I have never worked at this club or even been in it, but there was a prostitution bust there in March 06. Here's the story from the local paper, The Republican.
2 dancers arrested in sex sting
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
By JENNIFER PICARD
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MONSON - Two exotic dancers at the Magic Lantern were arrested Friday at the strip club after allegedly offering undercover policemen sex in exchange for cash, according to police.
Karrie Geoffrey, 27, of 14 Lakeridge Drive, Holland, and Nicole Santora, 24, of 17 Cross St., Leominster, were charged with offering sexual conduct for a fee Friday night, said Monson Police Chief Stephen Kozloski Jr.
Kozloski said the dancers approached two undercover officers Friday, offering to perform oral sex if the men gave them $200 each.
Santora and Geoffrey also told the cops to pay an extra $20 allegedly as a kickback to bar managers for allowing dancers access to a secluded section of the bar, he said.
The dancers were released on personal recognizance Friday. Their arraignment is set for Thursday in Palmer District Court, Kozloski said.
Officers from the Eastern Hampden County Drug Task Force have been conducting surveillance at the Route 20 club for several weeks following complaints to Monson police, Kozloski said.
Monson selectmen will review Kozloski's police report at the board's March 28 meeting, before deciding if they will take action against the Magic Lantern's entertainment or liquor licenses, Town Administrator Gretchen E. Neggers said yesterday.
Selectmen could schedule a hearing to either modify, suspend, or revoke one or both licenses, she said.
"Clearly, the allegations are serious," Neggers said. "It's a privilege to have a liquor license, and (license holders) have to support the law."
Magic Lantern co-owner Mark Pessolano declined to comment on Friday's arrests. He did say dancers act as individual contractors and are not on the club's payroll. The Boston Road bar features topless and nude dancers.
Kozloski said he hasn't asked the state's Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission to open an investigation of the club. However, he has been in contact with officials at the agency, which governs liquor licenses.
ABCC investigators checking for pouring violations caught Magic Lantern dancers touching themselves inappropriately and making physical contact with patrons in 2000.
State regulations prohibit contact between dancers and patrons. Neggers said club owners paid the commission a $4,600 fine that year, in lieu of a 10-day suspension.
State and local officials also issued suspensions of club licenses in 1992, 1990 and 1989.