Taylor
Williams just plain isn't.
The
man who claimed to be Taylor Williams - a co-owner
of The Market , a Fayetteville teen dance club- is
actually Myron Moorehead, said Maj. Bruce Jordan of the
Fayette County Sheriff's Department.
Moorehead,
38, was arrested Friday morning after a court hearing
that shut the club down. The hearing was the result of an
undercover investigation by the Sheriff's Department and
the Fayetteville Police Department.
Moorehead
was charged with contributing to the delinquency of
minors and furnishing harmful materials to minors. The
other co-owner of The Market, Clifford E. Levingston of
Fairburn, also will face those same charges.
That
might not be all, either. Jordan said he wants to allow
local parents to watch the video to see if their children
are caught on the tape.
If
so, the parents could decide to file other charges on
their own, Jordan said. But the Sheriff's Department is
waiting for a ruling on that from the district attorney's
office, Jordan added.
Fayetteville
Police Chief Johnny Roberts said Morehead may face
further charges relating to his use of an alias.
Moorehead used the name Taylor Williams on his zoning
applications and his request for a business license.
According
to records, Moorehead once lived in Chicago and various
towns in Louisiana, police said.
The
Police Department and Sheriff's Department made a joint
decision not to prosecute the minors depicted in the
undercover video, which was shot the evening of June 7
for a total of 10 hours.
"Law
enforcement is not here to change morals," Roberts
said. "Those that are taught are taught at
home."
That
operation was aimed at uncovering suspected gang and drug
activity, Jordan said.
Roberts
said his officers who worked off-duty as security staff
at the club broke up several incidents that took place,
but no criminal charges were filed, he added.
Moorehead,
then known as Taylor Williams, was informed of those
problems and told the city in a meeting that he would
correct them, though he never did, Roberts added.
An
edited version of the video was played during Friday's
court hearing. Superior Court Judge Paschal A. English
Jr. issued a temporary restraining order that will keep
the club shut down until a hearing on the matter can be
conducted.
After
the hearing, a search warrant was executed on the
property. Police believe they found counterfeit CDs and
other items were confiscated, though Jordan declined to
reveal what those items were. The number of CDs
confiscated was "substantial," Jordan said.
As
a result, both Moorehead and Levingston also were charged
with reproducing previously recorded material.
Jordan
also said the Federal Bureau of Investigation was getting
involved in the case.
Though
a lawyer for Moorehead argued in court that the type of
dancing on the tape is also broadcast on MTV, Jordan
disputes that.
"I
still don't think you can see this on MTV," Jordan
said. He added that during the four hours that video was
taken, no Christian music was being played and no
mentoring was taking place. When the club was originally
proposed, it was presented to be a Christian-oriented
place for teens to hang out.
To
the contrary, the rap music being played was sexually
explicit, Jordan added.
"There
was nothing wholesome at all," he said.







Easy button Return it to long suffering taxpayers including those who have paid huge tabs to educate other people's kids…