Strip club workers arrested for leaving kids alone
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INDIANAPOLIS – Two Indianapolis mothers are under arrest for leaving their young children alone while they went to work at a strip club.
Police were called to an apartment on West Lake Drive just before 2:00 am when a neighbor found a three-year-old girl wandering alone outside wearing a ballerina outfit with no coat or shoes. It was 39 degrees at the time.
The girl led police back to her apartment where they found another three-year-old girl and an 11-month-old boy.
Police learned the girl’s mother, Shaneque Dotson, along with the mother of the other three-year-old and the 11-month-old, Tracey Carter, were working at a nearby strip club.
When the women returned to the apartment, they first told officers that Dotson’s sister was supposed to watch the children. But after questioning they admitted they left the children alone.
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Ex-Indy Official Loses Acquittal Bid In Bribery Case
By Lisa Uhlman
Law360, New York (September 28, 2011, 4:54 PM ET) — An Indiana federal judge on Monday refused to acquit a former Indianapolis city councilman after a jury found him guilty of bribery and attempted extortion for soliciting cash and campaign contributions in return for a strip club zoning permit.
U.S. District Judge Larry J. McKinney denied Lincoln Plowman’s motion for acquittal in a brief order, saying there was enough evidence to uphold his Sept. 15 conviction.
Plowman — also a major in the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department at the time of his arrest — faces a…
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former Indianapolis city-county councilman is asking a federal judge to overturn his conviction on charges of attempted extortion and bribery.
The Indianapolis Star reports (http://bit.ly/orQGBz ) Lincoln Plowman’s attorney, James Voyles Jr., filed a motion in U.S. District Court Tuesday asking Judge Larry McKinney to review the evidence in the case and acquit Plowman. A jury found Plowman guilty last Thursday.
U.S. attorney’s office spokesman Tim Horty says federal prosecutors will try to convince McKinney that there is sufficient evidence to sustain Plowman’s conviction.
Plowman was accused of taking a $5,000 bribe from an undercover FBI agent seeking help opening a strip club.
Plowman is on home detention pending a sentencing hearing that has yet to be scheduled. He could face up to 30 years in prison.
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… Former Councilman Plowman betrayed the publicâs trust by attempting to use his public office for personal gain,” said Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer. “He attempted to trade official actions for cash and campaign contributions, but he was caught,â said Assistant Attorney General Breuer. âCorruption at any level of government flies in the face of the ideals upon which our democracy is built. We will simply not allow self-dealing by elected officials to go unpunished.â
According to evidence presented at the trial, Plowman solicited an undercover FBI agent to pay $5,000 in cash and make a $1,000 campaign contribution in exchange for influencing actions to help open a strip club in Indianapolis. At the time, Plowman was a major with the Indianapolis Police Department and a member of the City-County Council’s Metropolitan Development Committee.
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… Former Councilman Plowman betrayed the public’s trust by attempting to use his public office for personal gain. He attempted to trade official actions for cash and campaign contributions, but he was caught,” said Assistant Attorney General Breuer. “Corruption at any level of government flies in the face of the ideals upon which our democracy is built. We will simply not allow self-dealing by elected officials to go unpunished.”
Plowman, 48, was convicted by an Indianapolis jury of attempted extortion and soliciting a bribe between August 11, 2009, and December 22, 2009, while serving as a member of the City-County Council.
According to evidence presented at trial, Plowman solicited an undercover FBI agent to pay $5,000 in cash and to make a $1,000 campaign contribution for Plowman’s benefit. In exchange for the payments, Plowman offered official actions and influence to facilitate the opening of a strip club in Indianapolis. At the time of the crimes, Plowman was a member of the Metropolitan Development Committee of the City-County Council. He was also a major with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.
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Indiana Councilman Guilty in Strip Club Bribery
WASHINGTON, D.C. Former Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana City-County Councilman Lincoln Plowman was convicted today by a federal jury of attempted extortion and soliciting a bribe, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer for the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett of the Southern District of Indiana.
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Plowman, 48, was convicted by an Indianapolis jury of attempted extortion and soliciting a bribe between Aug. 11, 2009, and Dec. 22, 2009, while serving as a member of the City-County Council. According to evidence presented at trial, Plowman solicited an undercover FBI agent to pay $5,000 in cash and to make a $1,000 campaign contribution for Plowmans benefit. In exchange for the payments, Plowman offered official actions and influence to facilitate the opening of a strip club in Indianapolis. At the time of the crimes, Plowman was a member of the Metropolitan Development Committee of the City-County Council. He was also a major with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.
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Undercover video shows an FBI agent posing as a strip club developer giving Plowman thousands of dollars for help with zoning issues. Plowman said he thought he was entering into a legitimate business deal.
US attorney Joe Hogsett issued the following statement following the verdict:
“Public Office in Indiana is not for sale.
No man or woman is above the law. To have meaning, those words must be tested, and over the last two weeks, they have been in a courtroom in the building behind me. The jury’s verdict has given those words meaning.
Mr. Plowman attempted to sell his influence over zoning as a city-county councillor. The jury’s guilty verdict means that public office holders are not for sale.
Mr. Plowman solicited bribes for strip clubs while employed as an officer with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.
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Jury Finds Ex-Indy Official Guilty In Strip Club Bribes Case
By Lance Duroni
Law360, Wilmington (September 15, 2011, 7:38 PM ET) — An Indiana federal jury reportedly found a former Indianapolis city councilman guilty of bribery and attempted extortion Thursday for soliciting cash and campaign contributions in return for a strip club zoning permit.
Jurors found Lincoln Plowman guilty after two hours of deliberations and U.S. District Judge Larry McKinney put the ex-city official on house arrest until his sentencing, the Indianapolis Business Journal reported.
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Plowman will be sentenced within 70 days and will be on home detention until that sentencing.
Plowman apologized to the court and said he’s been working as a press operator at a medical manufacturing facility. He broke down when discussing his 17-month-old and 10-year-old children at home.
Plowman pleaded not guilty last fall, months after federal investigators said he sought $5,000 for himself and $1,000 for his campaign in exchange for helping put an upscale strip club downtown.
Federal prosecutors called Plowman a “squirrel” in closing arguments Thursday, saying he offered to exert political power to push the strip club through.
An undercover FBI posing as the businessman behind the project taped several hours worth of meetings with Plowman at Indianapolis hotels, restaurants and strip clubs, which were then played back at trial.
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