ExSan Diego Police Detective 3 Others Plead Guilty in Massage Sex Scheme

SAN DIEGO — A former San Diego police detective and three others charged by federal prosecutors with operating massage parlors that offered commercial sex services pleaded guilty April 4. Peter Griffin, 78, a former vice detective and attorney, owned and operated five businesses in California and Arizona with his co-defendants between 2013 and 2022, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The defendants advertised sexual services online and employed women to perform those services, prosecutors said. According to a grand jury indictment returned against the defendants, the businesses were located in San Diego, Escondido, Chula Vista, Spring Valley, and Tempe, Arizona.…