An
undercover video of teens dancing at the A&T Teen
Market helped lead to a court order shutting the club
down Friday morning.
The teens
on the video weren't doing the hokey-pokey, and they
weren't doing the lambada, either.
Judge
Paschal A. English Jr. was so shocked by the video that
he characterized the dancing as "a dry orgy."
He granted the request for a temporary restraining order
to shut the club down from Fayetteville City Attorney
David Winkle.
"Those
kids were imitating sexual activity," English said.
"This is the type of activity that is subject to
being abated as a nuisance."
Police also
determined that The Market's operator was using a false
name. Taylor Williams' real name is Myron Moorehead, said
Maj. Bruce Jordan of the Fayette County Sheriff's
Department.
Moorehead
was arrested immediately after the hearing for furnishing
harmful material to minors and contributing to the
delinquency of minors, Jordan said. A search warrant was
executed on the club after the hearing, and further
charges against Moorehead could be pending, Jordan added.
The video
was taken at The Market July 7 by an undercover operative
for the Sheriff's Department. An edited version of the
video played in court depicted one couple
"dancing" totally flat on the floor, with one
dancer on top of the other.
Michael
Bergin, the attorney representing Moorehead, said the
dancing was no worse than is shown on MTV and other
television stations. He also claimed there is a
conspiracy to shut down The Market.
"That
happens to be the style and manner of dancing
today," Moorehead said. He later admitted that some
people might consider the dancing "sexual in
nature."
"It's
much better that the kids be in public view," Bergin
argued.
Winkle said
the dancing was "obscenity the community is no
longer willing to tolerate." He argued that the
operation of The Market constitutes a public nuisance.
"There
are reports of gang activity, unlicensed weapons
possession, fighting and alcohol," Winkle said.
During the
hearing, Bergin said Moorehead offered to shut the club
down for the weekend. But English decided to keep the
doors shut until a full hearing on the charges can be
conducted.
Winkle said
police have reported youths as young as 10 years old
allowed into the club. He also pointed out that the club
originally was represented as a Christian-oriented
hangout for teens.
Bergin
claimed that race also was a factor in motivating the
case against Moorehead, and threatened that the city of
Fayetteville would face a civil rights lawsuit for
shutting the club down.







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