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    Police Raid of Snohomish Coffee Shops Crush Prostitution Ring

    By PDX Food Dude Last Update March 17, 2014 5 Comments

    Six Snohomish County coffee stands were raided by police this week, alleging they were fronts for prostitution. According to the search warrant, the owner deposited more than $850,000 in cash into his bank account over a 2 year period. The money reeked of fish, because the chain owner “maintained these denominations in her freezer at home with fish.”

    Excerpts from the SeattleTimes:

    To the detectives investigating allegations of prostitution and lewd behavior by “bikini baristas” working at a string of coffee shacks in Snohomish County, the whole operation smelled fishy — from the way the baristas seemed to know when police were watching to the stacks of $20 bills the owner deposited at a local credit union.

    …Police say that some of the baristas at Java Juggs were making big bucks, including one who reportedly earned $100,000 in tips last year. Customers would routinely pay $20 for a cup of coffee and a “show” by scantily clad barista that ranged from flashing the customer to sex, according to the search warrant.

    I’m surprised there isn’t a chain of these along Sandy Boulevard. What? Oh, never mind.

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    1. Tiffy Squid says

      June 28, 2013 at 11:33 pm

      “There was a fiiish — in the percolator!”

      Name that quote & win a jar of right-on-the-edge-of-being-too-fermenty watermelon-&-rind refrigerator pickles and a bouquet of fresh curry flowers!

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      • rob volz says

        July 6, 2013 at 10:34 am

        Twin Peaks!!

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        • Tiffy Squid says

          July 7, 2013 at 10:17 am

          that is correct, sir!

    2. Joisey says

      July 2, 2013 at 5:17 pm

      I’m always willing to pay a little extra for a French Press.

      Reply
      • Food Dude says

        July 2, 2013 at 6:09 pm

        snort ;)

        Reply

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