False identity, CD pirating also may be charged

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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.

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