Detroit Strip Clubs: Strip club proposal to land in lap of new Detroit council
November 20, 2009 at 6:36 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsLast Updated: November 20. 2009 3:12PM
Strip club proposal to land in lap of new Detroit council
The Detroit News
Detroit –The City Council delivered an early holiday present to strippers today, taking no action on proposed rules to require them to wear pasties and keep their distance from patrons.
Members voted down efforts to take up the measure today, the last scheduled day of the council term before a recess until year’s end.
That means if Detroit still plans on cracking down on the city’s 33 strip clubs, it would be the job of the new council that comes on board in January. Five newcomers, including incoming President Charles Pugh, will join four incumbents.
The proposed rules would have required dancers to wear opaque pasties, banned lap dances and licensed all workers at clubs. Officials have spent much of the year debating rule changes after a judge declared current regulations unconstitutional. The lack of action is a blow to churches who have vigorously lobbied the council to get tough on the clubs.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Topless Club Vote Delayed Until 2010
November 20, 2009 at 6:36 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsThat means that by then, the Council will have five new members. Sheila Cockrel, who walked out of last Friday’s meeting, which prevented quorum and delayed the council’s vote, will no longer be on the council.
Cockrel said that she left last week’s meeting because she felt the ordinance, which would change the way strippers interact with clients, may not be constitutionally sound and that the ordinance was rushed through. She also added that if the ordinance passed, it may mean job losses for thousands of people in the industry.
Under the proposed rules, lap dances would be banned, strippers would have to stay 6 feet apart from any clients, wear pasties and be restricted from mingling with clients in V.I.P. rooms. An alcohol ban is also being proposed along with a zoning ordinance that would dictate where clubs could be established.
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Detroit Escorts: Two Women Enter Pleas In Death Of Former Brighton Doctor
November 20, 2009 at 4:49 am | In Detroit escorts | No Comments11/19/09 – The two woman charged in the death of a former Brighton podiatrist have entered pleas in the case. 32-year-old Teanna Keens and 19-year-old Stephanie Cross pleaded guilty yesterday in Wayne County Circuit Court to 2nd degree murder for their part in the death of Dr. Gary Ceresnie. The 54 year old Ceresnie, who retired from his Brighton practice last year, died August 9th in a southwest Detroit neighborhood. Police say Ceresnie picked up Keens and Cross in a known area of prostitution and drove them to a house on St. John Street. Once inside, 24-year-old Darrell Harris and 24-year-old Kamico Jackson beat and robbed Ceresnie and then fled. Ceresnie made his way to the restaurant, where he died a short time later. An autopsy determined the cause of death was a heart attack brought on by the beating. Keens and Cross, who entered the plea in exchange for charges of open murder and armed robbery being dropped, will be sentenced December 15th. Harris and Kamico, meanwhile, are scheduled for a jury trial on December 3rd. If convicted, they face the possibility of life in prison. (JK)
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Detroit Escorts: Court Docket: Two plead, two face trial in retired doc’s death
November 20, 2009 at 4:49 am | In Detroit escorts | No CommentsTeanna Keens, 32, and Stephanie Cross, 19, each pleaded guilty Wednesday in Wayne County Circuit Court to second-degree murder for their part in the Aug. 9 death of Dr. Gary Ceresnie, who collapsed and died after stumbling into a Detroit restaurant. An autopsy report said he died of a heart attack brought on by a beating.
Prosecutors dismissed charges of open murder and armed robbery in exchange for the women’s pleas, according to a court records. Sentencing for the women is Dec. 15 before Judge Thomas Edward Jackson.
No plea deal was reached Wednesday for the women’s co-defendants, Darrell Harris, 24, and Kamico Jackson, 24, who head to trial Dec. 3. Both are charged with open murder and armed robbery.
According to testimony at an earlier hearing, Ceresnie traveled from his Farmington Hills home to McGraw Road, in a southwestern Detroit neighborhood known for prostitution. He reportedly offered $40 each to Keens and Cross for sex, but instead the women lured Ceresnie to their former home on St. John Street, where Harris and Jackson were hiding.
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