Seattle Escorts: Copperfield rape accuser pleads guilty to obstruction

Posted on August 10th, 2010 in Seattle escorts by seattleescortlover

Lacey Carroll entered the plea Monday in Bellevue District Court, after prosecutors agreed to drop charges of prostitution and filing a false police report.
A judge ordered the aspiring model to pay a $953 fine, complete 30 hours of community service, and participate in an alcohol-awareness class. The court will eventually dismiss the obstruction charges against Carroll and clear her record if she stays out of trouble.
The former Miss Washington USA runner-up allegedly asked a 31-year-old Mukilteo businessman to pay $2,000 for sex with her at a Bellevue hotel following a night of heavy drinking.
The man said he refused, but Carroll told police an altogether different story, saying he had drugged and then tried to rape her.

Federal prosecutors stopped investigating Copperfield for rape after learning of the alleged prostitution case, but they have not said whether that decision was linked with the Bellevue matter.

See the full article from “Bellevue Reporter”

Seattle Escorts: Three arrested in sexual exploitation case involving Everett girl

Posted on August 7th, 2010 in Seattle escorts by seattleescortlover

EVERETT — Three people have been arrested for allegedly promoting the sexual exploitation of a 16-year-old Everett girl.
Vice squad detectives from the Seattle Police Department posed as customers and contacted the girl, a runaway, Tuesday night, officials said.
One of the adults, a 25-year-old Everett resident, was booked into the King County Jail on suspicion of promoting the commercial sexual abuse of a minor.
The investigation led to the arrest of two Seattle-area men at an Everett apartment. The men, both 30, were booked into the King County Jail for investigation of promoting prostitution of a minor.
Detectives obtained a search warrant for the Everett apartment and are investigating leads about people who may have engaged in prostitution with the teen, Seattle police said in a press release.
However, officials said all suspects involved in the promotion of prostitution of the girl are in custody.

See the full article from “Lynnwood Enterprise”

Seattle Escorts: Strip-club spat: Ex-partner of Colacurcios files suit

Posted on August 6th, 2010 in Seattle escorts by seattleescortlover

McKibben belongs to the board of two corporations related to Honey’s. The club was slated for demolition after following guilty pleas by the other members of the board — identified in the lawsuit as Frank Colacurcio Jr., Frank Colacurcio Sr.’s nephew Leroy Richard Christiansen, longtime associate David Carl Ebert and Steven Michael Fueston, manager of a Tacoma club also closed through the plea.
Writing the court, McKibben’s attorney Kristine Costello argued that her client’s business partners’ “illegal and improper management and operation of Honey’s resulted in the signing and entry of the plea agreements.”
“The plea agreements adversely affected the business and finances of (McKibben) and were entered into although a conflict of interest existed,” Costello continued.
Federal prosecutors had accused Colacurcio, his son and the three men of profiting from prostitution at four Seattle-area strip clubs. They alleged that the strip clubs — Rick’s in Seattle, the already closed Sugar’s in Shoreline, Fox’s in Tacoma and Honey’s — were used as fronts for prostitution that allegedly garnered the men $25 million in the four years preceding the indictment.

See the full article from “Seattle Post Intelligencer”

Seattle Escorts: Cops find runaway teen, bust 3 for promoting prostitution

Posted on August 5th, 2010 in Seattle escorts by seattleescortlover

Cops find runaway teen, bust 3 for promoting prostitution
Earlier this week, Seattle police discovered a 16-year-old runaway after detectives contacted her about what authorities have called “a prostitution arrangement.”
The investigation led to a 25-year-old Everett woman, who was arrested Tuesday and booked into jail for investigation of promoting the commercial sexual abuse of a minor.
Two 30-year-old men, both from the Seattle area, were later arrested and booked into jail for investigation of the same charge. Everett police arrested them, and Seattle officers later searched the suspects’ apartment in Everett.
Posted by at August 5, 2010 6:44 a.m.

See the full article from “Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)”

Seattle Escorts: City gets application to reopen Rick’s strip club

Posted on July 30th, 2010 in Seattle escorts by seattleescortlover

As part of a plea deal in a federal probe, the Lake City associated with the late Frank Colacurcio Sr. closed in early May and is expected to be auctioned by the federal government. An auction date hasn’t been set.
Businessman Robert Davis has been the only person to apply for an adult entertainment license and business license for the former Rick’s site, at 11332 Lake City Way N.E.
“But that doesn’t mean a club is going to open,” city spokeswoman Katherine Schubert-Knapp said.
In an indictment filed in June 2009, federal prosecutors accused Frank Colacurcio Sr., his son and four others of racketeering, using interstate commerce to facilitate prostitution, money laundering and mail fraud.
Rick’s was closed as part of the plea deal, as was Honey’s strip club in Everett, Fox’s in Tacoma and the already closed Sugar’s in Shoreline. Federal prosecutors alleged those were used as fronts for prostitution that garnered Colacurcio Sr. and associates millions.

See the full article from “Seattle Post Intelligencer”

Seattle Escorts: Shawna Forde Case: FBI Warned About Plot?

Posted on July 28th, 2010 in Seattle escorts by seattleescortlover

Shawna Forde Case: FBI Warned About Plot?
Lost among other immigration news out of Arizona this week were reports that informants had ratted out ex-Seattle prostitute Shawna Forde to the FBI before she allegedly led a robbery and double murder by her tiny band of Minutemen last year. The question now is why didn’t the agency, if told in advance of the slayings, stop them?
Forde and two members of her vigilante border-watch group known as Minutemen American Defense (MAD) are now facing the death penalty for the May 30, 2009 shooting deaths of Raul Flores, 29, and his daughter, Brisenia, 9, of Arivaca, AZ. In newly filed court papers, according to the Arizona Daily Star, the informants, both members of a border-defense group, indicate the killings could have been avoided.

See the full article from “Seattle Weekly (blog)”

Seattle Escorts: 3 men avoid jail time in prostitution case

Posted on July 28th, 2010 in Seattle escorts by seattleescortlover

3 men avoid jail time in prostitution case

Similar Stories Similar stories: 3 men avoid jail time in strip-club prostitution case 3 men avoid jail time in strip-club prostitution case A Tacoma man who ran a Parkland strip club was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in connection with a criminal enterprise run by a notorious Seattle family. Foxâs operator Steven Michael Fueston, 62, pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to permit prostitution near a military establishment, a misdemeanor, according to the U.S. Attorneyâs Office. Leroy Richard Christiansen, 68, of Seattle, and David Carl Ebert, 62, of Monroe, also were sentenced Tuesday on racketeering and prostitution charges. Plea deals will close Colacurcio strip clubs, Fox’s in Parkland Plea deals will close Colacurcio strip clubs, Fox’s in Parkland Three associates of Seattle strip club boss Frank Colacurcio Sr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to racketeering and prostitution charges as part of a deal that will result in four clubs â including one in Parkland â being shut down or demolished. The plea agreemen …

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Seattle Escorts: 3 men avoid jail time in prostitution case

Posted on July 28th, 2010 in Seattle escorts by seattleescortlover

3 men avoid jail time in prostitution case

Similar Stories Similar stories: Plea agreement closes Colacurcio sex clubs Plea agreement closes Colacurcio sex clubs Three associates of Seattle strip club boss Frank Colacurcio Sr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to racketeering and prostitution charges as part of a deal that will result in four clubs – including one in Parkland – being shut down or demolished. The plea agreements filed in federal court helped dismantle an adult-entertainment empire that Colacurcio built over the past half-century. That operation included Foxâs near state Route 512 in Parkland. Its operator, Steven Michael Fueston, is one of the three Colacurcio associates who pleaded guilty Wednesday. Plea deals will close Colacurcio strip clubs, Fox’s in Parkland Plea deals will close Colacurcio strip clubs, Fox’s in Parkland Three associates of Seattle strip club boss Frank Colacurcio Sr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to racketeering and prostitution charges as part of a deal that will result in four clubs â including one in Parkland â being shut down or demolis …

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Seattle Escorts: Three sentenced to probation in Colacurcio strip club sting

Posted on July 27th, 2010 in Seattle escorts by seattleescortlover

Three sentenced to probation in Colacurcio strip club sting
Three men charged alongside the late Frank Colacurcio Sr. were sentenced to probation Tuesday, in accordance with a plea agreement made in April.
Federal prosecutors had accused Colacurcio, his son and the three men of profiting from prostitution at four Seattle-area strip clubs. They alleged that the strip clubs — Rick’s, the already closed Sugar’s in Shoreline, Honey’s in Everett and Fox’s in Tacoma — were used as fronts for prostitution that allegedly garnered the men $25 million in the four years preceding the indictment.
The indictment followed a six-year investigation that culminated in June 2008 with raids by Seattle police and federal agents on the clubs and Talents West, a Colacurcio-owned agency that hires dancers for the clubs. Federal prosecutors have interviewed more than 200 witnesses, and reviewed hours of recorded phone calls, surveillance video and intercepts from listening devices placed in several Colacurcio businesses.

See the full article from “Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)”

Seattle Escorts: Virginia V Sails Down Memory Lane Around Bainbridge Island

Posted on July 26th, 2010 in Seattle escorts by seattleescortlover

Few communities in the Sound were more dependent on ferries than Bainbridge, which didn’t get a bridge to the mainland until 1950. Few islanders had automobiles, and roads were often little more than trails.
Yet, several communities popped up around the island, each with a landing that shipped people and goods to Seattle and Kitsap Peninsula towns.
Eagle Harbor alone had eight landings. Other ferry stops included Point White, Rolling Bay, Port Blakely and Seabold.
The creosote dock in Eagle Harbor was one of the island’s longest, and included a railroad track to transport mail and groceries to a nearby store.
The not-so-well-known landing at La View, near Fay Bainbridge State Park, had a colorful past.
“We only have anecdotal history, but possibly it was just a few beach shacks, taverns and prostitutes,” Buxton said. “It is also possible that some of the women married … and helped found some of the island’s most prominent families. So, it was kind of like Australia.”

See the full article from “Kitsap Sun”

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