Posted on 03/07/2007 6:13:50 AM PST by JoeGar
Enter the Shooter Alley strip club in Doraville, Ga., and you'll find plenty of naked young women entertaining their male clients, writhing and shaking only inches away from their faces. It was there that two dancers, Ashley Miller (known as "Adrienne") and Heather Johnston (who went by "Charlie"), met recently and became fast friends. The pairing proved ill-fated. Both were reportedly on a destructive tear. Johnston, 19, was heavily using drugs, according to a fellow stripper at the club. And Miller, 18, had struck up with a reputed drug dealer. The two reached a nadir last week when they robbed a bank in Acworth, Ga.
Miller and Johnston became a media sensation. Caught on a security camera wearing designer shades and giggling as they made off with the loot, they became known as the "Barbie Bandits." They were so sloppy that cops cracked the case in two days, arresting Miller, Johnston, the bank teller—who police say was in cahoots with the two—and Miller's male companion, who allegedly hatched the plot. Now the four face a mix of theft and drug-related charges. But the most intriguing question remains: How did two girls who grew up in comfortable middle-class homes with a wealth of opportunity wind up as exotic dancers and accused crooks?
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no youtube videos of their pole-dancing yet?
I really can't make any kind of informed judgement on this case until I see some photographs...
Their real names are better than their stripper names.
The new Thelma & Louise, how special is that?
Lousy parents! Plain and simple.
Are they Rudy or Romney voters?
There Dem's if they vote and if not they are just apolitical nail filers.
Sure you can. I did. All the way to a Masters in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelors in Aeronautical Engineering. All it takes is discipline. Then again, nobody would pay me to strip, either......
Choosing stripping to make money isn't just a "bad choice" -- working in MacDonald's instead of the Gap is a "bad choice."
Choosing to undress in front of drunken men is immoral, sinful for some, stupid, submissive to exploitation, and dangerous.
They took some time to "wander off the path," and their parents wouldn't dare admit how neglectful they were.
Can't wait un til they drive off the cliff in a suicide pact!
Yes. The fact that the Mom referred to the crimes they committed as a "bad choice" gave me the impression that the girl wasn't raised with the idea of right and wrong, but rather good choices versus bad ones.
ok.. i'll ammend.. most people can't. :)
i couldn't. but then, i had an extra 20 or so hours a week of practices on top of my classload.
You Go Girl!....(to jail!)
No kidding. Lots of pillows to bite before Nursing 101.
Both of these "girls" were absolutely accountable for their actions and behavior, just as their parents are accountable for whatever decisions they made in raising them. EVERY adult is accountable for their behavior, barring mental retardation. These "girls" made conscious decisions and followed them through, knowing they were illegal and wrong.
But the most intriguing question remains: How did two girls who grew up in comfortable middle-class homes with a wealth of opportunity wind up as exotic dancers and accused crooks?
The perfect parents again, great. I refuse to let these girls off the hook for their poor choices but, sometimes even the best families have problem children. I am 43 yrs. old. In my ENTIRE family there has only been 2 divorces, and I am including extended family here. I do not have any step relatives. Most of us are college graduates and went to private schools. In fact I can't think of one of us who wasn't raised by a stay at home mom. Yet, I have one cousin, my God daughter in fact, who went completely wild when she hit her teens. Out of 12 of us grandchildren. Yes, she did have 2 children out of wedlock and got caught up with drugs and it pained all of us. Thankfully, she fought her way out of it, went back to school, has a great job and is raising her children.
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