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Cops Raid Couple-Swapping Sex Club
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Posted on 09/17/2003 10:19:50 AM PDT by chance33_98

Cops Raid Couple-Swapping Sex Club

More Arrests Expected

POSTED: 11:46 a.m. EDT September 17, 2003

BERLIN, Conn. -- A Berlin club featuring couple-swapping for the past eight months has been shut down by local authorities.

Police said "Mingles," a swingers club, violated the town's ordinance on sexually oriented businesses.

Sheri Rahaim, 33, and Theodore Rahaim, 34, both of Plainville, were charged with 14 counts of violating the town's ordinance on sexually oriented businesses. William Buganski, 28, of Southington, the club's bouncer and food server, was charged with two counts, police said.

Officers took down the names of all patrons in the club during the raid at about 4 a.m. Saturday. More arrests are expected, including the club's owners, whom police would not identify.

Swapping married partners is not illegal, but charging a fee for admission is. The club charged $60 per couple, police said.

Mingles also violated a Berlin ordinance by operating without a license and allowing sex acts, officials said. The bring-your-own-booze club allowed alcohol, featured enclosed booths and rooms, and lacked outdoor signs that identified it as a swingers club for adults only. All are violations of Berlin's ordinance.

Police were alerted after several nearby businesses reported that the parking lot at what appeared to be a vacant building was filled with cars at night, Capt. Larry Schubert said. The investigation was helped by information about the club on the Internet.

Police were surprised to learn of the club, Schubert said.

"We've had our dance clubs out on the highway, but nothing of this nature before," he said.

A handwritten sign on Mingles' door says the club is "closed due to an unexpected emergency."


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1 posted on 09/17/2003 10:19:50 AM PDT by chance33_98
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To: chance33_98
I went to a wife swapping club once. Tried to trade her for a set of radials. They won't let me back in.
2 posted on 09/17/2003 10:21:23 AM PDT by mbynack
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To: chance33_98
William Buganski, 28, of Southington, the club's bouncer and food server,...

Gotta admire a guy who can multi-task.

3 posted on 09/17/2003 10:22:15 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: chance33_98
I feel safer already.
4 posted on 09/17/2003 10:23:18 AM PDT by swarthyguy
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To: mbynack
I went to a wife swapping club once. Tried to trade her for a set of radials. They won't let me back in.

I worked with a guy who said, "I got a Harley for my wife." Then he'd follow up with "Best trade I ever made."

5 posted on 09/17/2003 10:23:38 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (South-south-west, south, south-east, east....)
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To: mbynack
I'd have taken a lump of coal, seems nobody was that stupid.
6 posted on 09/17/2003 10:23:44 AM PDT by camle (not even a water balloon fight can rouse these dullards!)
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To: chance33_98
I'll join a club that lets me swap a husband for a cook and housekeeper.
7 posted on 09/17/2003 10:24:53 AM PDT by najida (He who is without baggage can cast the first Samsonite.)
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To: mbynack
I went to a wife swapping club once. Tried to trade her for a set of radials. They won't let me back in.

You were lucky you didn't get necklaced with them thar tires. Besides, you should have held out for an oil change as well.

8 posted on 09/17/2003 10:24:55 AM PDT by dirtboy (www.ArmorforCongress.com - because lawyers with a clue are rarer than truth-telling Democrats)
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To: chance33_98
I think it's unfair to arrest the waiter!
9 posted on 09/17/2003 10:26:01 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Having a baby instead of a tax practice in 2004!)
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To: chance33_98
I thought they had to allow for swingers over there to help people forget how badly their society is doing.
10 posted on 09/17/2003 10:26:46 AM PDT by aynrandfreak
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To: chance33_98
A Berlin club featuring couple-swapping for the past eight months has been shut down by local authorities....

Police were alerted after several nearby businesses reported that the parking lot at what appeared to be a vacant building was filled with cars at night, Capt. Larry Schubert said. The investigation was helped by information about the club on the Internet.

Police were surprised to learn of the club, Schubert said.

Yeah, it operates for 8 months. The parking lot is full and police had no idea it was there.

I'm supposed to believe this...?

11 posted on 09/17/2003 10:27:54 AM PDT by freebilly
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When x42 was still presidet, he once got off Marine One with a small pig under each arm. Figuring that the Marine honor guard was wondering what was up, clintoon said, "I just got back from Arkansas with these two prize winning pigs."

The Marine said, "Yes, sir! And fine pigs they are, sir!"

clintos said, "They aren't just pigs, they are Arkansas Razorbacks."

The Marine says, "Yes sir! Mighty fine Razorbacks, sir."

clintoon then said, "I got this one for hitlery and this one for Chelsea."

Without a blink the Marine says, "Good trade, sir!"
12 posted on 09/17/2003 10:28:39 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: aynrandfreak
"Over there" is over here. Berlin, Connecticut.
13 posted on 09/17/2003 10:30:09 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: chance33_98
Ah, so this must be the place where you can swap a 40-year-old wife for two 20s!
14 posted on 09/17/2003 10:30:09 AM PDT by Constitution Day (+ R.I.P., Man in Black. +)
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To: chance33_98
Mingles also violated a Berlin ordinance by operating without a license and allowing sex acts, officials said. The bring-your-own-booze club allowed alcohol, featured enclosed booths and rooms, and lacked outdoor signs that identified it as a swingers club for adults only. All are violations of Berlin's ordinance.

You know, I have heard many people justify "anti-sex industry shop" type bans by saying "we don't want to see the stuff. We don't want to see the signs or advertisements and don't want to have to explain to our young children what the filth is". Now, these people went out of their way to not make their establishment look like a "Sex store", but that doesn't stop the busy-bodies. No advertisement, no "in your face signs", nobody being bothered - not one problem.

15 posted on 09/17/2003 10:30:10 AM PDT by HurkinMcGurkin
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To: chance33_98
Ah, so this must be the place where you can swap a 40-year-old wife for two 20s!
16 posted on 09/17/2003 10:30:18 AM PDT by Constitution Day (+ R.I.P., Man in Black. +)
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To: Constitution Day
Oops! FR hiccup, I guess.
17 posted on 09/17/2003 10:30:46 AM PDT by Constitution Day (+ R.I.P., Man in Black. +)
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To: SheLion; Madame Dufarge
Did someone light a cigarette?
18 posted on 09/17/2003 10:32:03 AM PDT by swarthyguy
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To: HurkinMcGurkin
People were having it off, doncha know. That's enough to upset some people right there.
19 posted on 09/17/2003 10:32:19 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: aynrandfreak
I thought they had to allow for swingers over there to help people forget how badly their society is doing.

Where's over there? The other side of the Connecticut River? This Berlin is in Connecticut!

20 posted on 09/17/2003 10:32:31 AM PDT by Koblenz (There's usually a free market solution)
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