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Saturday, August 8th, 2009
County, strip club feud spills into court
By: William C. Flook
Examiner Staff Writer
August 6, 2009
Paper Moon, a Springfield strip club that has operated under Fairfax County’s microscope since it opened a year ago, is asking a judge to reverse the county’s recent crackdown on it.
As one of only two gentleman’s clubs in Fairfax, Paper Moon’s activities have been the subject of extraordinary scrutiny by authorities, who in December cited the club for a handful of parking and occupancy violations. The county has told the Amherst Avenue establishment to correct the problems or shut its doors.
Some neighbors and revitalization groups are hoping for the latter outcome. They see Paper Moon’s presence as a hindrance to economic development in an area desperately in need of it. Lee District Supervisor Jeff McKay, a longtime critic of Paper Moon, denied it was being singled out, however.
“I don’t care what kind of business they’re operating; if they’re in violation of our county codes and ordinances, then they deserve to be in court,” McKay said. “There are laws in our county, and if you break them, we ought to be taking you to task for them.”
The contention stems from the club’s peculiar legal situation. Its predecessor, the Dauphine Steakhouse, was grandfathered as a “commercial nudity establishment” when the use was prohibited in the area in 1980. Paper Moon inherited that exception — but, because it must retain Dauphine’s exact footprint, the club is not allowed to expand in any way.
Paper Moon, in a circuit court filing challenging the Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals, says the citations are unwarranted. County authorities say the building exceeded maximum occupancy of 104. The club claims it can legally hold twice as many people.
Paper Moon is the only business on its lot but is only allowed a limited area in which its patrons can park. McKay said inspectors found patrons parking in spaces outside that area — spaces designated for tenants that have since closed up shop — resulting in another citation.
Paper Moon has kept a low profile as a business and has maintained the “curb appeal” of the property, said Nancy-Jo Manney, executive director of the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce.
“Is it a desired business in the community? No, it is not,” she said.
Officials with the business in Springfield and at the chain’s headquarters in Richmond did not return calls for comment.
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Saturday, August 8th, 2009
Strip club expansion uncertain, but it certainly doesn’t fit in
MIKE HENDRICKS COMMENTARY
Will the Crossroads district become home to yet another strip club?
Or are the folks who run the “Totally Nude” juice bar, aka Temptations, toying with City Hall by putting up a sign on the vacant building next door that seems to promise another sexually oriented business on Grand Boulevard?
No answers so far, as the lawyer representing the business — or businesses — hasn’t made it clear to city officials — or returned reporters’ phone calls.
But say this for that bright yellow awning at 1515 Grand Blvd.: You can’t miss it.
Not with “Barely Legal” in big, black letters just a block or so from the Sprint Center.
“When you put up a sign like that, it raises eyebrows,” said inspector Derrick Lloyd in the city’s Planning and Development Department.
Eyebrows and hackles both.
“It’s absolutely frustrating to the (neighboring) property owners,” said David Morris, president of the Crossroads Merchants Association.
From the parks board to the Regulated Industries Division, there’s no lack of interest at City Hall.
“So far, no one has applied for a license to operate any kind of a business there,” said regulated industries chief Gary Majors.
But concerns about the sign — and what it might portend — have city lawyers mining the municipal code for answers to whether the “Barely Legal” sign is itself legal.
“We don’t think it is,” said Denise Phillips at the Department of Parks and Recreation, which regulates the city’s boulevard system.
As the awning juts into the public right of way, it might be in violation of the city code governing boulevards, she said.
Or not, depending on whether the awning was there before Grand became part of the boulevard system in 1988.
Meanwhile, city lawyers are trying to determine how the sign ordinance applies while Lloyd and his crew keep an eye out for permit violations.
“We’ve been by there every day,” he said.
Of course, none of this would be at issue had the City Council done the smart thing in 2008 and allowed Temptations to expand into the building next door.
Class the place up a bit — that was the idea. Get a liquor license, which would mean no more nude entertainment. Dancers would have to wear pasties at the very least.
Therefore, Crossroads merchants might have said goodbye forever to the “Totally Nude” sign, which is not at all in keeping with the area’s ever-so-trendy image. In September, an international TV audience will be watching as some of the top bicycle racers in the world zip past in the Tour of Missouri.
But no. The council caved to pressure from prudes who felt the expansion would lead to more sexually oriented businesses.
Yeah, well, that sure worked out swell now, didn’t it?
“I was for it,” Morris said. “It was certainly better than what we’ve got now.”
Which is barely legal — or not.
To reach Mike Hendricks, call 816-234-7708 or send e-mail to mhendricks@kcstar.com.
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Saturday, August 8th, 2009
Incident At Vernon Strip Club Leaves Man In Critical Condition
By DAVID OWENS
The Hartford Courant
12:04 PM EDT, August 7, 2009
VERNON — – Detectives are investigating an assault outside a Windsor Avenue strip club that has left a man in critical condition at Hartford Hospital.
A Vernon police officer was patrolling the area along Route 83 when he saw several people fighting in the parking lot at Kahoots. People scattered and the officer found two injured men on the ground, Sgt. Dan Moore said.
One refused medical treatment. The other suffered serious head injuries and was taken to Rockville General Hospital, then flown to Hartford Hospital. He remains in critical condition. His name was not released.
“We’re actively investigating and we do have a suspect,” Moore said.
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Saturday, August 8th, 2009
Tucson Region
Suspect named in killing at strip club
By Phil Villarreal
arizona daily star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 08.08.2009
Tucson police have obtained an arrest warrant for a man suspected in the killing of David H. Tyne outside the Candy Store strip club July 30.
Police are looking for Andre “Dre” Lightsey-Copeland, 28. Copeland is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 150 pounds and has brown hair and eyes. He’s considered armed and dangerous, police said.
On July 30 at 5:02 p.m., police say a man confronted Tyne inside the strip club, on South Craycroft Road near East 22nd Street. One man lured Tyne outside where the other man was waiting, and Tyne was shot. He was taken to University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
One of the men drove away in a white 2005 Chevrolet Impala with Arizona license plate AFW2356 while the other man fled on foot.
Anyone who spots Copeland or the vehicle should call 911 or 88-CRIME.
Contact reporter Phil Villarreal at 573-4130 or pvillarreal@azstarnet.com
Tucson police have obtained an arrest warrant for a man suspected in the killing of David H. Tyne outside the Candy Store strip club July 30.
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Saturday, August 8th, 2009
CU student aims to open topless café in Boulder
By Amy Bounds (Contact)
Monday, July 6, 2009
BOULDER, Colo. — Boulder’s Dan Kennedy wants to open a coffee shop — but instead of competing with the likes of Starbucks by offering specialty drinks, he wants to steam up basic coffee and pre-packaged pastries with topless waitresses.
He’s looking to open a shop in August, one day a week in the morning.
Kennedy — who said he will be a sophomore at the University of Colorado in the fall after transferring from Whitman College in Washington — has placed ads on Craigslist for bouncers and women willing to work topless, saying he’s interviewing three women and three potential bouncers Friday. He’s offering to pay the women $80 to $100 for a morning.
But he said he’s still researching the steps he needs to make the cafe legal. He also needs a location. His ideal spot would be a conference room at CU, though he’s also looking on University Hill.
By offering only drip coffee and prepackaged food, he said, “There’s no license and no regulations.”
But, CU spokesman Bronson Hilliard said, there are strict regulations governing businesses on campus — plus a student code of conduct that would prohibit operating an adult business at the university.
He said students can rent conference rooms for “normal campus activities,” such as study groups. Bottom line, he said, a topless coffee shop “is not going to be allowed.”
“This is a half-baked idea,” he said.
Kennedy said CU students are a big part of his target audience, and he’s considering charging a $12 cover fee to avoid attracting a crowd just looking to ogle the waitresses.
His job listing for the bouncer says the employee “will be checking IDs to make sure they are 18 plus. Making sure topless girls feel safe and no inappropriate behavior from customers.”
He acknowledged that some people likely will object to his risque business venture.
“It’s probably going to cause a pretty big stir,” he said.
A controversial topless coffee shop in a rural Maine town drew national attention — and was burned down in June by an arsonist after just four months in business. Before the fire, the owner had received 150 applications for 10 positions.
Locally, a strip club off the Pearl Street Mall that opened in late 2007 drew concerns from zoning and building-code officials soon after it opened. The city recently looked into ways to regulate adult businesses before they opened, but the Boulder City Council has yet to agree to any changes.
The city’s options include using zoning rules to limit where such establishments could open. Some cities, for example, forbid strip clubs from doing business within 1,500 feet of a church, school, child-care center, park or other adults-only venue.
The city could decide to issue licenses to strip clubs instead, a process that could resemble the way liquor licenses are handed out now.
Mayor Matt Appelbaum said it may be worth looking at the zoning regulations and giving the community a chance to offer feedback.
“Our regulations don’t really preclude these businesses,” he said. “There clearly are locations where they are not appropriate.”
City Councilwoman Susan Osborne said she doesn’t want the council to spend time on the issue, adding that she hasn’t seen much of a market for strip clubs and similar adult businesses in Boulder.
“There are so many big things going on right now,” she said. “This would just be a distraction.”
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
A major bust at a local adult strip club has resulted in 13 dancers being arrested for soliciting prostitution. Police allege the dancers were doing much more than dancing.
Metro made the arrests early Monday morning. Police say busts like this, are not uncommon, but the number of arrests is what makes this one stand out.
“It’s a pretty substantial. I don’t know how many particular entertainers were working in that establishment that night but 13 is a lot of folks,” said Lieutenant Karen Hughes, Metro.
All of the female dancers were arrested for soliciting prostitution. Police say it is now up to them to post bail or wait 48 hours to make a court appearance and be released.
Hughes works with Metro’s vice squad, and would not go into detail about how the arrests were made, but says this is part of her team’s job.
“They’re out there every night, working street operations, hotel operations, book stores, anywhere where people that come to Las Vegas are going to go to find something that’s just off the radar.”
Right now, Metro says Deja Vu management is not facing any charges.
“They will check to make sure there are not any key employees who are involved in those acts, because if that’s the case, then the license will be in jeopardy.”
Deja Vu’s General Manager Bob Proden says this is the first time a bust of this size has happened in the club’s 15 year history. He says the club has received dance code violations in the past but those were eventually dropped.
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
Berkeley County has reinstated limits on where exotic entertainment venues such as strip clubs can be located.
An ordinance that went into effect Monday prohibits new exotic entertainment venues from locating within 2,000 feet of a house of worship, school, public recreation area, lodging
businesses and primarily residential areas. Such businesses also are barred from locating within 2,000 feet of another adult business.
The ordinance adopted last week by the County Commission replaces one that Circuit Judge Christopher Wilkes struck down in 2008 because the county doesn’t have zoning.
A state law approved this year helps counties without zoning limit strip club locations.
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Berkeley County has reinstated limits on where exotic entertainment venues such as strip clubs can be located.
An ordinance that went into effect Monday prohibits new exotic entertainment venues from locating within 2,000 feet of a house of worship, school, public recreation area, lodging businesses and primarily residential areas. Such businesses also are barred from locating within 2,000 feet of another adult business.
The ordinance adopted last week by the County Commission replaces one that Circuit Judge Christopher Wilkes struck down in 2008 because the county doesn’t have zoning.
A state law approved this year helps counties without zoning limit strip club locations.
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
Oct 25, 2006
Vargas, who owns Lenny’s Deli on Triangle Street, recently bought the Go-Go property from Vincent Mavilia and plans to sign an agreement with the city not to have topless entertainment, although zoning allows it.
On Tuesday, Vargas met with the Unified Neighborhood Inspection Team at the former club to give an overview of her plans for the 1,200-square-foot building.
She plans to remove the circular bar, which still has full bottles of beer and half-full bottles of hard liquor, and renovate the interior to include a small stage for live music.
Vargas doesn’t plan to serve a full menu of food but will serve appetizers, liquor and other beverages. She also plans to add a patio and a plasma television.
“I want to bring in a mariachi band and maybe some jazz,” Vargas said.
City officials have received complaints for at least two years about the Go-Go Joint, which was previously known as Bada Bing and Wiggles.
In March, a judge ordered Mavilia to install a video surveillance system so police could monitor activity inside the Shelter Rock Road strip club.
Judge Douglas Mintz required the cameras about a year after local police and personnel from the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney shut down the club under the state’s nuisance abatement law.
Police arrested six women in August 2005 who were charged with prostitution for offering to have sex with undercover officers for money.
Another dancer was charged with prostitution in February after asking an undercover officer for money in exchange for sex.
According to the city, Mavilia never installed the cameras. He put the building up for sale.
A sign outside the building says the property is for sale for $375,000, cash only. Vargas would not say whether she paid cash.
“You are doing us a favor. This is a very positive thing for the city,” Rich Antous, a member of the city’s Unified Neighborhood Inspection Team, told Vargas on Tuesday.
City officials plan to help Vargas get the necessary permits to get the new café up and running. Vargas said she hopes to have it open by December.
“I am just really pleased that we have been able to resolve this neighborhood issue, and I wish her the best of luck with her business,” Mayor Mark Boughton said Tuesday.
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Hard News??? KABC Covers Strip Club Opening
Posted Apr 24th 2009 9:40AM by TMZ Staff
In their pursuit of “credible” and “informative” news stories, KABC in Los Angeles decided to assign one of their most attractive reporters to do some hard-hitting journalism last night — at the re-opening of L.A. strip joint, The Body Shop. No, they didn’t make their reporter perform.
But the story wasn’t just a cheap attempt to attract viewers by showing trashy chicks wearing practically nothing (insert sarcasm here), it was a story about the economic hardships of our times — anyone with a job is considered lucky.
Thankfully, the “legitimate” news informed us about one all important fact: If you can swing around a pole in a g-string, the place is hiring.
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Stories about clubs all over the United States
Elpaso Strip Club Owners Trail starts Monday
http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_125823…ce=most_viewed
Strip-club owner’s trial starts Monday
By Adriana M. Chávez / El Paso Times
Posted: 06/13/2009 12:00:00 AM MDT
EL PASO — After five years of legal wrangling, a 66-year-old businesswoman is to stand trial Monday on charges that she prostituted dancers at her now-defunct El Paso strip club.
Jeannie Coutta is charged with promotion of prostitution and four counts of engaging in organized criminal activity.
Coutta and her business partner, Phyllis Woodall, were arrested in 2004 after a 14-month police investigation of their Naked Harem club at 6345 Alameda.
Police began the investigation because of allegations that minors were working as strippers at the club. This led to Coutta, Woodall and two of the club’s managers being charged in the prostitution case.
A jury in 2006 convicted Woodall, 52, of engaging in organized criminal activity and aggravated promotion of prostitution. She was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
In a 2005 court affidavit, police said two 15-year-old girls and a 17-year-old girl worked as a strippers at the club and were paid to perform sexual acts on customers in the club’s VIP rooms.
During Woodall’s trial, dancer Mari Snider, who worked at the club for six months in 2003, testified that Woodall said sex was not allowed in the club. But, Snider said, another dancer told her that sex for pay was allowed if dancers were willing.
A former El Paso County sheriff’s deputy, Ramon Alvarez, testified that he had frequented the club for years and paid for sex several times. He said he stopped going to the club after he learned of the police investigation. In
an interview last year, Coutta said she and Woodall were “set up” by employees who hired underage girls.
Jurors for Coutta’s trial were chosen Friday. Opening statements will begin at 7:30 a.m. Monday before District Judge David Guaderrama in 243rd District Court.
The two club managers arrested in the prostitution case, Maria Brooks, 53, and Sandra Zepeda, 44, are awaiting trial. Brooks’ trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 22. Zepeda’s trial date is still pending. Adriana M. Chávez may be reached at achavez@elpasotimes.com;
LAP-DANCE “CANARIES”
Last updated: 10:09 am
June 12, 2009
Posted: 2:06 am
June 12, 2009
BY: LAURA ITALIANO
A lineup of loose-lipped lap dancers from what cops call a $20,000-a-night Midtown brothel has put the screws to their husband-and-wife bosses.
A Manhattan judge yesterday refused to toss the case against Louis and Betty Posner, former proprietors of the raided and padlocked Hot Lap Dance Club on West 38th Street — crediting, in part, accounts the much-more-than-strippers gave grand jurors.
“Big Lou,” or “Daddy,” as he was called at the club, must now face felony pimping and money-laundering charges — even though he had argued he had no idea prostitution was occurring at the club.
Meanwhile, his wife is still on the hook for charges of falsifying records, including listing the business in bank forms as “catering.”
Included in the ladies’ vivid testimony, according to new court papers:
* Louis Posner regularly booked himself as a customer in his own joint — with records indicating “no charge” or “comp.”
* He referred to condoms as “bubble gum” and made them available to the dancers.
* Posner often boasted that he had inside police sources — “contacts” who never came through in time for the July 2008 raid.
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Canton Inn Shuts Down
By ELAINA ATHANS — WMDT 6/10/2009
A Gentlemen’s Club has closed its doors after the Department of Justice says prostitution was taking place inside.
“It’s no longer going to be the Canton Inn in Seaford as we know it,” said Representative David Short of Seaford.
Delaware’s Department of Justice says plenty of illegal activity happened behind closed doors.
“Undercover agents went in there and a dancer would come up to them and say ‘I will perform a sexual act on you in exchange for money,’” said Deputy Attorney General Philip Bangle.
The State says because of an undercover investigation the Canton Inn closed.
The gentlemen’s club was closed under Delaware’s Nuisance Abatement Law, which means that charges could either be brought forth or the owner could close the establishment. The Department of Justice says Owner David K. Lui chose to close its doors.
Bangle said, “This is an act we’ve been using over the last couple years to deal with properties that are havens for crime.”
The Club posed a threat to the public’s health, safety and welfare, according to the state. And Representative Daniel Short agrees.
He said, “A lot of citizens in the community didn’t want to see it there to begin with. It was close to a housing development across the street, there have been complaints of its existance.”
Lui could not be reached for comment. The State says the criminal charges against Lui have been dropped, but a civil lawsuit is now pending
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