Bad Cop: Detective gets 130 lap dances, makes no arrests
Attorneys for associates of Frank Colacurcio Sr. argue federal authorities are wasting their time and taxpayer money -- at least $16,000 of which they claim was spent at the strip club mogul's clubs by a single detective.
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As the march toward trial continues, several of the men indicted following a sting targeting Seattle strip club mogul Frank Colacurcio Sr. now say federal authorities have no business policing vice in the city. The prostitution and racketeering investigation, now in its fourth year, saw indictments filed against Colacurcio -- operator of Rick's strip club in Seattle and three similar establishments around the region -- and five other men associated with his company, Talents West. In indicting the elderly Colacurcio, his son, Frank Colacurcio Jr., and the others, federal prosecutors alleged all conspired to profit from prostitution at the clubs. Objecting to a new claim by prosecutors that prostitution is back at the clubs, attorneys for one of the accused now says the government's effort has turned the FBI into "a vice squad." An attorney representing another defendant has claimed that investigatory reports show one undercover officer spent at least $16,835 buying more than 130 lap dances without making a single arrest. "Several witnesses have provided a relatively consistent account of how, during the few months immediately after the execution of the federal search warrants, the level of prostitution activity at the clubs significantly decreased," the FBI special agent leading the investigation alleged in a Feb. 17 report. "Over time," the agent added, "these and other witnesses began to consistently report that … prostitution activities had returned to Rick's and Honey's at levels similar to what they were prior to the execution of the federal search warrants." During eight undercover visits to the clubs in December and January, the agent told the court Seattle police and an FBI agent were propositioned by 10 dancers. Investigators also found that club management was ignoring sex acts clearly visible to the undercover officers. |
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