Ever been busted in a strip club for illegal activity?
shadowcat
Atlanta suburb
I have. Once. I have been through 3 vice raids and 3 different clubs.
The first time was at the infamous Memphis Platinum Plus. Fortunately I was only sitting at a table talking to a dancer. About 50 customers and dancers that were in the private dance room got citations for illegal touching.
Second one was at the infamous Follies. No biggie. I think 2 dancers got busted for no city permits.
The last one back around 2012 at the Columbia Platinum Plus, I was in the men's room when the smoking police made a raid. I returned to my table and lit up. There was an ash tray on my table. I did notice an older female close by with clip board that was taking notes. A short time later myself and about 10 other customers were taken to the lobby and given citations for smoking. It was a $25 fine that I mailed in. I complained to the manager. He apologized saying that they usually get a warning when a raid is coming. He gave me 2 chits for free drinks.
I guess I am lucky that the one citation is the only one that I have gotten considering. :) BTW I don't smoke anymore.
The first time was at the infamous Memphis Platinum Plus. Fortunately I was only sitting at a table talking to a dancer. About 50 customers and dancers that were in the private dance room got citations for illegal touching.
Second one was at the infamous Follies. No biggie. I think 2 dancers got busted for no city permits.
The last one back around 2012 at the Columbia Platinum Plus, I was in the men's room when the smoking police made a raid. I returned to my table and lit up. There was an ash tray on my table. I did notice an older female close by with clip board that was taking notes. A short time later myself and about 10 other customers were taken to the lobby and given citations for smoking. It was a $25 fine that I mailed in. I complained to the manager. He apologized saying that they usually get a warning when a raid is coming. He gave me 2 chits for free drinks.
I guess I am lucky that the one citation is the only one that I have gotten considering. :) BTW I don't smoke anymore.
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I suspect that most PLs who smoke actually like it that you can't smoke in the club. Gives them an excuse to go outside with the strippers who smoke.
I have at least 50 female witnesses that will testify on my behalf
I’ve been in a club a few times where the police have come in. I think 3 times to be exact. Once time they went into the dressing room and a few minutes came out with a dancer in handcuffs in street clothes (never found out why she was being arrested but some people there figured it was some sort of parole violation). The other two times, once they walked around the club and left, the other time they just stayed in the lobby talking to staff for about 20 minutes then left.
Years ago I watched one guy get up turn around and punch a dude square in the cheek. He sat down as the guy that got punched hit the floor. Shortly after, maybe a couple minutes passed the guy got up and went to the restroom like nothing happened! Both men stayed at the club, too. Strange but definitely something that I fear could escalate into something else, and why it didn’t I don’t know why.
It was a lame club with no private area so the worst that ever happened there was some touching or sometimes a nipple flash.
I heard afterwards that they detained everyone that was there and took names etc, but only the manager and 3 or 4 dancers were charged. It was a BS bust and nobody was convicted.
The first was in the 70s where the club was raided for violating some its ordinance. The bartender, doorman who took the cover charge where all given citations, I guess because they handled money for illegal activities. The manager was arrested and taken off. All of the customers were asked to show ID and their naves an addresses written down.
The second was a bit unusual and had little to do with the fact that it was a strip club. About 1100 at night the club lights came up and a couple of uniformed officers accompanied by a couple of suits (lawyers?), went around checking people’s Ids against a list of people who had outstanding warrants. I don’t think they found any, but they did give out a couple for underage drinking. It was a college town. This whole event was kind of a downer, so after the cops left, I, and others oved down the street to another club. Ten minutes afterI got there, the whole scenario played out again.
The third time I was getting a nice table dance with some OTP stick shifting in an upscale club. The floor mom began making rounds talking to all the dancers. After she left mine, the dancer told me that there was an undercover cop in the club. That cut short my visit.
The fourth time was odd, the house lights came up and most the dancers immediately headed for the dressing room. They were followed by a policewoman and another woman in a suit. Turns out they were giving warnings to the dancers not wearing nipple coverings, a seldom enforced regulation here.
I have been told that certain announcements by the DJ were meant as warnings to the dancers that there were undercover cops in the club.
I have been to clubs, especially in downtown areas where cops still walked beats, where a couple of uniformed cops would show up and stand just outside the entryway to enjoy a free show for 10 or 15 minutes.
Many clubs I have been to have sported stickers or posters out front or in the lobby that they supported various police functions an organizations. I suppose to deter raids