MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) – A Salinas man has been arrested for assaulting a victim in a massage parlor he ran from his home.
According to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, 58-year-old Anastacio Ramos Rubio was arrested and had run his business on Fontes Lane in Salinas.
Rubio was arrested as deputies served a search warrant at 1 p.m. on Friday.
MCSO was contacted by a family member of the victim, who told her mother that she had been touched inappropriately.
MCSO Sheriff Tina Nieto said at the press conference that the suspect injected her with an unknown substance to “help her relax.” He also provided them with unknown pills.
MCSO also suspects that there may be more victims.
“This is a practice that’s been brought over from, like, Mexico and some of these other countries, where these unlicensed misuse, type of businesses are just done by people passing phone numbers between families,” Nieto said. “So, that’s why we believe that there are other victims out there that are maybe embarrassed. We believe there are other victims out there because he was very prolific in things that we identified in the investigation.
Rubio is being charged with sodomy, sexual battery and unauthorized practice of medicine.
Suspect arrested for sexual crimes from their massage business
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) – A suspect has been arrested for sexually related crimes while operating a massage business in Salinas.
According to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, the massage business was being run out of their home.
A press conference is being held at 4:30 p.m. with more details. We will update this story with those details once available.