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Residents Look to Shut Down The Fun Fair

posted 5:50 pm Wed September 12, 2007 - WASHINGTON

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Some residents are calling for an end to the festivities at the Fun Fair.

The Fun Fair, on the 5th and K Street in Northwest bills itself as a simple adult video store but critics say it features prostitution, drugs, and violence. Mount Vernon Square resident Ruby Beane says she sees Fun Fair clients "having sex and selling drugs right under (her apartment) window all night long."

Cary Silverman from the Coalition to Shut Down Fun Fair says the Fun Fair does not have the correct license to operate and the neighborhood is not zoned for it. Neighborhood activists are currently planning a rally outside the store demanding they shut down within the next few days.

A spokesperson with the D.C. Attorney General's office says they are pursuing efforts to close down the Fun Fair and D.C. police confirm that there have been several prostitution-related arrests made around the area.

Management at the Fun Fair says that the enclosed booths in the rear of the store are for adult-video watching and declined to give further comment.

Latest Comment on Residents Look to Shut Down The Fun Fair

funfairdc

6:49 pm on 09/15/07

Fun Fair Neighbor, YOU MAKE ME LAUGH. I know what it is, you and your neighbors are just mad and scared that you all can't even walk down the street without being and intimidated because there are a couple of black people down the street. Why do you think the state hasn't shut us down? Maby because we are not doing nothing illegal. When the feds had that warrent to search the store, what do you think they found? NOTHING! That idiot detective that was leading the case was so mad that he even kicked a hole in the wall because he didn't find anything. LMAO. We are not going anywhere! You can bet your life savings on that one!

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