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Charge dropped in massage parlor caseJohnson County prosecutors have dropped a case against an Overland Park man who had been charged with promoting prostitution. Peng Zhang, 43, was scheduled to be tried starting Monday on a charge of maintaining or managing Lily Massage, which the complaint alleged was a house of prostitution. Instead, prosecutors dismissed the charge, a misdemeanor, on Sept. 21. District Attorney spokesman Brian Burgess said today that prosecutors "didn't want to go forward with the case we had." Defense attorney Scott Toth said his client was innocent. Zhang was one of six people charged May 12 in Johnson County District Court with alleged involvement in a prostitution ring. The charges were announced a day after federal prosecutors in Kansas City announced sex trafficking charges against four other people. The federal prosecutors alleged those four were part of an operation that brought Chinese women to Johnson County to work as prostitutes. The attorneys of Garretson, Webb & Toth, LLC practice criminal defense and juvenile law in Johnson County, Kansas. These skilled lawyers also represent clients suffering from personal injury and auto accident injuries in the cities of Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa, Prairie Village, Mission Hills, Merriam, and communities across East Central Kansas. The attorneys of Garretson, Webb & Toth, LLC have also defended multiple cases in Wichita, Manhattan and throughout the State of Kansas; plus Federal District Courts in Kansas and the Western District of Missouri. Free initial consultations ▪ Hablamos españolGarretson, Webb & Toth, LLC |