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The city has sued a handful of property owners seeking to label their properties as public nuisances under the state's bawdy house statute.—
Mary Spicuzza,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
31 Oct. 2019 -
There was probably at least one bawdy house, but it isn’t mentioned.—
Arthur Hart,
idahostatesman,
7 Apr. 2018
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In another of Salinger’s images, a constraint on the form that the future will take is already there: Lynne M., eighteen, shares her bedroom with her toddler daughter, whose white crib—beneath which lies a jumble of shoes and other detritus—mirrors her mother’s narrow white-metal daybed.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
26 July 2025
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In that room, the officer saw two cribs turned upside down with two children inside, according to the affidavit.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2025
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Edward Burke that outlawed nudity in massage parlors.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
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Shooting locations include Belinda’s room, (Suite #45), as well as the show’s spa (with massage parlors shot at Bophut).—
Jordan Riefe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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The charging documents allege that back in January 2024 — more than a year before he was charged — Wan was arrested on suspicion of running the Iron Horse Parkway brothel and confessed.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
11 July 2025
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Lucky for Luiz, the Gilpin County mountain town of Central City is ripe for brothel breakthroughs.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
20 June 2025
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