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115 jailed at Atlanta party with live sex
By JEFFRY SCOTT
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
It was a sex scene that had to be seen to be believed, and for three hours undercover Atlanta cops watched.
Then they busted the Club Zinc at 582 Piedmont Avenue and put 115 people in jail Saturday night for paying $25 each to see one woman have sex with maybe 10 men.
"Anybody who was there knew why they were there -- there were no innocent walk-ups," said Sgt. Wayne Whitmire, of the organized crime unit of Atlanta police.
He said most of them found about the party on a Web site.
Among those arrested were a 16-year-old girl who performed a sex act onstage, and two men that police claim were the party's hosts.
Richard Craven, 38, of Alpharetta, and David Havener, 39, of Atlanta, have been charged with operating a business without a license, and serving alcohol without a license. Police said it was the first night the business was open.
Amanda Jones, 29, of Cumming, who police said performed sex on stage, was charged with public indecency.
"There were so many people coming into the club we were afraid we couldn't safely deal with all the people," Whitmire said. "If we had waited longer, we could have arrested 300 people."
Police said it took more than three hours to arrest and put the 45 females and 70 males in jail Saturday night and early Sunday morning. All were charged with disorderly conduct.
Atlanta attorney Alan Begner called the charges outrageous. He represents 40 of those arrested. "If you go to a nightclub and drink and you're arrested because the nightclub wasn't licensed properly, you deserve an apology. These people did nothing wrong."
The sex show was billed as an "all-action party" in an advertisement on the Internet that invited people to "put on your sexiest outfit or let your imagination run wild, but be ready to dance and party the night away."
Craven and Havener couldn't be reached for comment Monday.
Police said the club is part of a growing side of Atlanta night life that is not found in city tourism brochures and has come under police scrutiny.
"We're looking at escort services and any kind of sex services," Whitmire said. "This is a part of that investigation."
The club is in a warehouse that used to be an industrial laundry. One of the owners of the warehouse, Maurine Edwards, said she had leased the place out for about two years, but she wasn't sure whose name was on the lease.
"I thought it was a dance club," she said Monday. "Well, I declare."
115 jailed at Atlanta party with live sex
By JEFFRY SCOTT
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer
It was a sex scene that had to be seen to be believed, and for three hours undercover Atlanta cops watched.
Then they busted the Club Zinc at 582 Piedmont Avenue and put 115 people in jail Saturday night for paying $25 each to see one woman have sex with maybe 10 men.
"Anybody who was there knew why they were there -- there were no innocent walk-ups," said Sgt. Wayne Whitmire, of the organized crime unit of Atlanta police.
He said most of them found about the party on a Web site.
Among those arrested were a 16-year-old girl who performed a sex act onstage, and two men that police claim were the party's hosts.
Richard Craven, 38, of Alpharetta, and David Havener, 39, of Atlanta, have been charged with operating a business without a license, and serving alcohol without a license. Police said it was the first night the business was open.
Amanda Jones, 29, of Cumming, who police said performed sex on stage, was charged with public indecency.
"There were so many people coming into the club we were afraid we couldn't safely deal with all the people," Whitmire said. "If we had waited longer, we could have arrested 300 people."
Police said it took more than three hours to arrest and put the 45 females and 70 males in jail Saturday night and early Sunday morning. All were charged with disorderly conduct.
Atlanta attorney Alan Begner called the charges outrageous. He represents 40 of those arrested. "If you go to a nightclub and drink and you're arrested because the nightclub wasn't licensed properly, you deserve an apology. These people did nothing wrong."
The sex show was billed as an "all-action party" in an advertisement on the Internet that invited people to "put on your sexiest outfit or let your imagination run wild, but be ready to dance and party the night away."
Craven and Havener couldn't be reached for comment Monday.
Police said the club is part of a growing side of Atlanta night life that is not found in city tourism brochures and has come under police scrutiny.
"We're looking at escort services and any kind of sex services," Whitmire said. "This is a part of that investigation."
The club is in a warehouse that used to be an industrial laundry. One of the owners of the warehouse, Maurine Edwards, said she had leased the place out for about two years, but she wasn't sure whose name was on the lease.
"I thought it was a dance club," she said Monday. "Well, I declare."
