Bloomfield Avenue bar "On the Rocks" apparently should be renamed "Off Your Rocks" according to undercover agents who witnessed erotic shows choreographed with a personal touch. Bar owners, Rafael Lolos and his wife are facing six charges of lewdness, and possible suspension of their liquor license. At this week's council hearing, where testimony was given and Lolos gave a little show, officials were debating the finer points. From Bloomfield Life:
The spicy language led one audience member to describe it as "the kinkiest meeting I've ever been to."Lolos provided a bit of levity when he demonstrated how On the Rocks dancers perform lapdances, using [township prosecutor Paul] Sant´Ambrogio as a dummy client. As Sant´Ambrogio sat rock still in his chair, protesting the demonstration, Lolos leaned his chest towards the prosecutor´s face without touching him.
John D. Williams, Lolos' attorney, told the council that the officers' testimony does not prove there was lewd behavior at On the Rocks. The type of touching required to insert cash into a dancer's costume is "incidental touching," Williams said.During the hearing, Police Sgt. Michael Sisco (not to be confused with Police Chief Michael Sisco) testified that, while working undercover March 29, he was solicited by an On the Rocks dancer, who escorted him to the bar's downstairs lounge for a lapdance. During the lapdance, Sisco said, the dancer removed her bikini top.
Sisco also testified that during three previous undercover visits, he witnessed patrons (including himself and two fellow undercover officers) touching dancers as they inserted cash tips into the dancers' bikini tops and g-strings.
Tough job, but somebody's gotta do it...
















This gives the concept of "entrapment" a somewhat unexpectedly salacious tint.
And did the officers enjoy their visits to "On the Rocks," the appropriately prurient might now ask. Or was it just business?