80 people had sex at an illegal party in a swingers club: they were arrested | the Chronicle

Several New York Police officers dismantled an illegal party with over 80 people that took place at a swingers club in Queens, in which beds, condoms, alcohol and some banned substances remained. It should be noted that this type of event is prohibited due to the increase in cases of coronavirus in this region.

The party took place on Saturday night at the Calígula club, according to what he said. The New York Times, an underground place where people they were drinking and dancing, there was a buffet, a DJ programming live music and several boxes of condoms. None wore masks or respected social distance.

A call to the authorities’ emergency line gave the clue to the party which was finally disbanded on Sunday morning.

In the place there was a small back room where there were couples having sex and the walls were lined with condoms.

The Caligula club was equipped for nights of sex and lack of control. Among the images released by the police after the raid Four beds and a black leather couch are crammed into the small room for group sex.

On one of the beds there was a basket with what They appear to be condoms and in another picture you can see a cardboard box also full of condoms. There was also a white laminated panel which It was showing the prices of a VIP lounge, ranging from $ 30 for 10 minutes to $ 500 for the whole night.

According to the police, the place not only violated the capacity restriction, which for these premises located in the yellow areas of the city is a maximum of 25 people. Otherwise what It also did not have the appropriate licenses to sell or store alcohol on its premises.

The entrepreneur Roy Bacon, 37, was accused of violate an executive order, violate the emergency measure, operate a club without an alcohol license and illegally store alcoholic beverages. Bacon was fined $ 1,000 for failing to protect health and safety while the Caligula club was fined $ 15,000.

Another closed party

At the same time, but in Manhattan, another part of town, another underground party was dismantled in a location that also lacked a liquor sales license.

This is a building located at 260 W. 36th St. in Midtown Manhattan where police arrived around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday.

There they observed about 75 people enter through the building service entrance while the security guards led the participants inside and tried to keep the small crowds outside to avoid drawing attention.

About two and a half hours later, the police went up to the third floor of the building, where the party was taking place, and they found over 120 people drinking alcoholic beverages, dancing and smoking with a hookah.

After dismantling the illegal police gathering captured the organizer, a beard, a DJ and two security guards, as well as five other people facing charges and fines totaling $ 75,000 for unauthorized storage of alcohol and other crimes.

The two parties dismantled over the weekend in New York City are part of a series of raids carried out by the city police, in their attempt to control a new outbreak of coronavirus at a time when the city’s average positivity (3.09%) is above the state average (2.74%), according to the mayor said on Sunday Bill de Blasio and governor Andrew M. Cuomo, respectively.