Dockside Dolls
Dockside Dolls was a chain of strip clubs located in industrial zones.[1] It was based in Aberdeen, North Carolina.[2] Winston Hines, Jerry Golding, and Jerry Reid co-owned it.[3] Johnny Basinger was the director of operations.[2]
North Carolina
Clayton
The Clayton, North Carolina Crazy Horse was once the location of a Dockside Dolls.[4] In 1999, a man confronted by the club's security guards shot and killed another customer.[4] On January 2, 2004, security guard David Norman Collins Jr. was fatally shot at the club after, according to witnesses, escorting the suspects in his murder out of the club over an altercation.[5]
Graham
The Graham, North Carolina Dockside Dolls opened in 1993.[6] In 1994, six police officers, who moonlighted as security guards at the club, were suspended for three days after photos of them posing with topless dancers emerged.[7] Due to crimes, such as assaults, brawls, drug overdoses, and underage drinking, allegedly occurring at the club since 1996, a year-long investigation was conducted, resulting in a civil nuisance suit and raid on September 3, 2004.[8] The investigation also led to the arrests of four dancers for offering undercover cops sex and drugs in exchange for money during a bachelor party at a nearby motel on August 31, 2004.[8] A court motion filed on January 27, 2005 alleged that dancers had continued to solicit prostitution during visits from undercover cops, violating a restraining order that prohibited the club from allowing criminal activity.[9] In February 2006, the club was permanently closed in exchange for avoiding trial.[10]
Southern Pines
The first club in the Dockside Dolls chain opened in Southern Pines, North Carolina in 1990.[11]
Wilmington
Dockside Dolls also had a location in Wilmington, North Carolina, which was investigated in January 2002 following two separate incidents of underage men dying in alcohol-related car accidents after leaving the club.[12]
Ohio
Columbus
The Dockside Dolls in Columbus, Ohio opened in August 2001.[13] On January 19, 2002, two men were shot, one fatally, outside the club after the perpetrator's brother sustained an injury during a fist fight.[14] In 2003, police arrested 10 people on drug and prostitution charges during a raid.[15] The club closed down on August 11, 2008.[15]
South Carolina
Wellford
On August 3, 2000, the Wellford, South Carolina Dockside Dolls opened at what was previously the location of Nikita’s Playroom.[11] The club was burned by an intentionally set fire on January 28, 2002.[16] In January 2003, the location reopened as a Penthouse Club.[17]
References
- ↑ Activists: Wellford plan not enough Nude club debate
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 University pulls strip joint recruitment ad from directory
- ↑ Strip club owner vows to rebuild after blaze guts establishment DOCKSIDE DOLLS: Business was not open at time of fire Club had been controversial
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Burned-Out Strip Club Faced Fines, ALE Violations
- ↑ Wake County Sheriff's Office Arrests 4 Suspects In Nightclub Homicide
- ↑ ADULT BUSINESS TO BE REZONED IN BURLINGTON?
- ↑ GRAHAM HOPES NEW STATION AIDS POLICE IMAGE
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Strip club sting ends with raid
- ↑ Strip club is accused of violating court order
- ↑ Dockside Dolls owner agrees to close topless club
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Owner vows to relocate and rebuild Nikita’s moving out in Wellford; N.C.’s Dockside Dolls moving in Owner vows to relocate and rebuild
- ↑ Board gets adult club report
- ↑ Strip club owner fights for legitimacy
- ↑ Murderer given death penalty
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Judge affirms zoning decision nixing strip club in Northland area
- ↑ Investigators: Dockside Dolls fire was no accident
- ↑ Penthouse in Wellford to become Gold Club