2005 Archived Reports

[Optimus1220]

Greetings to all,

I'm a CT native, and I am up from NC visiting for a few days. In the past, I've had great experiences at EOS in Danbury, and I considered that spa to be my favorite. I know that it recently closed and re-opened some time ago. I'd like to know if it is worth going there now. I'd really like to stop at an AMP while I'm here, but I want to make sure my $$$ is spent for something worthwhile. If anyone here can comment on the current state of this spa, please let me know.

Thanks!

[Bifster]

I feel like I am becoming the spokes model for this place. Well I just had to go back there last night and it was worth it. This place goes from one extreme to another. Monday the dancers were few and 50% were biguns. Tuesday they were too lazy to dance much. However, Thursday the place was jumping. About 7 dancers and all but one you could be seen with on the street. The hottest being Jemania. WOW! WAPOA If you are not into primarily BRazilians I guess you still won't like the place but they are trying. The area really needs a more down to earth place. Not the old Wiggles and for sure not Elans.

[Forbin]

I've not tried Wiggles yet, any mileage availble in the new setup/named bar ? Done the elans thing several times but have no interest in sitting on my hands during the LD.

New management in the old Wiggles. I think the name is going to be Go-Go Shop or something like that. Stopped by Tuesday Night and the improvement in dancers was outstanding.

[Bifster]

Good News Bad News Good News is they are trying to fix the place up. Yeah, who cares. No bar stool BJ's, too bright. The Bad News is the advanced billing of improved dancers is not panning out. Still got some Bigun's grazing on stage. Although they have toned down the "you buy her drink" pestering.

Barmaid get's an "A" for effort. No dancer getting up last night so she jumped up and did her thing. Nice cans, nice butt and tang. Unfortunately they were like parts to a couple of different jig saw puzzles but like I said, she tried.

[lou-S]

I usually stick to waterbury for AMPs. But today I first popped in at Kyoto in Brookfield only to be turned away as they were full.(has anyone ever been here? I was there when they first opened a few yrs back and massage was it).
Off to Lily I go. Not worth the time. Rushed massage, girl was 5 of 10 and service boring.Refused to perform 'asian'.Experience to make me feel like retiring from mongering as the guilt out weighs the pleasure on this one.

[Bifster]

I never felt unwanted by the staff in Wiggles. Maybe some other customers didn't exactly welcome me with open arms but that "Green Personality" was what they were looking for. Anyway, the new mgr sounded like he was looking for a more diverse clientele. Not just the masons and landscapers stopping for a beer.

It would be nice to have a place to enjoy. Elan's is overpriced. the girls are not quite as hot as they think they are. Need a decent blue collar joint.

[Jo Hosa Witness]

Is that place Executive Spa still opened? That place was the worst amp I've ever stepped foot in. Big money, Big attitudes, and Big Girls.

[Ramon]

Are they still going to cater to the brazilian community, or are caucasians now welcome? The last time I went there I felt like I didnt belong there. I was very polite but got a lot of dirty looks.

[Bifster]

New management in the old Wiggles. I think the name is going to be Go-Go Shop or something like that. Stopped by Tuesday Night and the improvement in dancers was outstanding.

[Danbury Fun]

I drove past last night, the lights were off and all the signs were down. Looks like another provider bites the dust in Danbury.

Just the two AMPS and a weak street scene left.

[Bifster]

I am sure if the Barmaid had stopped asking the undercover cops "You buy her drink", none of this would have happened.


Women charged with bar sex acts 2005-08-30
Complaints lead to prostitution arrests
By John Pirro

THE NEWS-TIMES DANBURY

The dingy sign hanging from the ceiling reads "Bada Bing Bar." But the scene inside Tony Soprano's fictional strip joint pales in comparison to the one police allegedly found at a Shelter Rock Road "gentleman's club" Friday night. Inside the club known as Wiggles, more than a dozen scantily-clad dancers en-gaged in sex acts or aggressively propositioned customers around the rectangular bar, authorities say.
By the end of the night, the floor was littered with paper napkins containing what law enforcement officials euphemistically called "DNA evidence."

"That's the first time we've seen that type of operation here" in Danbury, said Detective Lt. James Fisher of the police department's Special Investigations Division. "It's happened in some bigger cities, but not in Danbury."

The latest raid was sparked by a series of complaints from the public, according to Fisher, who said prostitution related activities took place at the bar for about a year.
SID detectives, working with undercover officers from two out-of-town agencies, raided Wiggles on Friday night. Police said four plainclothes officers entered the club shortly after 8:30 p.m. The officers were barely inside before the women began exposing their breasts and other private parts, offering lap dances and oral sex, or shoving their hands inside the officers' trousers, police claim. One woman offered to go home with an investigator if he paid her $200, police said.

All of those activities are a violation of Connecticut liquor laws, said John Suchy, director of the state Liquor Control Commission, which bar physical contact between dancers and patrons. He declined further comment because the police haven't yet referred the case to his agency.

In all, authorities charged six club employees with prostitution. Three of the women are Danbury residents. The others are from Queens, N.Y.

Even more dancers could have been arrested if police had employed additional undercover officers, authorities said.

"The (officers) only made contact with six of the dancers," Fisher said in his report. "The other seven were engaged in similar activity."

Police closed Wiggles temporarily when an employee couldn't provide a valid liquor permit, but by Monday the permit had been located and the bar was back in business. Attempts to contact club owner Vincent Mavilia on Monday were unsuccessful.

Fisher said Mavilia showed up at Wiggles while the raid was in progress, and "was cooperative" with investigators.

"We can't say if he had full knowledge of what was going on," Fisher said.
The club already faces a four-day closing next month because of violations found during a February 2004 inspection, said Suchy. At that time, inspectors saw dancers exposing their breasts and private parts to patrons, and also found alcohol being served to a minor, Suchy said.

Police identified the women charged with prostitution as XXXXXXXXXX all from Queens.

[Danbury John]

$1.1 Million in 6 years? Anyone else find that a tad low? I know I had given my share of that to Genesis.

On a side note, anyone have any insights as to any remaining places? Or have they all suffered the same fate? I see that Executive is still operating, but i haven't paid them any attention in years after a few sub-standard sessions.

Lately, anytime I've been in the neighborhood I've been content to circle Beaver Street and find something (and usually for $10 or so for a cbj or bbbj- so I'm not complaining too much).

[Mighty Spearsman]

This item appeared in today's NY Times. I couldn't find any similar articles recently or in the archives of any Connecticut newspapers. It answers the question "What happened to Cleopatra's?" and "What happened to Genesis?" Patti and her ex-husband, Jay (Jason), founded and operated several of Ct's best leisure spas starting in the 1980's. Patti was awarded these three as part of a bitter divorce settlement in the 90's, and Jason subsequently ran the ones he was left with into the ground. Let's pray that she gets a light sentence in October. Between Patti's spas and Alpha, nobody has done more to destroy good bush in Ct. than the Bush Justice Department.

From Today's NY Times Metro Briefings:

NEWTOWN: WOMAN ADMITS BEING A MADAM A woman pleaded guilty yesterday in Federal District Court in Bridgeport to money laundering and using health clubs in three Connecticut cities to promote prostitution, according to the United States attorney. The woman, Patricia Gougelmann, 66, of Newtown, owned Cleopatra's Spa in Waterbury, Genesis in Danbury, and Dolce Vita in Bridgeport. She admitted in court that the clubs were houses of prostitution that took in about $1.1 million between January 1998 and March 2004. Ms. Gougelmann is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 24. She faces a maximum prison term of 20 years and $500,000 in fines. (NYT)

Also posted under Waterbury

Thanks, Hytek. A very short article on this same subject appeared in the Sunday Hartford Courant, buried on an inside page on the bottom. There was an interesting quote from the prosecutor to the effect that the reason that the Feds went after Ms. Gougelmann was because of the large amount of undeclared income, not the prostitution angle.

Also posted in Waterbury.

[Hytek]

This item appeared in today's NY Times. I couldn't find any similar articles recently or in the archives of any Connecticut newspapers. It answers the question "What happened to Cleopatra's?" and "What happened to Genesis?" Patti and her ex-husband, Jay (Jason), founded and operated several of Ct's best leisure spas starting in the 1980's. Patti was awarded these three as part of a bitter divorce settlement in the 90's, and Jason subsequently ran the ones he was left with into the ground. Let's pray that she gets a light sentence in October. Between Patti's spas and Alpha, nobody has done more to destroy good bush in Ct. than the Bush Justice Department.

From Today's NY Times Metro Briefings:

NEWTOWN: WOMAN ADMITS BEING A MADAM A woman pleaded guilty yesterday in Federal District Court in Bridgeport to money laundering and using health clubs in three Connecticut cities to promote prostitution, according to the United States attorney. The woman, Patricia Gougelmann, 66, of Newtown, owned Cleopatra's Spa in Waterbury, Genesis in Danbury, and Dolce Vita in Bridgeport. She admitted in court that the clubs were houses of prostitution that took in about $1.1 million between January 1998 and March 2004. Ms. Gougelmann is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 24. She faces a maximum prison term of 20 years and $500,000 in fines. (NYT)

Also posted under Waterbury

[Danbury Fun]

Bricks,

The place is a DUMP, plenty of fat Brazillian women and a house scam to buy drinks for the fat babes and drain your wallet.

Best to look else where, unfortunately action appears to be limited to the two AMPs in town.