Detroit Adult Entertainment: In Detroit, the garden vs. the business
June 30, 2011 at 11:13 am | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsLast Updated: June 30. 2011 1:00AM
In Detroit, the garden vs. the business
When Xavier Sims first toiled in the Birdtown community garden on Detroit’s Cass Avenue eight years ago, it was bordered by an apartment building frequented by crack addicts and prostitutes.
Sims and his fellow gardeners built the fences and planted flowers and a vegetable garden, with tomatoes and beans and neat rows of lettuce on the vacant land. They painted a sign, naming the community garden Birdtown.
Six years ago, Liz Blondy opened Canine to Five, a dog day care just south of the garden. She spruced up a long-vacant building, and customers soon arrived, unloading their poodles and retrievers from Civics and Subarus.
Two pioneers
The gardener and the businesswoman were both pioneers, working to tame the urban wilderness and improve the neighborhood.
Detroit Adult Entertainment: Gambling against the South Loop
June 30, 2011 at 11:13 am | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsGambling against the South Loop
06/29/2011 10:00 PM
BONNIE McGRATH
So, Dearborn Park, is this what you want the world to be saying? What happens in Dearborn Park stays in Dearborn Park? If the Chicago Sun-Times gets its way, it could happen.
Soon after the Illinois legislators decided they would bestow a gambling den on the City of Chicago because were flat broke and would resort to bank robbery and prostitution if the opportunity presented itself, the Sun-Times got giddy. And so did Mayor Rahm Emanuel. And Ald. Bob Fioretti.
At first, the Sun-Times made sense. Dont build a casino in a spot where it overwhelms a positive existing urban culture, they warned in a June 6 editorial, adding that plopping a casino into Block 37, for example, could destroy the areas celebrated retail character.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Suspect in human trafficking case used elaborate scheme to avoid capture …
June 29, 2011 at 11:48 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsVeniamin Gonikman, accused of smuggling women into the U.S. and forcing them to work as strippers across Metro Detroit, used fake passports to elude capture and tried to bribe a government official who came to arrest him, prosecutors said today. The government is fighting Gonikman’s bid to dismiss the indictment and a claim his right to a speedy trial was violated by the long manhunt.
A filing in federal court in Detroit is filled with international intrigue and sheds light on Gonikman’s life on the lam and arrest.
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He was nabbed in New York in January after being kicked out of the Ukraine, where he had been living permanently since about 2005. He is accused of being a member of a violent ring that lured eastern European women to the United States and forced them to become strippers.
Detroit Adult Entertainment: Sex ring figures sentenced, then released
June 29, 2011 at 1:01 pm | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsSex ring figures sentenced, then released
Published: June 29, 2011 at 12:28 PM
DETROIT, June 29 (UPI) — Two female defendants in a prostitution ring case have been released after a federal judge in Detroit sentenced them to time served.
U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow handed down the sentences Tuesday for two women charged in the Miami Companions sex-ring case, The Detroit News reported.
Miami Companions, one of the country’s largest escort services, dispatched prostitutes to hotels and beachfront villas around the world, with Detroit one of its busiest operation until investigators broke up the ring last summer, the newspaper said.
Laurie Carr, wife of Miami Companions co-owner Greg Carr, was sentenced to two days in prison then released for time served.
She had faced up to 20 years in prison, but Tarnow said he considered her cooperation with investigators, her sense of remorse and responsibility, and that she is the main provider and caretaker of a young son.
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Detroit Adult Entertainment: Hailee Steinfeld to bare all in Romeo and Juliet sex scene at age 14
June 29, 2011 at 1:01 pm | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsRomeo And Juliet Script Sneak-Peek
At the tender age of 14, actress Hailee Steinfeld is set to strip down and film a sex scene for the upcoming Romeo and Juliet. The question is, are audiences ready to watch such a young actress doing such adult business?
Julian Fellowes, writer of the upcoming film Romeo and Juliet starring Hailee Steinfeld, is prepared to defend his decision to have a 14-year-old bare all. While wanting an “age-appropriate actor, just like the Shakespeare originals” makes a bit of sense, the question remains if modern audiences are willing to go for it.
An excerpt of the provocative script was published in Britain’s Sunday Times on Monday. Courtesy of the Daily Mail:
“They (Romeo and Juliet) start undressing each other — slowly, gently and carefully until they are naked.
“They are eternal figures in a Raphael painting. Romeo then carries her to bed, kissing her again and again as they explore uncharted territory. Then they make love, transported into …
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Detroit Adult Entertainment: Michigan man accused of abusing Haitian children
June 29, 2011 at 1:01 pm | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsA Michigan man who ran a residential center for poor children in Haiti has been indicted on charges of child sex tourism, federal prosecutors said Friday.
Matthew Andrew Carter, 66, of Brighton, Mich., forced boys at the Morning Star Center, which provided food, shelter and education, to engage in sexual conduct in exchange for gifts, money or continued care, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami said.
At the Port-au-Prince center, Carter, who also went by the names “William Charles Harcourt” and “Bill Carter,” was known as “Mister Bill.”
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A grand jury indicted Carter on May 19, and a superseding indictment filed Thursday added three additional counts. If convicted, Carter faces up to 15 years in prison for one count of child sex tourism and up to 30 years in prison for each of the other counts.
Detroit Adult Entertainment: Michigan man accused of abusing Haitian children
June 29, 2011 at 1:01 pm | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsMIAMI (AP) — A Michigan man who ran a residential center for poor children in Haiti has been indicted on charges of child sex tourism, federal prosecutors said Friday. Matthew Andrew Carter, 66, of Brighton, Mich., forced boys at the Morning Star Center, which provided food, shelter and…
Detroit Strip Clubs: Save Detroit Theater As Historic Building- Boycott Sloane McDonald’s To Not Buy It
June 29, 2011 at 12:12 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsSave Detroit Theater As Historic Building- Boycott Sloane McDonald’s To Not Buy It
The city of Lakewood should refurbish and re-open the Detroit theatre rather than replace it with another fast-food restaruant serving junk food and bringing noise, traffic and congestion while eliminating culture and entertainment. Why allow it? We would not allow an abortion clinic, strip club, or noisy, smelly factory. Leave McDonalds on Sloane where it fits in.
The recently closed Detroit Theater in Lakewood can be saved if Lakewood residents quickly get organized and work smart. Lakewood mayor Mike Summers hosted a meeting June 15 on the subject at Lakewood Public Library, with only one day advance notice by his letter in the Lakewood Observer. Yet over 100 residents attended, 99% of them opposing the mayor’s announced intention to replace the theater with a McDonald’s instead of trying to save it. Unfortunately, nobody is running for election against him [note to Jim O’Bryan, the County Board of Elections says you did not submit your petition sign …
Detroit Escorts: Prostitution sting yields 4 arrests in Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township
June 29, 2011 at 9:01 am | In Detroit escorts | No CommentsFour women were arrested during a prostitution sting Tuesday along East Michigan Avenue in Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township, police said.
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Ypsilanti police officers and Washtenaw County sheriff’s deputies teamed up for the operation that ran from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., an Ypsilanti police news release said. The women were arrested for solicitation for prostitution and taken to the Washtenaw County Jail. Charges are pending. The sting was part of a program called Enforcement Against Street Walking in Ypsilanti (E.A.S.Y.). The effort brings law enforcement, human services, the judicial system and elected officials together to address the root causes of prostitution and keep people off the streets. So far, the program has worked with 12 women, the release said. Other prostitution busts in the area occurred June 22, June 9 and May 4, resulting in the arrests of 15 men for solicitation of prostitution and 6 women for solicitation for prostitution. Lee Higgins covers crime and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached by phone at (734) 623-2527 and email at leehiggins@annarbor.com.
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Detroit Escorts: Last of Miami sex-ring leaders freed after sentencing
June 29, 2011 at 9:01 am | In Detroit escorts | No CommentsDetroit — Two main players in the Miami Companions prostitution ring case — both women — won’t spend another day in prison after a federal judge sentenced them Tuesday to time served.
The sentences by U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow marked a stark contrast between the women charged in the case and Miami Companions co-owner Greg Carr, who was sentenced to 14 months in prison. The sentences also were far below time sought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the high-profile case involving sex, millions in profits and a black book stuffed with 30,000 client names.
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Tarnow twice said it was unusual for such a case to be tried in federal court since there were no allegations any prostitute was forced to perform sex acts or subjected to violence.
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Miami Companions was one of the country’s largest escort services, dispatching prostitutes to hotels and beachfront villas around the world. Metro Detroit was one of the busiest stops on the tour, until investigators busted the ring last summer.
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