Crime & Safety

Unauthorized Practice Arrests Made in West Hempstead

Two Queens Women were arrested Thursday afternoon for allegedly performing illegal massages in West Hempstead.

According to police, at 3:45 p.m., an undercover detective entered suite 203 at 357 Hempstead Turnpike and received an unlicensed massage from Yan Kuang, 43 for money. 

During this time, cops said Xiaoying Huang, also from Queens, performed an illegal massage on someone else for money. Neither woman is licensed to practice massage therapy, police added.

Both women were charged with unauthorized practice of a crime and will be arraigned Friday at First District Court in Hempstead.


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