Cops Raid Couple-Swapping Sex Club

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[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."

[King Prout]

prophetic, given later replies to Hurkin's post.
*shaking head in sad amusement*

[mhking]

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[Scenic Sounds]

Dateline Berlin, Connecticutt

Easterners!

[Eaker]

I met my wife at a club named Mingles!!!

However, it was in Corpus Christi and if there was swapping going on I wasn't cool enough to know about it!!!

[Rome2000]

Busy Busy Busy

Cops must be getting tired of donuts

[freebilly]

Wonder how many people at the club are Republicans. A decent percentage, I would imagine.

Well..., an indecent percentage, I think....

[ShadowDancer]

A saleswoman is driving toward home in Northern Arizona when she sees an Indian woman hitchhiking.

Since the trip had been long and quiet, she stops the car and the Indian woman gets in. After a bit of small talk, the Indian woman notices a brown bag on the front seat.

"What's in the bag?", she asks.

"It's a bottle of wine. I got it for my husband", says the saleswoman.

The Indian woman is silent for a while and then she says, "Good trade."

[Bella]

Does anyone living in this area KNOW any of these people?

[for-q-clinton]

My wife about ripped my head off when I suggested we go to a wife-swapping club.

She said the only type of club she'd go to was a husband swapping club!

[gortklattu]

They should have charged an exit fee instead of an entrance fee.... That way they would be paying as they go instead as they co...

Wait a minute, that doesn't sound right.

[najida]

you left your heart in San Francisco?

Just left my illusions in my youth. ;)

[proud American in Canada]

"Ah, so this must be the place where you can swap a 40-year-old wife for two 20s!"

LOL... ah...hah hah... ah... the laughter subsides... wait a minute..

I'm forty!

[Constitution Day]

*grins* Hey, nothing personal!! ;^)

[proud American in Canada]

"I have kept the wife I got in that swap meet for nearly 30 years. One man's junk is another man's treasure."


That is a wonderful post. :) I hope your wife sees it--she's a lucky woman. :)

[proud American in Canada]

:)

I know... it was a great line! :)

[Constitution Day]

Thanks, but I cannot claim credit for it.

I think Warren Beatty said it originally.