Atlanta Strip Clubs: Roaches, rats, then arson used in strip club feud

Posted on January 5th, 2010 in Atlanta strip clubs

The Associated Press January 5, 2010, 1:09PM ET
Roaches, rats, then arson used in strip club feud
By GREG BLUESTEIN
ATLANTA
After the luxurious Club Onyx started taking business from other strip clubs, the operators of rival Platinum 21 dreamed up ways to shut it down.
They tried littering the place with roaches, then filling it with rats. And when all else failed, prosecutors say, they tried to burn the place down.
The fire shut down Club Onyx for six months and caused $1.8 million in damage and lost sales, according to court documents. It also led to a federal case against three employees of Platinum 21, who are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday on conspiracy to commit arson charges.
The three face five to 20 years in prison.
“Regardless of motive, arson is a crime of violence,” said Gregory Gant, the ATF’s special agent in charge in Atlanta. “These men should consider themselves lucky that no one was hurt as a result of their deliberate and malicious acts.”

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