Three years after police raided multiple homes and businesses associated with the 鈥淏y Spanish鈥 massage parlor ring, the 蜜柚直播 prostitution probe has come to a close.
Ulises Ruiz, one of the business鈥 two operators, was sentenced to two years of probation and 100 hours of community service Thursday. He accepted a deal with prosecutors in December, pleading guilty to felony charges of keeping or maintaining a house of prostitution and receiving the earnings of a prostitute.
He was originally charged with six felonies, including illegal control of an enterprise and money laundering.
The other operator, Clarissa Lopez, received the same sentence in June.
鈥淚鈥檓 really embarrassed and shameful about everything that occurred,鈥 Ruiz told Judge Howard Fell, before he handed down his sentence. 鈥淚鈥檓 trying to be a better man.鈥
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From 2011 through 2015, Ruiz and Lopez ran 鈥淏y Spanish鈥 out of various homes and apartments around 蜜柚直播. Police estimated that the couple made roughly $250,000 a year by taking a $40 cut from each sexual service that their employees performed, according to police documents.
Their clients included several 蜜柚直播 police officers, firefighters, at least one border agent and several Davis-Monthan Air Force Base personnel.
During the course of the three-year investigation, police discovered that a former employee left 鈥淏y Spanish鈥 and started her own business, 鈥淒aisy鈥檚 Delights.鈥 Several locations associated with the second business were also raided in January 2015, resulting in charges being filed against Stephanie Garcia, the admitted operator of 鈥淒aisy鈥檚 Delights.鈥
In October, Garcia was also sentenced to two years of probation.
As a result of the investigation, eight TPD employees lost their jobs after they were found to have been customers of or have knowledge of 鈥淏y Spanish,鈥 but none of the men identified as customers were ever charged in connection with the case.
Most of the fired officers also lost their state certifications to work in law enforcement.
