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Boston Strip Clubs: Proposed Framingham strip club moves to Plan B

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Strippers might be part of the town’s future, but there will not be any scantily clad women dancing on a stage at the former Tin Alley Grill.
“It’s out of the question,” John Kilgallen, who manages the property at 1699 Worcester Road, said yesterday.
Kilgallen said he had been in talks to lease the vacant building to Groton plumber Joe Ferguson, but was shocked by the news Ferguson filed plans with the town to turn the place into a high-end strip club called “Bright Side.”
“As soon as I saw it in the paper I just went ‘Oh my God,”‘ Kilgallen said.
Having lost his proposed site, Ferguson yesterday withdrew his application for a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals.

Kilgallen yesterday said he and owner Westchester Associates “don’t want to be associated” with a strip club.

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Boston Strip Clubs: Colleagues ‘upset’ over Stoughton cop’s picture with dwarf porn star

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Posted Jul 21, 2010 @ 03:06 AM
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A Stoughton patrolman, already in trouble for lying about an unauthorized alteration to his service weapon, outraged his colleagues when he showed them a photograph of himself, in uniform, abandoning his patrol to pose with a dwarf porn star outside a local strip club, Police Chief Paul Shastany said.
Patrolman Richard Bennett showed several colleagues a picture of his June 20 meeting with Bridget “The Midget” Powers, a 3-foot-9 adult-film star with dwarfism who was performing during a special engagement at Club Alex’s. Those officers then reported the matter to their superiors, who were already investigating Bennett for having a laser sight installed on his service weapon without the chief’s permission.
“They were upset at him and it was reported promptly,” Shastany said of Bennett’s encounter with the porn star. “They felt there was sufficient misconduct to be reported because it was an affront to their sensibilities.”

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Boston Strip Clubs: Officer quits over stripper incident

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

A Stoughton police officer has resigned after internal affairs investigations found that he left his patrol to meet a stripper known as “the world’s smallest porn star’’ and that he modified his service pistol by attaching a laser-sighting device, according to the police chief.

He deserted his patrol area during a shift in mid-June and drove to Club Alex’s in Stoughton, Shastany said. He spoke to a manager at the club and arranged to have a 3-foot-9 porn actress and stripper, known as Bridget “The Midget’’ Powers, meet him in the parking lot so he could be photographed with her while in uniform.
“This brings discredit and shame on an organization,’’ said Shastany, 55. If people in the community saw Bennett posing with the stripper, he said, “what’s the takeaway? Is that something where people say, ‘Oh, that’s awesome, look at the community policing?’ I am frankly livid that that’s something an officer thinks he could get away with.’’

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Boston Strip Clubs: ‘Bridget the Midget’ big trouble for Stoughton cop

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Bennett stepped down after five officers reported he left his patrol to ogle Bridget the Midget, a 3-feet, 9-inch tall porn star, Stoughton Police Chief Paul Shastany said. Bennett was also facing discipline for putting an unapproved laser scope on his gun and lying to investigators, Shastany said.
Bennett, who was honored by the department in June for his work in helping catch an accused killer, installed a laser sight on his department-issued handgun and then lied to investigators about it, the chief said.
“He modified his weapon without permission,” Shastany said. “And when he was interviewed, was untruthful. If an officer is untruthful, you do not have a place in this organization.”
Of the strip club visit, Shastany said: “He went there and left his beat and wanted to meet this person.”

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Boston Strip Clubs: Officer resigns after meeting porn star while on duty

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Officer resigns after meeting porn star while on duty
STOUGHTON, Mass. — A police officer resigned after he was accused for deserting his patrol to have his picture taken with a porn star.
Richard Bennett, 28, submitted his resignation when he was confronted with the allegations that he left his patrol post to see the adult film star.
According to Police Chief Paul Shastany, the officer didn’t break any laws, but his curiosity got the best of him.  
“There was information that just by nature of her stature that he wanted to see her,” said Stoughton Police Chief Paul Shastany.
The 3-foot, 9-inch woman, who worked at the gentleman’s club Alex’s, calls herself “Bridget the Midget.”
“He went and had a photograph taken with himself and this performer while he was in uniform. He didn’t enter the club, but what that did is it portrayed the police department in a very poor position,” said Shastany.

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Boston Strip Clubs: ALICE C. BROWN, Canton: Rotenberg Center must be booted out of Canton

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

In an atmosphere of silent complicity, where town “leaders” would rather have the taxes from the Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, than to outlaw it, it’s nice to see one of our police officers refuse to bow to the pressure.
In a story carried by The Patriot Ledger, Canton police Lt. Patty Sherrill reported that a child at the center told her, “Miss, you have to get me out of here. I fear for my safety.”
Maybe Sherrill’s comments on the conditions at the center will do what the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.N., state Sen. Brian Joyce and the students of Brandeis University have not been able to do – zone that place out of town, as Rhode Island did.
We don’t have strip clubs and adult bookstores; why should we have a place that shocks, spits and slaps its victims into submission?

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Boston Strip Clubs: Boston Blotter: Tedeschi Killer Pleads Not Guilty to Other Charges, Off-Duty …

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

… A vandal known by the tag “ETHER” pleaded guilty last week to seven counts of vandalizing property after spray painting multiple MBTA train cars five years ago. The suspect accepted a year in jail, one year probation, and a $10,000 fine. [MBTA.com]
– Two men, including an off-duty police officer, were arrested after a fight at Salisbury Beach on Sunday put a Haverhill man in the hospital in a coma. Both suspects were arraigned Monday at Newburyport District Court on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and aggravated assault and battery. A police report said the victim was hit from behind. The Salisbury police can be reached at 978-465-3121. [WCVB]
– Police in Yarmouth are investigating three stabbings in the last two weeks on Cape Cod. [Globe]
– A Stoughton police officer resigned after visiting a strip club to meet a 3′9” adult film star. He was on duty when this took place. [Herald]

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Boston Strip Clubs: Strip club application withdrawn

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

The 28-year-old would-be developer of a strip club on Rte. 9 withdrew his application from the Zoning Board of Appeals today, according to Gene Kennedy, the board’s administrator.
Kennedy said that Joe Fergusons proposal did not fall within the town district that allows adult entertainment businesses. That district is concentrated around Crossing Boulevard, a U-shaped road off of Rte. 9, said Kennedy.
Ferguson said in a brief telephone interview that he intends to locate his club in a much better location but refused to say whether that location will be in Framingham.
Strip clubs must locate within the district, and get a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals, said Kennedy.
Ferguson wanted to put his strip club near the intersection of Rte. 9 and California Avenue in the old Tin Alley Grill.

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Boston Strip Clubs: Officer skips beat to see dwarf porn star

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

A POLICE officer resigned from the force after leaving his beat to see a dwarf porn star.
Officer Richard Bennett, 28, deserted his late night patrol to visit a gentleman’s club where adult film star Bridget “The Midget” Powers – billed as “the world’s smallest porn star” – was performing last month.
The officer, who was serving in the Stoughton, Massachusetts patrol, resigned after leaving his beat to see the porn star, The Patriot Ledger reported.He was in uniform at the time and was reported to authorities by at least five other officers, said Stoughton Police Chief Paul Shastany.
He then reportedly lied about the visit during an internal investigation into the incident.
“Mama told me there would be days like this,” Shastany said, on confirming Bennett’s resignation. “We are not red-faced. In fact, I am pretty proud [other officers] stepped up.”

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Boston Strip Clubs: officer resigns after meeting with stripper

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff A Stoughton patrolman has resigned from the department after internal affairs investigations found that he left his patrol to meet a stripper billed as “the world’s smallest porn star” and that he modified his service pistol by adding a laser-sighting device, the police chief said today.Bridget Powers Officer Richard P. Bennett submitted a one-paragraph resignation letter on June 30 and promptly left the department, said Chief Paul J. Shastany, who became chief on April 5 of a force that has been battered for nearly a decade by scandals and corruption charges. Shastany, who had worked in the Framingham and Natick police departments for 34 years and had vowed to restore Stoughton’s reputation, said he was proud of his officers, not embarrassed. Bennett’s colleagues, he said, reported the officer’s misdeeds to the department, prompting two separate internal affairs investigations. “This is a classic example of the organization policing itself,” he said. “This surgically quick removal was a very beneficial thing for the organi …

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