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Police Investigate Allegations of Public Indecency at Strip Club Golf Outing (Eminent Domain)
ABC7Chicago ^ | By Chuck Goudie

Posted on 08/04/2005 8:29:47 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay

August 2, 2005 — Naperville Police are investigating complaints about a golf outing sponsored by a strip club. Neighbors say there was nudity and inappropriate behavior on the course.

Blackjack's strip club's ninth annual golf outing had been advertised on a legends of pornography Web site. Men paid $375 to attend.

Naperville Police had no advance warning that the so-called gentleman's club was going to stage a not-so-gentlemanly event at a public golf course right in the middle of a neighborhood. But the I-Team had been tipped off to the event, and what we found has two police departments conducting separate investigations.

At Naperville's Country Lakes Golf Club, cutoffs and tank tops aren't allowed, but apparently g-strings and no tops are OK. Dozens of strippers and exotic dancers were auctioned to the highest bidder Monday morning and then spent the day with foursomes, carousing in golf carts and carrying on with the outing participants.

The ABC7 I-Team is masking the most egregious scenes and apparent sex acts, even though anyone walking or driving by could see the lewd activity. The entire golf course is surrounded by homes, apartments and businesses, even a park where children were playing was right next to a tee box where stripper-caddies paraded by.

"This is really strange, so I had my daughter in the front more today," said Shelly Clugston, neighbor.

The spectacle played on right below the balcony where Bill Connerty and his wife live with their two young children, and most everything that went on was visible to the naked eye.

"We got kids all over the place here," said Bill Connerty, Naperville resident. Connerty said he thought the outing was "absolutely" inappropriate.

The strip club itself has been previously cited and fined for public indecency by authorities in Elgin, where it is located. Now, in Naperville, police officials say complaints from residents, some of whom shot their own video, and what the I-Team is reporting, could result in more serious charges.

"The charges in this case could range anywhere from disorderly conduct to public indecency or depending on what happened, prostitution could be involved," said Chief David Dial, Naperville Police.

Even though police sent investigators to the course Monday, they didn't see what went on inside and around tents that had been put up on the course, where neighbors say it appeared golfers and exotic dancers may have engaged in sex acts -- all visible from neighborhood streets.

Despite the nudity and questionable behavior that the I-Team videotaped, a strip club spokesman Tuesday claimed there was no sexual activity and the women were merely caddies.

Two yellow-shirted security guards at the event refused comment whether there was nudity. They also refused to say whether they were off-duty police officers.

A security force that patrolled the course included retired policeman, although there was official paperwork inside a car from the Cook County Forest Preserve Police. That department is investigating whether one or more of its officers were providing off-duty protection for the stripper event. Two years ago, following our report on Blackjacks last golf outing, several forest preserve police officers were suspended for working the controversial event.

The golf course itself is claiming total ignorance. Last Friday, it hosted a Christian golf outing, but the manager told us he knew nothing about Monday's activities. The course itself is owned by a convicted and corrupt businessman who is currently in federal prison.

The DuPage County Forest Preserve District is currently in court trying to condemn the golf course and take it over.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: eminentdomain; golf; naperville
The DuPage County Forest Preserve District is currently in court trying to condemn the golf course and take it over.

Perhaps if Country Lakes Golf Club thought they were destined to lose this case through "eminent domain", then maybe they decided to go out with a bang! I also wonder if it is all about Payback from a "convicted and corrupt businessman" now sitting in federal prison.

"complaints from residents, some of whom shot their own video..."

[enough said]

1 posted on 08/04/2005 8:29:47 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: fight_truth_decay

Dam. I missed my invitation. It must have gotten lost in the mail.


2 posted on 08/04/2005 8:33:54 AM PDT by StrangerInParadise (Never Bring a Cock to a Grenade Fight.......)
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To: fight_truth_decay
"complaints from residents, some of whom shot their own video..."

[enough said]

If they shot video and also complained,it might be assumed they were collecting evidence to back up their claims...

3 posted on 08/04/2005 8:36:05 AM PDT by trebb ("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
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To: fight_truth_decay
"The DuPage County Forest Preserve District is currently in court trying to condemn the golf course and take it over."

I though condemning a property involved shutting down an abandoned or unsafe building. How the heck do you condemn a golf course? Particularly one that's hosting active tournaments?
4 posted on 08/04/2005 8:36:10 AM PDT by Moral Hazard ("I believe the children are the future" - Whitney Houston; "Fight the future" - X-files)
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To: Moral Hazard

The course is a dog track, but I hadn't heard about condemnation procedings. It might have something to do with the fact the course's owner is in prison for fixing a hole in one contest.


6 posted on 08/04/2005 8:40:37 AM PDT by sharkhawk
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To: trebb

"complaints from residents, some of whom shot their own video..."
[enough said]

"If they shot video and also complained,it might be assumed they were collecting evidence to back up their claims..."

Ummmm... Yeah.... That's it.... It's for the trial.


7 posted on 08/04/2005 9:12:02 AM PDT by Pessimist
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To: fight_truth_decay
Hmmmmm, a joke about the 9th hole seems apropos....or night-putting with the daughter of the dean....or Lacey Underall


8 posted on 08/04/2005 9:15:34 AM PDT by NRA1995 ("People do stupid things...." and I hear the Vonage music playing.....woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo....)
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To: Pessimist
Ummmm... Yeah.... That's it.... It's for the trial.

Then why is it sticky?

9 posted on 08/04/2005 9:16:03 AM PDT by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Still teaching... or a reasonable facsimile thereof...)
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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)
One of the strippers was stung by a bee between the first and second holes.

She was advised to tighten her swing by bringing her feet closer together... ;)

10 posted on 08/04/2005 9:31:05 AM PDT by libs_kma (USA: The land of the Free....Because of the Brave!)
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To: sharkhawk
I understand from "sources" this has been going on for a while now. There are many new condos and single family homes recently built in that area; but then again Naperville is a dream for developers and existing family homeowners who have parcels of in town land to cell. Tear downs and BIG homes.
11 posted on 08/04/2005 10:47:29 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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Did I mention video on Channel7 link?


12 posted on 08/04/2005 10:49:55 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: sharkhawk

Excuse the typo...spell checking without my glasses is pointless!


13 posted on 08/04/2005 10:51:55 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: libs_kma
One of the strippers was stung by a bee between the first and second holes. She was advised to tighten her swing by bringing her feet closer together... ;)

ROFLMAO... There's something wrong with you!!! That description was grahpic enough, I could see the whole thing.

Resisting temptation to make "Kiss the boo-boo" comment.

14 posted on 08/04/2005 10:55:36 AM PDT by acad1228 (Free The West Memphis Three!!!)
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To: libs_kma; Squantos
One of the strippers was stung by a bee between the first and second holes.

Oh, I bet it was awhile before she could sit down.

15 posted on 08/04/2005 11:35:55 AM PDT by razorback-bert
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To: razorback-bert

Waiting for the ball washer jokes to start.....


16 posted on 08/04/2005 11:45:37 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Squantos

Anyone's balls get kissed, causing their putter to stand up? (Thanks to Carson, the one and only)


17 posted on 08/04/2005 9:01:14 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Disregard the law of unintended consequences at your own risk.)
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