Posted on 06/25/2014 6:39:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A former drug kingpin who received more than $300,000 from 2006 to 2008 to build a job-training center for people with HIV/AIDS instead used the funds to build a luxury strip club, a D.C. Superior Court jury found Monday.
Cornell Jones and Miracle Hands, the nonprofit group Jones founded after serving nine years in prison on narcotics charges, falsified nine documents or statements to support grants worth $329,654, the jury decided after a four-day trial and seven hours of deliberation.
Jones, once the king of the notorious Hanover Place NW open-air drug market, used much of those city funds for his personal uses and unjustly enriched himself, jurors found.
The District sued Jones in August 2011, alleging that he used the grants to renovate what became the Stadium Club — a popular strip club Jones co-owns on Queens Chapel Road NE — rather than build the job-training center, which never opened....
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Shoulda just went for the Pigford, he’d a gotten away with that.
But, let’s be fair, he DID create jobs, did he not?
And “Miracle Hands”? That’s a great name for a strip club, no?
Better than the one I’ve heard of, out in Queens NY, near the Belmont Racetrack “The Fickle Filly”. Hubby swears to me that’s the real name!
How about a “plus-sized” club called Plumpers or Petunia’s?
Hopefully not jobs for HIV/AIDS patients at a “strip club”!
Ping.
He was just helping to organize the community.
Plumpers, excellent name and no doubt an excellent concept. Since now any woman who isn’t a wraith is considered “plus sized” I’d say go for it!
Plumpers....I really like it!
HAHAHAHA. His only sin in a democrat’s eyes was getting caught.
Truth be told this guy probably did more to grow the economy with his $300k than the 7 trillion Obama has squandered in 6 years.
How about the old dive nudie bar in Vegas called The Tender Trap.
Looks completely trustworthy to me.
Girls gotta work!!!
Some are probably even here legally....
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