Espresso Stand Busted for Prostitution
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Charges have been brought down on the owner of a Grab N' Go coffee stand in Edmonds, Washington, near Seattle, as well as three employees. After 40 people complained to police that the girls working at Java Juggs were exposing themselves to customers—for as little as $10 or $20, I might add—Edmonds police set up a nine-month sting operation to investigate.
KOMO News: “It was really, from what I understand, quite simple,†says Sgt. Don Anderson of the Edmonds police. “It wasn't a great deal of effort in getting these girls to expose themselves.â€
These busty girls were just asking to get busted.
During a recent sting, undercover police officers took 17 photos that allegedly captured the five baristas at the Grab ‘N Go Espresso Stand serving up more than steamy lattes. KOMO News obtained the photos after arguing in court for their release.
Most of the photos are too explicit to show online, with one of the baristas allegedy exposing her crotch in a photo taken by police.
Why exactly KOMO News pleaded for these photos notwithstanding, before you think that this a case of girls gone wild, consider the involvement of the Java Jugg's madame:
The investigation also revealed that the owner of the business, a 49-year-old Snohomish woman who owns three Java Juggs espresso stands in Edmonds and South Everett, was also involved in these activities, police said.
She was arrested June 30 for investigation of three counts of prostitution and one count of permitting prostitution.
So the boss encouraged the girls to wear bikinis and flash the patrons, or at least turned a blind eye. Apparently, sexpresso stands are a growing trend around Seattle. We have to ask: is the coffee competition so tough in Seattle that baristas have to resort to whipped cream bikinis to make a profit?
Sex sells, but who knew it went so well with coffee?
http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2011/07/…
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Reminds me of when the Cambridge, MA cops came down on the local massage parlors in the early 90s. A reporter did some research after the bust and discovered the investigation budget had gone dry just before the police raided the parlors. Before that undercover cops were pretending to be customers.
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59469…
I live very close to two of the Java Juggs stands mentioned. One is just diagonally across the street from one of the now-closed strips clubs that she worked at: Honey's in Everett, WA. Apparently, as the owner, she still thinks she's giving the same kind of dances she used to give right across the street in the VIP room!
And the length of the investigation shows the 'thoroughness' of the police department in wanting to be sure that they had 'all the evidence they could want'.
1. These are a chain of three drive-up coffee stands. There are many chains throughout the Puget Sound region. Many of the stands are the size a guard shack. Others only a little larger. Between the three stands that Java Juggs operates, they are in two different jurisdictions. One is in the city of Edmonds, WA and the other two, which are only a mile apart are in uninicorporated Snohomish County, WA. Therefore, the laws pertaining to indecent exposure, prostitution, etc. may be different between the two different jurisdictions.
2. The article posted by Samsung isn't as informative as some of the local articles written. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's story is the most informative of all of them. It specifically mentions that touching for money was observed. If you'd care to read about it in more detail I have provided the link for you below, as well as two of the local TV stations news video clips of the story:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/B…
KOMO-TV story and video: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/12517…
KIRO-TV story and video: http://www.kirotv.com/news/28478127/deta…
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/12519…