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Date Posted: 15:48:44 11/27/02 Wed
Author: Jay
Subject: Re: OMG!!! Hide the tater battries!!
In reply to: Marv 's message, "Re: OMG!!! Hide the tater battries!!" on 08:14:34 11/23/02 Sat

>>>>>>>
>>>11-21, local: Police find 17 sex toys in local
>woman's
>>>car during DUI traffic stop
>>>By JOHN LYNCH
>>>WHITE OAK — A Longview woman who sells sex toys has
>>>been charged with felony obscenity after White Oak
>>>police found some of her wares in her car during a
>>>traffic stop
>>>
>>>The arrest report describes the 17 items as "obscene
>>>materials and obscene devices," but Police Chief
>>>Charlie Smith said the items were mostly lotions and
>>>objects defined in a dictionary as having the shape
>>>and often the appearance of the male genitalia, used
>>>in sexual stimulation.
>>>
>>>How illegal is that? Prosecutors will have to decide
>>>when White Oak investigators forward their findings
>to
>>>the district attorney's office sometime in the next
>>>week, Smith said.
>>>
>>>"We'll see what they do with it," Smith said.
>>>
>>>Kathleen Elizabeth "Kathy" Grubbs, a distributor for
>>>the national company Slumber Parties Inc., calls the
>>>charge, which carries a maximum penalty of two years
>>>in jail, "kind of ridiculous."
>>>
>>>State law appears a little less forgiving: It's
>>>illegal to "wholesale promote" obscene materials or
>>>devices. Texas statute says an obscene device is a
>>>simulated sexual organ or an item designed or
>marketed
>>>as useful primarily for the stimulation of human
>>>genital organs. The law allows investigators to
>assume
>>>that anyone with six or more of the items is
>intending
>>>to promote them.
>>>
>>>In April, Kilgore police raided the Adult Book
>>>Store/Video Store at 1907 Industrial Blvd., seizing
>12
>>>large trash bags full of devices police said were
>>>being sold illegally. The raid came after an
>>>undercover officer visited the shop twice before the
>>>raid, making at least one purchase. An 11-page
>>>inventory compiled by police estimated the materials
>>>were worth $19,082. The sexual devices on the 11-page
>>>inventory ranged in price from a "Climax Band" that
>>>sold for $5.95 to a "Wild and Crazy Tickler" for
>>>$11.95; a "Hyper Sonic G" for $69.95; a "Plush
>>>Playmate" for $89.95; and a "Cyber Sexploration Kit"
>>>for $44.95.
>>>
>>>The store owner, Robert Duggan III, was never
>>>arrested, but he agreed to plead guilty to a
>>>misdemeanor count of obscene display, a charge
>>>equivalent to a traffic ticket, and agreed to pay a
>>>fine and let police destroy the items.
>>>
>>>Grubbs, 47, said she has been selling the items for
>>>about two months as a distributor for Slumber Parties
>>>Inc., a national sex toy party business that operates
>>>out of Ohio and Louisiana.
>>>
>>>Slumber Parties is where the Tupperware party meets
>>>Victoria's Secret, the company says on its Web site.
>>>The distributors host women-only parties in private
>>>homes to show off their merchandise. Grubbs stresses
>>>the parties are only for adults, meaning no one
>>>allowed under age 18, and men are definitely
>>>prohibited.
>>>
>>>"Believe it or not, there's a lot of women who go to
>>>these parties," Grubbs said. "It's very popular."
>>>
>>>Company officials did not return a call Wednesday,
>but
>>>Slumber Parties claims its network of distributors
>>>sold $15 million in "romance-enriching" products,
>>>including lotions, powders, lingerie and private
>>>bedroom accessories, with prices ranging from $2.50
>to
>>>$139. Sales this year are expected to reach $20
>>>million.
>>>
>>>The seizure of the items occured during a traffic
>stop
>>>on Texas 42 on Old Highway 80 in White Oak at 10:27
>>>p.m. Monday. Police stopped Grubbs' truck after
>seeing
>>>her driving erratically, an arrest report said. She
>>>failed or refused to perform field sobriety tests and
>>>was charged with driving while intoxicated, and a
>>>breath test showed she had blood-alcohol levels of
>>>0.228 percent and 0.22 percent, the report said.
>>>
>>>Police searching her truck after the arrest found the
>>>box of erotic items. The White Oak police chief said
>>>investigators are used to finding drugs and guns, but
>>>sex toys are the first in his 22 years of
>experience.
>>>
>>>"There's no telling what you'll find on one of these
>>>stops," Smith said.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>11-21, local: Police find 17 sex toys in local
>woman's
>>>car during DUI traffic stop
>>>By JOHN LYNCH
>>>WHITE OAK — A Longview woman who sells sex toys has
>>>been charged with felony obscenity after White Oak
>>>police found some of her wares in her car during a
>>>traffic stop
>>>
>>>The arrest report describes the 17 items as "obscene
>>>materials and obscene devices," but Police Chief
>>>Charlie Smith said the items were mostly lotions and
>>>objects defined in a dictionary as having the shape
>>>and often the appearance of the male genitalia, used
>>>in sexual stimulation.
>>>
>>>How illegal is that? Prosecutors will have to decide
>>>when White Oak investigators forward their findings
>to
>>>the district attorney's office sometime in the next
>>>week, Smith said.
>>>
>>>"We'll see what they do with it," Smith said.
>>>
>>>Kathleen Elizabeth "Kathy" Grubbs, a distributor for
>>>the national company Slumber Parties Inc., calls the
>>>charge, which carries a maximum penalty of two years
>>>in jail, "kind of ridiculous."
>>>
>>>State law appears a little less forgiving: It's
>>>illegal to "wholesale promote" obscene materials or
>>>devices. Texas statute says an obscene device is a
>>>simulated sexual organ or an item designed or
>marketed
>>>as useful primarily for the stimulation of human
>>>genital organs. The law allows investigators to
>assume
>>>that anyone with six or more of the items is
>intending
>>>to promote them.
>>>
>>>In April, Kilgore police raided the Adult Book
>>>Store/Video Store at 1907 Industrial Blvd., seizing
>12
>>>large trash bags full of devices police said were
>>>being sold illegally. The raid came after an
>>>undercover officer visited the shop twice before the
>>>raid, making at least one purchase. An 11-page
>>>inventory compiled by police estimated the materials
>>>were worth $19,082. The sexual devices on the 11-page
>>>inventory ranged in price from a "Climax Band" that
>>>sold for $5.95 to a "Wild and Crazy Tickler" for
>>>$11.95; a "Hyper Sonic G" for $69.95; a "Plush
>>>Playmate" for $89.95; and a "Cyber Sexploration Kit"
>>>for $44.95.
>>>
>>>The store owner, Robert Duggan III, was never
>>>arrested, but he agreed to plead guilty to a
>>>misdemeanor count of obscene display, a charge
>>>equivalent to a traffic ticket, and agreed to pay a
>>>fine and let police destroy the items.
>>>
>>>Grubbs, 47, said she has been selling the items for
>>>about two months as a distributor for Slumber Parties
>>>Inc., a national sex toy party business that operates
>>>out of Ohio and Louisiana.
>>>
>>>Slumber Parties is where the Tupperware party meets
>>>Victoria's Secret, the company says on its Web site.
>>>The distributors host women-only parties in private
>>>homes to show off their merchandise. Grubbs stresses
>>>the parties are only for adults, meaning no one
>>>allowed under age 18, and men are definitely
>>>prohibited.
>>>
>>>"Believe it or not, there's a lot of women who go to
>>>these parties," Grubbs said. "It's very popular."
>>>
>>>Company officials did not return a call Wednesday,
>but
>>>Slumber Parties claims its network of distributors
>>>sold $15 million in "romance-enriching" products,
>>>including lotions, powders, lingerie and private
>>>bedroom accessories, with prices ranging from $2.50
>to
>>>$139. Sales this year are expected to reach $20
>>>million.
>>>
>>>The seizure of the items occured during a traffic
>stop
>>>on Texas 42 on Old Highway 80 in White Oak at 10:27
>>>p.m. Monday. Police stopped Grubbs' truck after
>seeing
>>>her driving erratically, an arrest report said. She
>>>failed or refused to perform field sobriety tests and
>>>was charged with driving while intoxicated, and a
>>>breath test showed she had blood-alcohol levels of
>>>0.228 percent and 0.22 percent, the report said.
>>>
>>>Police searching her truck after the arrest found the
>>>box of erotic items. The White Oak police chief said
>>>investigators are used to finding drugs and guns, but
>>>sex toys are the first in his 22 years of
>experience.
>>>
>>>"There's no telling what you'll find on one of these
>>>stops," Smith said.
>>
>>
>>Sometimes them ol' Texas poleesemens ain't got no
>>sense of humor.
>
>> > > Made my trigger fanger so twitchy I pasted (no
>pun intended) it twice. Wonder what the PD will do
>with the evidence?? Give it as Christmas gifts to all
>the donut widders I bet! MG
Marv and Pot. being a former Marine(once one always) the Marine Reserve at Christmas has their Toys for Twats campaign.
What? Oh Pat said that was Toys for Tots. Sorry.

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