‘Girls night’ nets club probation

Business also fined

Male exotic dancers who simulated sexual acts with audience members and allowed customers to grope them netted the Springdale Civic Center $1,600 in fines and one year of probation by the state agency that regulates businesses with liquor licenses.

The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on Wednesday also approved penalties for other businesses cited for violations.

The board approved Director Mary Robin Casteel’s penalty recommendations for the incident occurred during a “Girls Night Out” event June 23 at the Springdale Civic Center.

Messages left for facility owner Edward Vega weren’t returned as of late Wednesday.

Vega has 15 days to appeal the decision, said Department of Finance and Administration spokesman Scott Hardin.

The 2,500-person capacity facility on Old Missouri Road in Springdale has been cited seven times in the past by the ABC.

The facility’s liquor license was suspended for nearly six months after a March 2016 wreck killing two men who were passengers in a vehicle driven by an underage patron of the center, On Wednesday, the facility was cited for allowing

non- approved entertainment, multiple occurrences of immoral conduct, allowing dancers to simulate sexual acts and allowing physical contact between multiple patrons and the entertainers.

According to the report, ABC Agent Daniel Montgomery learned of the male dance show through the facility’s Facebook page and arranged for two undercover female officers to attend the June 23 event.

The male dancers allowed female customers to perform with them on the stage and to touch the dancers. The dancers also joined the crowd on the floor. Dancers performed lap dances and simulated different types of sexual contact, according to the report.

The “Girls Night Out — The Show” states on its website that it is a “fully interactive show.” Attempts to reach the show’s producers were unsuccessful.

Other ABC citations included:

■ Manila Exxon, 261 Arkansas 18 in Manila, was fined $ 3,500 and placed on one-year probation for selling drug paraphernalia. ■ The Pizza Barn in Paris was fined $ 3,000 and placed on one-year probation for furnishing alcohol to minors and for disorderly conduct. According to the report, permittee Ronald Green became “very loud, profane and obstinate” and failed to cooperate with ABC agents.

■ The On The Way No. 2 gas station in Wesley was fined $ 1,500 and placed on one-year probation for knowingly selling alcohol to a minor.

■ T- Bo’s in Camden was fined $ 1,000 and placed on one-year probation after a patron was assaulted in the parking lot.

■ Sunrise Food Mart, 721 E. Ninth St. in Little Rock, wa s f ined $ 2,000 and placed on one-year probation for selling alcohol to a minor.

■ The City Pump in Rogers was fined $ 1,700 and placed on one-year probation for serving alcoholic beverages to an intoxicated patron, allowing consumption after hours and allowing unauthorized entertainment.

■ The Boar’s Nest in Rogers was fined $ 1,500 and placed on one- year probation because of a fight between four patrons and for serving alcohol to an intoxicated customer.

■ The Pachanga Nightclub in Springdale had its license suspended for three days, was fined $ 3,000 and was placed on one- year probation after a fight between two female patrons. The club was cited for allowing alcohol consumption after hours multiple times and serving intoxicated patrons.