Ohio adult-entertainment bar is forced to shut down after they allowed FOOD STAMPS to be used to buy drugs and lap dances
- Sharkey’s bar in Dayton, Ohio, had its liquor license revoked on Thursday
- Authorities started investigating the adult entertainment bar five months ago
- Agents went undercover at the bar and say they spent $2,404 in food stamps
- They spent food stamps on lap dances and drugs including heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, cocaine and methamphetamines
An Ohio bar has been forced to shut down after authorities discovered they were allowing customers to buy drugs and lap dances using food stamps.
Sharkey’s, an adult-entertainment bar in Dayton, had its liquor license revoked on Thursday following a five-month investigation by the Ohio Liquor Control Commission.
Agents went undercover during the lengthy investigation and claim to have spent $2,404 worth of food stamps at the bar, WDTN reports.
Sharkey’s, an adult-entertainment bar in Dayton, Ohio, had its liquor license revoked on Thursday following a five-month investigation by the Ohio Liquor Control Commission
They say the exchanged food stamps for lap dances and drugs including heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, cocaine and methamphetamines.
Criminal charges were filed against bar employees and customers for drug trafficking and food stamp trafficking.
They also face charges of illegal sexual activity, engaging in corrupt activity and various other drug charges.
A total of 44 administrative charges were also filed against Sharkey’s and heard by the Liquor Control Commission for drug possession, drug sales, food stamp trafficking and engaging in sexual activity.
Another nearby adult-entertainment bar, The Harem, also had its liquor license revoked in May following a similar investigation into food stamp and drug trafficking.
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