Posted on 01/19/2006 6:39:43 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
A well-liked Chicago family dentist let pimps rent out his Marina Towers condos so hookers could turn tricks there and stayed after hours at his downtown dental office to fix the teeth of battered prostitutes for free, the feds charged Wednesday.
Gary Kimmel, 56, allegedly pocketed $400,000 from two pimps from 2002 to 2005 and, in return, let them and prostitutes use about a dozen luxury cars, including Lexus, Mercedes and Corvettes, he allegedly bought for their use. The bizarre charges allege an intermingling of Kimmel's work as a dentist with the prostitutes.
Kimmel was indicted in an international prostitution ring that's part of a national probe called "Innocence Lost." He's specifically charged with one money laundering count and one count of interstate transportation of unlawful proceeds in aid of racketeering.
Kimmel operates his own dental practice at 233 E. Erie in Chicago, which he opened in 2002. He previously worked with another dentist from 1989 to 2002. That dentist cooperated with authorities.
Kimmel owns nine condos at Marina Towers, 300 N. State Street, still lives there with his wife and family and is a longtime condo board member. The feds say he accepted rent from an alleged pimp named Robert Lewis Young, who was also charged in the case. Last year Kimmel sold a 10th condo used by prostitutes, according to charges.
The pimps Kimmel is charged with aiding allegedly used violence to draw in underage girls in some cases and in others to force girls to continue the work. On tape recordings, the pimps refer to Kimmel as "Doc." Various wiretaps outlined in an FBI complaint indicate Kimmel knew who he was dealing with.
When a prostitute fails to return one of Kimmel's cars, a pimp vows he'll set her straight.
"When it comes to me and you, and take care of real business, I'll cut all them legs off for you," the pimp said.
"I'm glad to hear that," Kimmel allegedly said on the wiretap.
One prostitute told the FBI a pimp brought her to Chicago from Hawaii and when she got here, Kimmel cleaned her teeth.
A confidential informant told the feds that a pimp brought young women into Kimmel's downtown dental office after hours to perform thousands of dollars of free dental work on them. The women were 17 to 20, possibly younger, and often had bruises on their faces or a tooth missing "apparently from being recently punched in the mouth," according to a criminal complaint.
Kimmel's lawyer, Joseph R. Lopez, said his client didn't know illicit activity was going on in the condos he leased out. "The guy was a tenant; that's how he met him," Lopez said of the alleged pimp.
As for the cars, Lopez said they were stored in Michigan and unauthorized drivers got behind the wheel. He said Kimmel kept patient files on the women who received dental services.
"I don't know who paid for it but there's patient files," Lopez said.
Neighbors and clients said they were stunned by the allegations, calling Kimmel a nice normal guy and a "topflight" dentist.
Beverly Moy, who lives on Kimmel's floor, never noticed anything suspicious. She said Kimmel has resided in Marina Towers for a decade and is married with a new baby and two elementary-age kids.
"You'd be in a room of people and you'd think he was just like the guy next door," Moy said.
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Why is Mr. Lobotsky getting so much dental work done this year? He's never been out of the office for problems like that before?!
Didn't they make a movie about this back in '82?
"Ya know, Chuck...this doesn't sound like such a bad idea. I mean, think about it for a second..."
What kind of a dentist would put a picture like THAT up on his website? Very bizarre.
Let's hope he effectively sterilized his dental equipment. I would feel REAL uncomfortable if my kids sat in his chair.
When I was young and just a bad little kid,
My momma noticed funny things I did.
Like shootin' puppies with a BB-Gun.
I'd poison guppies, and when I was done,
I'd find a pussy-cat and bash in it's head.
That's when my momma said...
(What did she say?)
She said my boy I think someday
You'll find a way
To make your natural tendencies pay...
You'll be a dentist.
You have a talent for causing things pain!
Son, be a dentist.
People will pay you to be inhumane!
You're temperment's wrong for the priesthood,
And teaching would suit you still less.
Son, be a dentist.
You'll be a success.
"Here he is folks, the leader of the plaque."
"Watch him suck up that gas. Oh My God!"
"He's a dentist and he'll never ever be any good."
"Who wants their teeth done by the Marqui DeSade?"
"Oh, that hurts! Wait! I'm not numb!"
"Eh, Shut Up! Open Wide! Here I Come!"
I am your dentist.
And I enjoy the career that I picked.
I'm your dentist.
And I get off on the pain I inflict!
I thrill when I drill a bicuspid.
It's swell, though then tell me I'm mal-adjusted.
And though it may cause my patients distress.
Somewhere...Somewhere in heaven above me...
I know...I know that my momma's proud of me.
"Oh, Momma..."
'Cause I'm a dentist...
And a success!
"Say ahh..."
"Say AHhhh..."
"Say AAARRRHHHH!!!"
"Now Spit!"
Fees
FEES AND PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS:Our fees are very reasonable when compared with other dental practices in and around the downtown Chicago vicinity.
We accept cash, most major credit cards and personal checks as payment for services.
Just Rubber Dam.
Didn't read it but joining the words bizarre and dentist in the same sentence isn't exactly news.
"I think I was tucked."
"You don't know if you were tucked?"
"Sometimes I tuck, sometimes I don't!"
"Well, were you tucked or were you untucked!"
"I think I was tucked!"
Charles Durning is actually a dentist running a sex shop? Who knew?
I'm disappointed.
I was expecting to see some pimp-speak on the site!
LOL!
He got the idea from Seinfeld
Not every customer frequents both businesses, apparently.
My bet is this Gary Kimmel turd is boinking young foreign sex slaves (sex trade) prostitutes. He's tasting what he's selling. That's how he got so deep into "the life"
Yer on a roll and complete with illustrations
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