Atlanta Strip Clubs: Ga. strip club staff sentenced for rival’s fire
Posted on January 5th, 2010 in Atlanta strip clubs
Ga. strip club staff sentenced for rival’s fire
Associated Press – January 5, 2010 5:44 PM ET
ATLANTA (AP) – Three strip club staffers have been sentenced for plotting a fire to burn down a rival club.
Boyd Smith and Sandeo Dyson were both sentenced Tuesday to five years in federal prison. Howard “Bit” Thrower was also sentenced to three years in prison.
Prosecutors say the three plotted the fire to shut down Club Onyx because it was hurting the bottom line of their club, Platinum 21. The fire shut down Club Onyx for six months and caused $1.8 million in damages and lost sales, according to court testimony.
Dyson, the club’s security chief, and Thrower, a corporate management executive, pleaded guilty to the charges and testified against Smith. A federal jury convicted Smith of the charges in February after a 6-day trial.
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