Janesville strip club owner surrenders to police

By BETH WHEELOCK ( Contact )   Monday, June 30, 2008
ADVERTISEMENT
 

Podcast Episode


WCLO's Beth Wheelock reports on the police recommendation for Stadium Bar, LLC.

RSS   

The owner of a Janesville strip club turned himself in to police Monday morning.

Janesville Police say 52-year-old James Halbach was arrested on one count related to prostitution and 12 counts of keeping a place of prostitution. Halbach and his manager of Screamin' Mee Mees, 49-year-old Randy Peterson, have a court date of July 28. Peterson was arrested Friday on five counts of keeping a place of prostitution.

The arrests are part of an ongoing investigation at Screamin' Mee Mees, with 18 previous arrests related to prostitution.

Scroll down for an audio feature on a related story







reader COMMENTS

Before you post a comment, consider this:

Note: GazetteXtra.com does not condone or review every comment. Read more in our User Policy Agreement
  • Keep it clean. Comments that are obscene, vulgar or sexually oriented will be removed. Creative spelling of such terms or implied use of such language is banned, also.
  • Don't threaten to hurt or kill anyone.
  • Be nice. No racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person.
  • Harassing comments. If you are the subject of a harassing comment or personal attack by another user, do not respond in-kind.  Hit the "Suggest Removal" button on offensive comments.
  • Share what you know. Give us your eyewitness accounts, background, observations and history.
  • Do not libel anyone. Libel is writing something false about someone that damages that person's reputation.
  • Ask questions. What more do you want to know about the story?
  • Stay focused. Keep on the story's topic.
  • Help us get it right. If you spot a factual error or misspelling, email newsroom@gazettextra.com or call 1-800-362-6712.
  • Remember, this is our site. We set the rules, and we reserve the right to remove any comments that we deem inappropriate.

Post Comment

Commenting requires registration.

Username:
Password: (Forgotten your password?)

Comment:

ADVERTISEMENT