Damn about Arnie's timing
I usually get off of work 1:30-2pm and was looking for a good thing on my way home to Indiana.
If anybody knows of some action in the early afternoon, please share.
never really had a problem
[QUOTE=Mr Tyr]My big complaint is not about slipping anyone money, it's that they tell you this crap afterwards. It's like a hidden fee and the fee depends on what the guy wants because it's always a different price.
They're just running game but I'm not the one so I will never go back (unless I'm with friends then I'm staying at the bar).
However just beacuse it ain't my shot of wiskey doesn't mean it can't be yours!
If you like Arnies, cool, get your groove on but as for me, not my thang![/QUOTE]
I have been going to Arnies for a long time, although must confess have not been there during the last 3 or 4 months, so if something changed during last 3 or 4 months that is possible. Never had ever been asked for fees by the guy watching, mostly it is the guy named "Chicago". In fact, I always make it a point to say hello to him and he does the same when he sees me.
As to the guy in the parking lot asking for money, yeah, that is irritating.
Officer Cleared of Charges
A former Cook County corrections officer cleared of an off-duty attack on a massage parlor worker and of possessing cocaine was framed to cover up a prostitution racket, his attorney claimed Monday.
Charges of battery and drug possession were dropped against Carlos Zavala, 29, Monday morning, after a judge ruled that police did not have probable cause to search Zavala's car after a dispute at the Stickney parlor July 27.
Prosecutors alleged Zavala, of the 10500 block of South Highland Avenue in Worth, attacked a worker at the parlor in the 4000 block of South Central Avenue and stashed cocaine in the glove compartment of his vehicle.
But Zavala, a married father of two, says he went to the parlor for a massage after a family dinner and was subjected to an unprovoked attack after he identified himself as a police officer.
The drugs were planted, he insists.
He told Judge Kerry M. Kennedy that the manager had asked him whether he was an officer and asked him to leave when he replied that he was. As he was walking out, the manager struck him at least three times over the head with a fire extinguisher, knocking him unconscious, Zavala said. He briefly regained consciousness, dialed 911 and asked for assistance before again losing consciousness, he said.
The Cook County sheriff's police officer who arrested him stated she had found him in his car in the parking lot, covered in foam from the extinguisher. She searched his car after he was taken to hospital in an attempt to identify him. She found the cocaine in his wallet in the glove compartment, she said.
But Zavala's lawyer, Tony Peraica, who is running for Cook County State's Attorney, said Zavala has learned since his arrest that illegal sexual activities and prostitution were being offered at the premises. "We are investigating, and we may file a suit against the parlor. "
"Mr. Zavala was the victim in this; he did not have any drugs in his car, but they were placed there while he was unconscious to cover up the sex operation, " Peraica said. "The charges were to cover it up. "
When Kennedy ruled the drugs found in the search of Zavala's car could not be used as evidence against him, prosecutors dropped all charges.
Zavala, who was "forced to resign" from his job with the county after his arrest, wants his job back, Peraica said. Cook County sheriff's office spokeswoman Penny Mateck said Zavala was employed at the county jail from July 2005. He resigned after refusing to take a drug test three days after the massage parlor incident, she said.
If he wants to get his job back, an internal investigation into his conduct would have to be reopened and completed, she said. Refusing to take a drug test is, in itself, grounds for dismissal, she said.
This guy does not sound like he should be taking the high moral road.
