The Attorney General’s office wants to shut down a gentlemen’s club near Wilmington, after many incidents that included a deadly shooting on the property.
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A complaint filed by Attorney General Matt Denn’s office asks the state Superior Court to declare the Gold Club south of Wilmington on Du Pont Highway a criminal nuisance property and to order that it be closed.
According to the complaint, the action comes as the result of many arrests at, near or coming from the property for shootings,vehicle thefts, illegal drug possession, assaults, stabbings and other illegal activity. There have been shootings in August 2012, March 2014, May 2014, September 2015 and this past Sunday, November 15, 2015, with the most recent shooting a homicide.
The club bills itself as an upscale gentlemen’s club, with dancers and bottle service.
The complaint was filed under the under the state’s Criminal Nuisance Abatement Act.
“Police have been called to the Gold Club at least 237 times in the last four years,” said Attorney General Matt Denn. “Shutting the doors of a business which consistently brings crime, drugs, and violence to the area is in the interest of public safety.”
The property where the club stands, 1031 South Market St, Wilmington is owned by the Kent Manor Inn, and the Gold Club itself is owned by PML Clubs, Inc. Both Kent Manor Inn, Inc. and PML Clubs, Inc. Kent Manor Inn, Inc. and PML Clubs, Inc. are owned and operated by Michael Rose, according to the complaint.
Under a state law, the state has the power to sue a property owner in an attempt to shut down a residential or commercial property that is a nuisance in terms of crime or other problems.
