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Sunday July 10, 2005 Victimless crimes, top DA John Conte's agenda. Major crimes like the Scola or Bish murders, or the recent deaths in Worcester County House of Correction all remain unsolved. In what has become an easy target, Worcester DA John J Conte once again prosecutes patrons of the Paris Cinema in Worcester. This continuation of legal attention to this one city business, at this point seems more than just enforcement of the law. Had DA Conte been so concerned with the conduct of patrons at the Paris Cinema where has his enforcement been for the past twenty-eight years? On Thursday July 7, 2005 the Worcester Police, arrested a patron who by their report was engaged in masturbation. (One of the top ten crimes in the FBI index for sure). The Worcester telegram reported Saturday July 9, 2005 Conte wants Paris Cinema closed now.
April 26, 2005
Judge orders Paris doors shut - WORCESTER - The Paris Cinema, the downtown theater offering X-rated movies, was closed by court order yesterday, three months after a police raid there led to the arrests of about 20 men on sex charges. After an hourlong hearing yesterday morning, Housing Court Judge Diana H. Horan issued the cease-and-desist order sought by city officials that requires the business to close until building landlord Robert J. Hurwitz completes repairs. They include fixing or replacing a corroded fire escape, installing lighted exit signs and extending the sprinkler system. "There's some serious conditions in there that threaten the safety of anyone in the building and anyone walking by," the judge said. WELLESLEY - The Paris Cinema has two weeks to make structural repairs or halt operations, a state appeals board ruled yesterday during a testy hearing that saw the adult movie theater's lawyer accuse city officials of political motivation in their attempts to close the downtown cinema. The state Board of Building Regulations and Standards, a branch of the Department of Public Safety, ignored the accusations of political motivation, however, with members stressing that their jurisdiction was to review what were called serious public safety threats at the cinema, 68 Franklin St. The board gave the cinema three deadlines to make a plethora of repairs, with the most dire restorations due April 20.
February 4, 2005
WORCESTER - Less than three weeks after a highly publicized raid at the Paris Cinema, three more people have been arrested for allegedly engaging in sexual acts inside the Franklin Street porn theater. Yesterday, patrol officers and members of the police License Division entered the theater and allegedly found a man engaging in a sex act. Walter Haines, 31, of 14 Dover St., Apt. 1A, was charged with indecent exposure. On Saturday, officers with the patrol and license divisions allegedly found two other men engaging in sexual acts, separately, inside the theater. Thursday, January 20, 2005 Practice harks back to anti-gay raids of the 1950s Sixteen men were arrested Jan. 14 and 15 at Worcester's Paris Cinema, a venue
that shows both gay and straight porn, after police raids on the establishment
discovered men engaging in sexual acts - some alone and some with others -
inside the two theaters. They were taken into custody by police - while a
photographer from the Worcester Telegram and Gazette snapped a few photos - and
four were charged with indecent exposure. The rest were charged with "unnatural
acts," defined by case law as all forms of oral and anal sex.
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