Most dangerous strip club you had ever gone to.
shadowcat
Atlanta suburb
Mar 9th, 2012
March 08--A River Drive strip club that was the site of a fire and two shootings over the past week has been the site of more than 300 incidents in the past two years, according to data obtained by The State.
Richland County deputies were sent to Crush Gentleman's Club 173 times since March 7, 2010. Officers wrote up 348 incident reports at the River Drive strip club in that same time span.
Most recently, deputies and Columbia firefighters responded to the club after a fire started there early Thursday morning. The club sustained about $100,000 in damages in the fire, which is still under investigation.
Wednesday, two men shot at a tow truck driver who was moving a car that was parked there illegally. Reco Maurice Bell, 24, and Antione Demetrius Caughmun, 25, were arrested in that incident and charged with attempted murder and armed robbery.
A woman also had to be hospitalized after she was hit by a bullet passing through a wall at the club March 1. The bullet was fired during a fight in the club's parking lot late that night.
The club has become a nuisance and public safety hazard to the community, said Sheriff Leon Lott. Frightened community members have been calling the department about the club, and it seems to be a "magnet for illegal activity," he said.
"Our hope is that it would not be rebuilt," Lott said Thursday after the club caught fire. "It's to the community and sheriff's department's advantage if it's not rebuilt."
In 2006, when the site was home to Chastity's Gold Club, a club bouncer was shot and killed by a Columbia attorney who then barricaded himself from deputies in his Gregg Park neighborhood home.
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Also, I don't trust the Tijuana police.
I had one incident where I was walking along Revolution Blvd. (a tourist street) and a local started walking with me and offering to be my "guide." I told him no, several times but he continued to walk with me. Within two minutes a police van pulled up and told me that I was associating with a known drug dealer. They insisted on searching me.... I was carrying nothing illegal but I was carrying my passport, a condom and a couple hundred US dollars. I was contemplating offering a bribe (seems like that is standard practice in Tijuana), when the police supervisor showed up and sent me on my way.
We even walked back to the hotel at about 2am. I’m not sure how dangerous it actually was. Could have been, but ignorance is bliss.
Nikita's nearby for the neighborhood. Worse neighborhood, though I haven't seen fights there.
I never felt unsafe, but I'm a large, muscular, paranoid man who keeps his head on a swivel (i.e. I don't look like a target).
I also recall being highly amused that the Baltimore Police Headquarters is literally right down the street. Baltimore is certainly interesting.
Cook County jail is ona street rife with crackhouses and crackwhore brothels. I've twice picked up a buddy who was being released, and just a block away guys are yelling "Rocks! Dust! Blow!" If you don't keep your doors locked and windows uo, the streetwalkers will get into your car even if you're moving.
I'm not aware that I've ever been to too dangerous a club, although I have avoided clubs because of certain neighborhoods. Still regret not trying Club Desire in New Orleans East.
Bridgeport, my visit to Pleasant moments, the neighborhood was bad. But the only person around acted like they were a sort of on street lot security for the club, maybe just faking it, but was polite and not didn't try some kinda con.
It was probably over 20 year since I've been to TJ, I know Mexico in general has gotten worse in general, but those bars are probably paying off the police in front of them to leave their customers alone. And, at least 20 year ago, everything looked at least OK.
But, Washington Park, IL... Hollywood (now scarlets) and hustler were right up next to the freeway, but driving back to blondies was a sketchy. In the 1/2 mile from the freeway entrance I saw a car on fire in someone's yard, no fire department responding, even though there was a building with a fire dept. sign on it almost across the street. One of the 2 AM'er stories was about a murder in the parking lot of one of the clubs there, the victim was the town MAYOR.
The now closed Dollhouse, which was well known for having bar fights, shootings, and even an incident where a guy in a Hummer drove over the tops of other cars in the parking lot. Before about 10 or 11 pm, it was a fun club. After midnight, it got rough. I was in there a couple of times between midnight and closing, and let me tell you, I suspect if the bartender/manager, DJ, and door man didn't know me well and like my cash, this pasty white old fart would have had a hard time.
There was also Club 88 outside of Trenton, NJ. Another club with a strong gang vibe. Same story, nothing ever jumped off while I was there but articles re shootings.
OuterSpace is not bad, neighborhood looks rundown but nowhere near the worse in Philly. It actually has the perfect amount of street traffic. Most of it is from the club. Too little and I get antsy, too much and you worry about south popping off.
It is a fact that a certain criminal element is drawn to strip clubs and the ratio rises as the day/night goes on hence the infamous 2 am'ers.
Outside the building looked kind of run down. Inside the club looked O.K. There were a few customers in back. The bartender seemed friendly; gave me my drink. Some girls were standing by the pool table. The atmosphere seemed relaxed.
That all changed in 30 seconds. As I was walking over to the pool table to see the girls, the bartender went berserk. For no apparent reason, he ran over to the pool table, picked up a cue stick, began screaming and smashing the cue stick against the table, barely missing hitting them. That was enough for me. I did an about face, left my drink and went out the front door. The cue stick was in several pieces.
The most dangerous club visit I had was to the XTC cabaret on the north freeway in Houston in mid '90s. Some guys got kicked out of the club early in my visit--which generally is good for club safety--but they guys came back about 30 minutes later an lit the back door of the club on fire. I headed out the font door as the bouncer and club management tried to put out the fire. After the firemen arrived, I went back in the club and the same girls were still dancing while the room was smoky and the firemen where hosing down the remnants of the fire. I had to applaud the dedication to the craft those girls showed that night.
I know a few in Irvington NJ that can become dangerous both inside and out on the local street.
There is another area (Orange NJ) that has a club in a rough area.
Also, the downtown parts of Paterson NJ can be dangerous. A PL exiting one of the strip clubs - looking like he’s had a few - can become an easy mark.