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Article: Twelve are arrested at strip club in probe of sexual contact for tips Town of Beloit bar may still be under surveillance, officials say
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 5, 1998
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Five exotic dancers, a bartender and six customers at a strip club
were arrested on prostitution-related charges after a raid on the
establishment, officials said Friday.
The arrests came after a two-month investigation during which
undercover officers visited the Bear Chest Club and saw a pattern of
money being exchanged for sexual contact, said Cmdr. Tom Gehl of
the Rock County Sheriff's Department.
"Officers observed dancers making sexual contact with patrons
after they were tipped," Gehl said. "We didn't observe any kind of
pattern where the size of the tip regulated the type of the contact.
What we did observe was that dancers would approach patrons, and
then there was an ...