Today’s Springfield Republican reports on a secondary-effects type incident that took place early today outside the Fifth Alarm strip club on Worthington Street. Secondary effects are the crime and blight known to attend many adult enterprises.
A 24-year-old Bloomfield street man, kicked out of a strip club for attempting to take a patron’s money off the bar, went on to smash three vehicle windows in the parking lot with a tire iron, Springfield police said…
See also:
Gazette: “Strip club ouster ends with carjacking” (9/25/07)
The Evidence of Relationships Between Adult-Oriented Businesses and Community Crime and Disorder
Crime, Nuisances Motivate Cities to Regulate the Location of Adult Entertainment Uses
Prosperous Minneapolis Commercial Area Blighted by Proliferation of Adult Enterprises