Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Judge yanks video booths with 'glory holes' at Lovecraft on Washington Boulevard in Halethorpe.
A Circuit Court judge ordered a controversial Halethorpe business to pull the plug on video booths showing adult-oriented material that county officials say violates the law and neighbors say is a nuisance in the community. Judge Dana Levitz on April 23 granted a preliminary injunction in a case brought by Baltimore County against Lovecraft, a video store at 5648 Southwestern Boulevard, across the street from the MARC Halethorpe Station. According to Chip Raynor, inspector with the county’s code inspection and enforcement office, Lovecraft has eight private video booths, some of which are equipped with a "glory hole" between booths to allow patrons to engage in sex acts. Residents have long complained that Lovecraft has a reputation as a …
Sunday, March 4, 2012
A round-up of recent Baltimore County news from Patch.
Here are the top Baltimore County news stories for this week as reported on Patch. Owings Mills graduate strikes deal in terror case: Majid Khan, a 1999 graduate of Owings Mills High School plead guilty in a Guantanamo Bay courtroom to charges of murder in violation of the law of war, conspiracy, spying and providing material support for terrorism. A Pakistani national, Khan will serve up to 19 years in prison and agreed to cooperate on future terror investigations. County probing adult video store: Baltimore County is renewing code enforcement on Lovecraft, an adult book, magazine and video store on Southwestern Boulevard in Arbutus, after complaints from community members. Sources told Patch the interior of the store is equipped with …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Business on 5600 block of Southwestern Boulevard has booths for anonymous sex, sources claim.
In response to renewed complaints from the community, Baltimore County has renewed code enforcement against Lovecraft, an adult video store on the 5600 block of Southwestern Boulevard that long has been the bane of many residents. Across the street from the new MARC Halethorpe Station under construction, Lovecraft escaped the auction block last July by paying nearly $60,000 in fines and penalties just before the deadline. According to officials and residents, the video store has once again installed more video booths than allowed by law and is being used for hook-ups by gay men looking for anonymous sex. “It’s not like they’re hiding it,” said Pete Kriscumas, community liaison for councilman Tom Quirk at a recent meeting of Arbutus …
jane doe
12:54 am on Friday, January 18, 2013
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