Four Nashville Businesses Raided For Prostitution

Golden Massage, near Trader Joe’s in Green Hills is one of four locations being raided today for prostitution, according to Metro Police Dept. Image: Twitter/MNPS

The Metro Nashville Police Department announced early this afternoon that four Nashville businesses are being raided for prostitution, including Golden Massage at 2109 Abbott Martin Road in Green Hills.

UPDATED: 2:20pm: Other locations
Police have identified the other three locations targeted in raids today as Daily Massage on Gallatin Rd., ABC Massage on Franklin Rd., and Acupressure Treatment Center on 4th Ave. S.:

Other locations being raided are Daily Massage on N Gallatin Pke, ABC Massage on Franklin Pke, and Acupressure Treatment Ctr on 4th Ave S.

— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) February 10, 2014

In 2002, illegal massage and adult entertainment businesses were targeted en masse by Nashville law enforcement. Now Mayor Karl Dean was serving as Metro’s law director at the time, and oversaw the closing of more than thirty Nashville businesses for prostitution. You can read about it in this post from the Nashville Scene.