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This has got to be close to the ultimate club drama
Reprinted from the Cedar Rapids Gazette
CEDAR RAPIDS - A dancer at a Cedar Rapids strip club faces an assault charge after she was accused of biting and nearly severing a fellow performer's finger this week, court records show.
Jasmine A. Summerville, 21, of Green Bay, Wis., was performing at Dancers Ranch, 7000 Sixth St. SW, when the assault happened Wednesday, said Cedar Rapids Police Lt. Charles Mincks. He said another stripper, 26-year-old Amber L. Ross, of 814 Third Ave. SW, was "screaming" and approaching Summerville in a "threatening manner." Summerville allegedly bit Ross' finger when it was pointed into her face.
Summerville was charged with a misdemeanor count of assault causing bodily injury, and Ross was charged with a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct.
Both women were allowed to bond out of jail on their own recognizance, Mincks said.
My ex works at this club, though she was not working there this particular night. There are several inaccuracies in the artcle. One is they got the wrong address for Dancers Ranch. The other is that the finger was not nearly severed. If was bitten clean off, meaning the new waitress was sent into the restroom to clean up all the blood and find it. (I hope someone tipped her for this.) It was reattached. Meanwhile, Amber was running through the club screaming about how that bitch bit her finger off and shoving the bloody stump in customer's faces, which had to be bad for business at least the rest of the night.
Some of you may remember me posting about one dancer cornering another in this same restroom last here and assaulting her, messing up her knee and possibly contributing to her miscarriage. The year before that, another dancer bit a customer for calling her fat. They don't really seem to have done anything about the problems. Well, now they've banned both people involved for life, though this makes at least the third time for Amber, who was at least previously sleeping with one of the owners. I'm not up on the latest.
This is a recurring problem. The owners/managers seem to be in the business to sell alcohol and sleep with strippers, not run a proper club and always get involved around the same time as the police, so drama is entirely out of control relative to any other club in the area. It bothers me my ex works there when they have these sorts of cultural problems, especially considering she was injured by a customer last year who grabbed her in private dance when the bouncer was too busy watching the girl on stage to pay attention. All the more respectable, better managed clubs in the area are nude though and she'll only do topless.
She was wondering what witty comments I'd have about this on my blog, but I just don't see any humor. Perahps those of you who don't know those involved will be more amused. To me, a woman who, granted, had severe personal problems and needed to be fired as she caused a great deal of the club's drama but I still did like to some degree on a personal level is maimed. Finger reattachment, while ultimately worth the money, is not cheap and she has no insurance and no job to pay for it. I doubt she could work in other fields, though I have a dim hope this will cause some sort of epiphany. Also, biting someone's finger off is apparently a misdemeanor. Amber did start it, but biting off someone's finger is just beyond the pale no matter how cornered you are.
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Wow, I didn't know that it was even possible to bite off someone's finger with your teeth. Gross.
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Umm... wow... yea umm wow...
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flippin' eck!!!!!!!!!!!!! what a crazy crazy story!!!
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If your name is Jasmine, do you just use that as your stripper name anyway?
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ewwww. that's disgusting.
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holy bad image in my head, batman!
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Mr Hyde
If your name is Jasmine, do you just use that as your stripper name anyway?
Ditto with Amber. And what's up with putting her address in the article?
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People who get arrested whose address is part of the police file always get it in the paper. I think this is fairly standard reporting practice.
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Clark
People who get arrested whose address is part of the police file always get it in the paper. I think this is fairly standard reporting practice.
In large metropolitan areas like Los Angeles, publishing addresses might be considered the equivalent of a vigilante menu. I don't recall seeing that recently (scurries away to scoop morning paper off front lawn)...
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Chrissy68
holy bad image in my head, batman!
It doesn't appear to be disturbing the guy in your avatar, C68!
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Susan-Va
Ditto with Amber. And what's up with putting her address in the article?
So us stalkers can feed our addiction. Now, where's my mapquest bookmark....
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Susan-Va
Ditto with Amber. And what's up with putting her address in the article?
You know, that's the second time I've seen this recently. Another article a few weeks ago listed addresses of women arrested in a prostitution raid. Aren't there laws, or at least journalistic ethics, about that kind of thing? Or do the women in question not count because they're strippers and prostitutes?
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Mr Hyde
So us stalkers can feed our addiction. Now, where's my mapquest bookmark....
I'm heading out now to rob a bank...or would it be easier to just give up my addy now?
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I'm going to talk to the newspaper about this tomorrow.
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Next time I drive through Iowa, remind me to NOT stop at this club.
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Clark
Meanwhile, Amber was running through the club screaming about how that bitch bit her finger off and shoving the bloody stump in customer's faces, which had to be bad for business at least the rest of the night.
I'll say!!!
Can you imagine being in the club when that was going down?
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UtahMike, if you're in Cedar Rapids, Woody's is the place to go. They run a tighter ship than any of the other local places, meaning this would have been dealt with around the time someone copped an attitude. Also the facilities are nicer than the other local places.
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UtahMike
Next time I drive through Iowa, remind me to NOT stop at this club.
aww, but what aboutthose of us who work there and AREN'T psycho bitches?? :'(
It IS the only club in the area that isn't a full-nude BYOB
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She has a point. There are a number of girls who either have stayed from when it was the only club in the area or like it because it's topless. A full list of the psychotics is available upon request.
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Clark
..... A full list of the psychotics is available upon request.
If you list me on there Ima kick yo ass... :P
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badbadkitty13
If you list me on there Ima kick yo ass... :P
"A Drama Lite and a shot of sarcasm, please..." 8)
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That'd be my last job as a cocktail... Sometimes the tip just can't be big enough...