partners, and police are seeking suspected co‑manager Yi Yu Huang while noting no patrons have been charged to date.