`Dry orgy'

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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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