Police conducted an undercover operation at the massage parlor and eventually arrested Brazington as its operator. Tiffany Ann Roach, 40, who worked at the establishment, also was arrested.

Police say Roach told investigators that she has human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.

Roach was negotiating with a client when officers raided the house on Nov. 20, police said. She told investigators that she had worked at the parlor for a month and had learned in June that she was HIV positive, the affidavit says.

Prosecutors charged Roach with exposing others to an infectious disease.

Police surveilled the business for about 1½ months before sending in an undercover person to interview for a job. Brazington reportedly interviewed the person, whom police did not identify in the affidavit.

“He tells the (undercover operative) he/she is completely safe here, that he’s not a ‘pimp’ and treats the girls like staff,” an investigator wrote in the affidavit.