By The Leader Staff
Suspect Mariam Side
Suspect Mariam Side

A Lemoore Police Department undercover operation conducted Tuesday. March 27 resulted in the arrest of a massage therapist following a city-wide sweep of local parlors.

The department’s Problem Oriented Policing Team and detectives conducted a compliance check on different massage parlors in Lemoore, and it was about 1:30 p.m. when the team checked a massage and spa business on Heinlen Street where an undercover officer was offered sexual acts in exchange for money.

Police arrested Mariam Side, 50, on prostitution charges and booked her at the Kings County Jail.

Officers obtained a search warrant, and they found additional evidence.Â