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Officials Raid Barbecue-Strip Club
Louisville Channel ^
| August 18, 2003
| AP
Posted on 08/19/2003 6:18:15 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
FORT BRANCH, Ind. -- County officials have decided the ambiance of a barbecue joint using nearly nude waitresses to serve ribs is too spicy.
Gibson County Prosecutor Robert Krieg authorized a raid on the Old Hickory BBQ in Fort Branch, about 20 miles north of Evansville, after state police determined the club violated the state's indecency law.
Waitresses at the restaurant were dancing in the dining room, wearing only thong underwear and a small latex covering.
Owner Darrel Russelburg was arrested Friday, charged with "aiding, inducing, or causing public indecency." He was taken to Gibson County Jail with three waitresses and later released on a $650 bond.
State law makes it illegal for anyone to appear in a public place in a state of "nudity with the intent to arouse sexual desire." Still, the 46-year-old businessman plans to fight the charges.
"I'm going to have a barbecue benefit dinner to raise money for my legal defense fund," he said, adding he plans to invite Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt.
Flynt is running for governor in California, but Russelburg said he hopes to contact him before a scheduled hearing Aug. 27.
Hundreds of residents in the town of 2,300 about 20 miles north of Evansville signed petitions protesting the strip club's opening, but the town council told them they could not close it.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bbq
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To: Rebelbase; AppyPappy; WorkingClassFilth; ctlpdad; Constitution Day; Yeti; dogbyte12; Sender; ...
The wrong kind of BBQ can be unhealthy
FReepmail to get on/off the BBQ list
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posted on
08/19/2003 6:19:22 AM PDT
by
stainlessbanner
(If you don't live in Dixie, you're just Camping Out)
To: stainlessbanner
Yum....ribs.
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posted on
08/19/2003 6:19:58 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: okie01
a different kind of BBQ joint...
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posted on
08/19/2003 6:22:09 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Arnold's positions are like the alien in Predator - you can't see them but you know they're lethal)
To: stainlessbanner
What about all the strip clubs in NW Indiana? These don't violate the statute? Not that I'd have any personal, first-hand knowledge or anything, but there are quite a few "gentleman's clubs" in and around Lake Station, Portage, Gary, etc., and they're very well advertised.
To: stainlessbanner
In the South, it would only be obscene if they ruin the barbecue :)
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posted on
08/19/2003 6:24:36 AM PDT
by
Sender
To: stainlessbanner
To: D. Brian Carter
What about all the strip clubs in NW Indiana?Speaking of NW Indiana, did you know that a Hungarian is a well endowed gentlemen from a NW Indiana city?
To: stainlessbanner
The wrong kind of BBQ can be unhealthyIndeed, but this sounds like the right kind of BBQ.
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posted on
08/19/2003 6:27:28 AM PDT
by
Physicist
To: stainlessbanner
The terrorists have won.....
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posted on
08/19/2003 6:27:49 AM PDT
by
Chancellor Palpatine
("what if the hokey pokey is really what its all about?" - Jean Paul Sartre)
To: N. Theknow
LOL! So that's what all those ladies were talking about when I lived there! Hah!
To: Chancellor Palpatine
Sheesh... I have to agree with you on that one.
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posted on
08/19/2003 6:28:55 AM PDT
by
hchutch
(The National League needs to adopt the designated hitter rule.)
To: stainlessbanner
Sounds kind of....saucy.
To: stainlessbanner
I talked with one of the champion ribbers at the local RibFest last month who told me of his intentions to open up just such a place.
To: D. Brian Carter
The prices are pretty cheap, considering that there is entertainment.
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posted on
08/19/2003 6:30:06 AM PDT
by
Chancellor Palpatine
("what if the hokey pokey is really what its all about?" - Jean Paul Sartre)
To: Sender
In the South, it would only be obscene if they ruin the barbecue :)
In this case we know there's very little risk they'll ruin their waitress uniforms with nasty BBQ stains....
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posted on
08/19/2003 6:30:26 AM PDT
by
Fawnn
(I think therefore I'm halfway there....)
To: Chancellor Palpatine
You can keep prices down when "table dances" are $25. Again, not that I'd have any first-hand knowledge of such things.
To: D. Brian Carter
1/2 Titan burger is named after the local high school team.
The Gibson Southern Titans.
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posted on
08/19/2003 6:34:11 AM PDT
by
wordsofearnest
(Dim lights, thick smoke and loud loud music.)
To: Fawnn
Kind of gives "finger lickin' good" new possibilities.
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posted on
08/19/2003 6:36:31 AM PDT
by
Sender
To: D. Brian Carter
I wouldn't know anything at all about the price of a lap dance. I swear.
;)
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posted on
08/19/2003 6:40:30 AM PDT
by
Chancellor Palpatine
("what if the hokey pokey is really what its all about?" - Jean Paul Sartre)
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