Crime & Safety
County Shuts Down Swingers Club in Home Owned by Former Mokena Businessman
Will County has squashed a swingers club based out of a Beecher home owned by Mark Ferrari, former owner of now-defunct Mokena sports bar and restaurant The Colosseum, Chicago Tribune reports.

A swingers club operating out of the foreclosed home of a former Mokena business owner is no more, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Police reportedly found a "dungeon room," sex swings and a mini-orgy room in "Club Erotica," inside the Beecher home owned by Mark Ferrari, once-owner of now-defunct The Colosseum in Mokena.
Club Erotica, with the motto "If it feels good, do it," held themed sex parties with food and musical laser-light shows for about six months in the rural, cabin-style home, which was filled with taxidermied animals, records show.
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Authorities shut down the club due to lack of proper permits, according to the report. The club was operated by another man, named only as "Mike" in the reports.
South Chicago Heights police attempted to track Ferrari down in June when contractors, who allegedly hadn't been paid, tried to break into his Four Seasons Commercial Maintenance offices, Chief William Joyce told the Tribune. The department declared him missing.
The workers were trying to remove several items, including snow-removal equipment, and police were called to secure the business, Joyce told Tribune reporters.
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Ferrari is believed to have fled the country, leaving behind the home and 'hundreds of thousands' of dollars in unpaid debts, the report states.
Swingers clubs are not illegal and exist throughout Will County.
For the full story, read the Chicago Tribune report.
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