Incidences like this make me happy I live in the Northeast!! “Garbage bag loads of sex toys”!! OMG!! This is a disgrace. Then they BURN them?!? Is this 2008? Or 1908? In 2008 we know what burning jelly and silicone can do for the environment. All because some people like to get a little pleasure. I’m curious to know what their punishment will be. Don’t tell me jailtime, because that would be really sad. I’ll be on the lookout to find out. No courtdate was mentioned.
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Jackson, MI 10/24/07
www.wlbt.com
By David Kenney
Jackson police were chasing down a different kind of criminal today. Officers conducted a raid on a local adult bookstore, looking for illegal sex toys.They found enough evidence to make two arrests.
Surprisingly, they re-arrested someone recently in custody for the same crime. Jackson police vice officers hauled out garbage bag loads of sex toys found during an investigation at the adult video and book store on mcdowell road.
Sergeant William Gladney says, “It’s just an undercover sting we periodically check the adult entertainment here in the city of Jackson make sure theyr’e complying with the adult entertainment ordinances, and this is a state statue.”
Multiple violations in this case, and it’s not the first time. In july officers conducted a similar raid, confiscating sex toys. They’ve raided the place at least three times in the past two years. This time, it was a tip from the public that led them back.
Gladney, “We got a complaint from a citizen that heard it on the radio we sent an undercover officer and made a purchase.”
Police arrested James Salters who holds the bookstore license, and charged him with two counts of selling sex toys. He was also wanted on an outstanding warrant for domestic violence. His cashier, Jason Paige was also charged with selling a sex toy, and was vocal in his opinion of the law.
Paige says, “They don’t leave here and go rape nobody, they don’t leave here and go rob banks.” officers say they weren’t able to arrest James Salters during their last raid because he wasn’t present. They say if he breaks the law again, they’ll just have to come back.
Officers say they usually just burn all the sex toys they confiscate during the raids.