Atlanta Strip Clubs: EXCLUSIVE: Bond Seeks Eagle Charges Dropped, City Apology
Posted on January 4th, 2010 in Atlanta strip clubs
No drugs were found in the establishment after all 62 patrons were searched by police, and the raid seems to stem from a tip to the mayor’s office which stated, among other things, that little empty drug bags were found on the ground in the neighborhood.
All Eagle staff members and several men who were dancing in their underwear were arrested. Over three months since the incident, the charges are still pending against the eight who were arrested.
After their arrest, the dancers had learned they were being charged for stripping without a permit and the staff members were being charged for allowing it. However, Eagle co-owners, Robby Kelley and Richard Ramey, told IPS they did not believe the dancers legally qualified as strippers because they were in their underwear.
In any event, according to several sources familiar with bar and club licensing issues, having strippers without a permit usually results in a 1,000-dollar fine for the bar, not the arrest of the dancers and owners.
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