From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Totally off subject - any subject that is! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Authorities bust up sadomasochistic party in Attleboro by Jose Martinez Wednesday, July 12, 2000 Authorities uncovered a sex party of sadomasochistic dimensions in the unlikeliest of places over the weekend - just across the street from the Attleboro police department. On the fourth floor of a renovated factory building on Union Street, police allegedly discovered dozens of men and women - some nude, some clad in leather and latex - at an S & M party that cost $25 a head to enter. ``This building is directly across the street from the police station,'' one source at Attleboro District Court said yesterday. Officials suspect the sexual hijinks may have been going on since February. Charges already have been filed against the New Hampshire man behind the fetish fete and a New York business executive caught spanking another woman, but the investigation is ongoing and could lead to more arrests, police said. Officers estimated 50 or 60 people, ages 29 to 60, attended the party. Stefany Reed, 38, of New York City pleaded not guilty Monday to one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Benjamin Davis, 23, of Hudson, N.H., pleaded not guilty to 13 counts, including assault and battery on a police officer and keeping a house of prostitution. Both were released on $1,000 cash bail, pending a July 26 return to court. Neither Reed nor Davis could be reached for comment. Reed's Providence attorney, Bruce Gladstone, did not return calls. Detectives Timothy Cook and John Otrando checked out the old factory at 37 Union St. about 11 p.m. Saturday with the permission of the landlord. Earlier in the day, a musician who rents a studio in the building had reported $13,000 in equipment had been stolen some time after June 28. The officers made their way up to the fourth floor, where they spotted the party and a woman collecting money at a table. As she tried to hide the money, the officers said they could see people in ``different stages of undress'' through the open door behind her. About that time, police said, Davis confronted the officers in the hallway, allegedly telling the Cook and Otrando to leave the private party unless they had a warrant. When Davis became physical, he was arrested. ``At some point, he basically put a straight arm into Detective Cook, like a football player, knocking him to the ground,'' said the courthouse source familiar with the case. The officers also arrested Reed after spotting her using a large, wooden spatula to paddle the bare rear end of another woman who was lying facedown on a bench and wearing nothing but nylons and a garter belt, the source said. ``The victim's buttocks were noted to be extremely welted, red and oozing blood,'' he said, quoting court papers. Even though the two women appeared to be engaged in a consensual spanking, Massachusetts law bars victims from consenting to felony assault. Police returned with a search warrant, finding eight double-edged knives, whips, chains, other assorted paraphernalia and a sadomasochistic instruction manual laying out the ground rules to be enforced by a so-called ``dungeon master.'' Davis, who had rented several rooms, also faces charges of running a business without a license, furnishing instruments of masturbation, eight counts of carrying a dangerous weapon and being an accessory before the fact of assault. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Its the ~ eight counts of carrying a dangerous weapon ~ that gets me! Kenneth Pantling -- How can someone be charged with carrying a dangerous weapon on their own property? Several US states have bans on double-edged knives, I've come across that one before. But carrying one on your premises? Massachusetts is one weird state! Steve. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
