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5 bikini baristas accused of prostitution
Women reportedly charged up to $80 to strip down while fixing coffee
updated 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
EVERETT, Wash. - Five Washington state baristas charged customers to touch their breasts and buttocks at an espresso stand where servers wear bikinis to draw business, police said.
The five were charged Wednesday with prostitution. Charging money for that kind of touching falls under the city's definition of prostitution.
The Everett Herald reports the women were charging up to $80 to strip down while fixing lattes and mochas.
During a two-month investigation, detectives also saw the women lick whipped cream off each other and pose naked for pictures at the Grab-n-Go Espresso stand in Everett, about 30 miles north of Seattle.
Owner Bill Wheeler told KCPQ-TV employees sign a policy prohibiting the kind of behavior alleged by police. He said anyone caught doing anything illegal would be fired.
The women, ages 18 to 24, were not arrested, said Sgt. Robert Goetz. They were expected to be in Municipal Court in a few weeks to answer misdemeanor charges.
40 complaints
Police have received more than 40 complaints in the past year of women exposing themselves at coffee stands. Goetz said the department investigated Grab-n-Go because it had the most complaints.
"This was about alleged conduct, not about what the women were wearing," he said. "They could have been wearing parkas and if they continued to conduct themselves that way, we still would have filed the criminal charges."
Undercover detectives began posing as customers in mid-July.
During one visit, a barista allegedly told a detective that for $20, she and another barista would give him a show. He paid and they bared their breasts and pulled down their undergarments.
The women also charged customers to play "basketball," a game in which customers threw wadded up money at the women, who caught the money in their underwear, detectives said.
The city council is expected to decide next week whether to change the city's lewd conduct ordinance to cover espresso stands.
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Born I always see you post the most interesting articles.
Does it like pop up on your homepage or are you like looking for these things?
You seriously have some funny/weird ass shit like a couple times a week
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^whatever he's doing its def good news to read and keeps me up at work lol
starbucks needs to do sumtin like this from time to time lol
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I can't stand starbucks
Dunkin Donuts is much better
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i dont even drink coffee i just want to see these chicks lol
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What a waste of police resources, having a sting operation with undercover cops and a 2 month long investigation to arrest just a couple females on misdemeanor charges for getting naked? They couldn't have just had the local patrol keep a closer eye on them and arrest them in action? Was this really worth all the effort and resources they put together to target them?
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Mic Dareall
What a waste of police resources, having a sting operation with undercover cops and a 2 month long investigation to arrest just a couple females on misdemeanor charges for getting naked? They couldn't have just had the local patrol keep a closer eye on them and arrest them in action? Was this really worth all the effort and resources they put together to target them?
That's a good point. Just goes to show you where the hard-earned tax dollars are going. I bet the undercover cops were having a field day doing that sting.
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Mic Dareall
What a waste of police resources, having a sting operation with undercover cops and a 2 month long investigation to arrest just a couple females on misdemeanor charges for getting naked? They couldn't have just had the local patrol keep a closer eye on them and arrest them in action? Was this really worth all the effort and resources they put together to target them?
they wanted to do it undercover so they could jump up and go "surprise nigga!"
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shit they should start doing that over here i'd just smoke blunts and drink coffee all day
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Best... Coffee shop... Ever.
Id find ways to just sit around and watch all day.
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Born To Kill
This girl right here can make me a serious coffee addict.
