Gary Tucholski

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cuyahoga Heights man is accused of running a brothel out of a locksmith shop in Cleveland's Old Brooklyn neighborhood.

Gary Tucholski, 53, is charged with promoting prostitution, a fourth-degree felony. His bond was set Friday at $10,000.

The investigation was carried out by Cleveland police, the Cuyahoga County Sheriff and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, police reports say.

Tucholski was arrested about noon Wednesday during a raid at Ohio Lock and Alarm building in the 4400 block of Memphis Avenue.

The signs on the front of the building say its an open locksmith. The investigation found Tucholski was running a brothel in the two-story brick building and was selling clients sex with prostitutes for money, according to court records.

Investigators reported finding a massage room on the first floor of the building. They seized a credit card machine, a box of files, six cellphones, several condoms, lotion, $201 and marijuana from the room.

They also seized a gun, credit card receipts, a ledger and a list of phone numbers from the office, police reports say.

In the basement, officers seized a bag of sex toys, a wallet, a box of receipts, a safe, personal papers receipts, cash and a warning sign attached to the basement door, according to police reports.

A 30-year-old Middleburg Heights woman inside the home was also arrested. She has not been formally charged with a crime, but was booked into the city jail on charges of promoting prostitution.

Tucholski operated a locksmith business from the building under the company name Ohio Lock and Alarm, according to filings with the Ohio Secretary of State. He also filed in 1998 to open an "adult entertainment" business called The Dungeon. The license on that business expired in 2003.

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