I used to be a big strip club goer back in the day, driving all over South Florida, partying in the strip clubs and recruiting girls for porn movies. Shame to see one of South Florida's most fun, dirty clubs being shut down. Boynton Beach police did the same to a nearby club a couple of years ago, Platinum Gold, formerly Aphrodite's.
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Boynton Beach Police shut down Platinum Showgirls strip club Friday night following an undercover investigation that resulted in more than 50 felony and misdemeanor charges against 30 employees for drug sales, underage drinking and prostitution.
The club, located at 1115 N. Federal Highway, also violated county ordinances by allowing many of their dancers to engage in lap dances and working without identification cards, according to Public Information Officer Stephanie Slater.
"This establishment has generated numerous complaints not only from the residential neighborhoods nearby, but from citizens throughout the city," Boynton Beach Police Chief G. Matthew Immler said. "Tonight's operation is the culmination of that investigation and the reduction of untoward illegal activity that adversely affects the safety of our citizens and the image of our city."
Going on a tip that dancers were selling drugs, in June, undercover officers began visiting the club. Within days, they were able to buy hundreds of dollars in cocaine and prescription painkillers from dancers, Slater, said.
On numerous occasions, dancers offered to perform sexual acts on the undercover officers in private rooms. The dancers even went so far as to perform those acts on each other in an attempt to solicit money from the officers.
Platinum Showgirls owner Matt Barrow, 52, is charged with racketeering, felony public nuisance, unlawfully possessing property for the purpose of selling controlled substances, and deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution by allowing employees to engage in prohibited acts.
Managers Kenneth Willig, 45, of Boynton Beach and Gregory Lenox, 34, of Lake Worth are charged with racketeering, felony public nuisance, deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution and allowing employees to engage in prohibited acts.
Lily Gibeaut, 51, who detectives identified as the "madam" after she negotiated the prices of girls and private rooms with undercover officers, is charged with racketeering, felony public nuisance, deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution, aiding solicitation of prostitution and allowing employees to engage in prohibited acts.
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/pal...,3191668.story
Boynton Beach Police shut down Platinum Showgirls strip club Friday night following an undercover investigation that resulted in more than 50 felony and misdemeanor charges against 30 employees for drug sales, underage drinking and prostitution.
The club, located at 1115 N. Federal Highway, also violated county ordinances by allowing many of their dancers to engage in lap dances and working without identification cards, according to Public Information Officer Stephanie Slater.
"This establishment has generated numerous complaints not only from the residential neighborhoods nearby, but from citizens throughout the city," Boynton Beach Police Chief G. Matthew Immler said. "Tonight's operation is the culmination of that investigation and the reduction of untoward illegal activity that adversely affects the safety of our citizens and the image of our city."
Going on a tip that dancers were selling drugs, in June, undercover officers began visiting the club. Within days, they were able to buy hundreds of dollars in cocaine and prescription painkillers from dancers, Slater, said.
On numerous occasions, dancers offered to perform sexual acts on the undercover officers in private rooms. The dancers even went so far as to perform those acts on each other in an attempt to solicit money from the officers.
Platinum Showgirls owner Matt Barrow, 52, is charged with racketeering, felony public nuisance, unlawfully possessing property for the purpose of selling controlled substances, and deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution by allowing employees to engage in prohibited acts.
Managers Kenneth Willig, 45, of Boynton Beach and Gregory Lenox, 34, of Lake Worth are charged with racketeering, felony public nuisance, deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution and allowing employees to engage in prohibited acts.
Lily Gibeaut, 51, who detectives identified as the "madam" after she negotiated the prices of girls and private rooms with undercover officers, is charged with racketeering, felony public nuisance, deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution, aiding solicitation of prostitution and allowing employees to engage in prohibited acts.
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