Updated: November 28, am. Colleen Sue Lewis, 55, the latest in a series of arrests following a multi-agency crackdown on human trafficking last week. Image courtesy of the Cascade County Sheriff's Office. Detectives with Internet Crimes Against Children arrested year-old Colleen Sue Lewis, who owns Touch of Klass, for allegedly running a prostitution business at the parlor, according to an official release from the Cascade County Sheriff's Office.
Her arrest came after Terry McCann, who was arrested last week on prostitution charges following a human trafficking sting, told law enforcement about the parlor and how Lewis and two other women worked there. During a search of the location, deputies found receipts detailing sex customers, sex service prices, condoms, lubricants and lingerie items. In an interview with police, Lewis admitted to running the prostitution operation with "another co-conspirator," using her cell phone and Facebook Messenger to contact clients.
Additionally, Lewis admitted that the massage parlor was used for prostitution since she took over the business from her sister Tina in Detective Creech is currently seeking Facebook records for Lewis dating back to , the year she started running the massage parlor's official page.
Law enforcement arrested five people across Cascade County for prostitution charges during the two day operation. They include:. An investigation into the business is currently underway. We are committed to proactively investigating and holding those accountable that buy, sell, trade our human beings for sex slavery," said Jesse Slaughter, the Cascade County Sheriff.
Slaughter says the timing of this operation coinciding with a large event like the Montana State Fair wasn't an accident. You see it all the time with the Super Bowl, you hear all the time they do these operations when the Super Bowl goes to various communities and they'll arrest hundreds of people for this type of thing," said Slaughter.
