Police are still trying to determine how many women may have worked for Maurice Ward Sr, who according to charges had two 16-year-old girls turning tricks.
Last fall, a Twin Cities mother grew concerned about her daughter’s new part-time job. She followed her one day and became even more worried when the teenager hopped into a car and was driven to a nice townhouse in a quiet Blaine neighborhood.
The mother contacted police, who learned that the teen and her 16-year-old friend worked for the House of Geisha Ni, an alleged prostitution business that attracted customers through a fancy website. One of the teens said their alleged boss, Maurice Ward Sr., who has been charged with two counts of promoting prostitution, provided her with prescription medications to help her stay awake, according to the criminal complaint against him.
Police are still trying to determine how many women may have worked for Ward, 38, who got one of the teens pregnant, according to the complaint. While juvenile p …
