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Soundfactory raided [again] that place is in deep ****
raided last night guys major shit went down. it was dead too apparently there were only like 400 people in there.
Owner Arrested During Drug Raid On Manhattan Club
MARCH 07TH, 2004
The owner was arrested during a drug raid on a Manhattan nightclub early Sunday morning.
Federal agents and NYPD officers moved in on the Sound Factory in Hell's Kitchen at about 6 a.m., removing boxes full of potential evidence and computer equipment.
The U.S. attorney's office says the club's owner and two employees were arrested and charged with promoting and permitting the widespread sale of drugs. Prosecutors say such drugs as ecstasy, cocaine and marijuana were available at the club.
Drug use at the club led to several emergencies and two deaths, according to prosecutors.
It's unclear when the club will reopen, if it all.
Links:
http://real.ny1.com:8080/ramgen/rea...307_110010hi.rm
http://www.ny1.com/ny/TopStories/Su...tentintid=37921
i dont really like sf too much but this does'nt bring good light on the scene at all, but then again the cops have always been after soundfactory's ass.
This is unbelievable. I was really looking forward to seeing Cosmic Gate next Saturday. 
Do you guys think they will go after other clubs too?
factory and exit have always been the two main targets
if they are gonna go after anywhere, its gonna be black after it opens on 3.13
i really hope JP and his security are tight, and they are sucessful with no trouble from the cops, he deserves sucess
OMFG! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
I was so dying to hear Cosmic Gate and Rank 1.
This sucksssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
I dont think SF is history. They raided it last year and it was shut down for like a month. I think Richard Grant is history. He has to go and SF needs a new owner.
Man when i went to SF security was really right i got swiped and they searched my coat and my pockets... Its just the scene the club atractss
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!! That might force some people to go to another club !!!! RANK 1 please !
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| Originally posted by fr0st Man when i went to SF security was really right i got swiped and they searched my coat and my pockets... Its just the scene the club atractss |
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| Originally posted by VanFleet I dont think SF is history. They raided it last year and it was shut down for like a month. I think Richard Grant is history. He has to go and SF needs a new owner. |
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| Originally posted by TristanF What makes you guys think that SF will re-open after being raided for the third time? It may very well have the same fate as Twilo. |
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| Originally posted by fr0st Man when i went to SF security was really right i got swiped and they searched my coat and my pockets... Its just the scene the club atractss |
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| Originally posted by TristanF This is unbelievable. I was really looking forward to seeing Cosmic Gate next Saturday. Do you guys think they will go after other clubs too? |
TristanF, Twilo closed because the bouncers there would throw people who passed out in a closet. I think a kid passed out on the dance floor the the bouncer threw him in a closet and the kid died. Then Twilo got sued by the kids parents and that was the end of it.
A good friend of mine knew people at twilo, and there is a "closet" they call it. the bouncer will basically smack someone who has passed out and is alone and if they dont wake up then they are thrown (literally, ive heard) into this nasty closet filled with other kids. when morning comes they open the closet and everyone stumbles out not knowing what happened. (you have to be really fu cked up to get in there) I heard Taub ended in that closet a couple of times.
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| Originally posted by jdat When I was there security was very tight. Everyone had to empty their pockets, girls had to throw away their lipsticks someone's even getting their bra's inspected. BUT I was never offered so many drugs in a club in my life once I was inside the club. That proves to show there must be some form of cooperation between security/club and the dealers :/ |
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| Originally posted by Busy Child thats cuz you look like a n00bie sucka! |
Article about SOUND FACTORY!!
Police raid club
By Christine Armario and Daryl Khan
Staff Writer
Police and federal agents charged the owner of a popular midtown nightclub Sunday with promoting the sale and use of "club drugs" like ecstasy.
Authorities raided the "Sound Factory" early Sunday morning, arresting the club's owner, Richard Grant, and two members of his security staff, Ronald Coffiel and Randell Rogiers. According to the indictment, they face charges of conspiring to admit the sale of club drugs. On two occassions, patrons died from overdoses, police said.
The so-called "stash house" charge is typically used in smaller busts, said David Kelley, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. "Nothing of such large magnitude on a commercial level," he said.
The suspects are scheduled to be arraigned later Monday afternoon in Federal Court.
Police claim that Grant became a millionaire as a result of the club's relaxed drug policy. They estimate that the club grossed $120,000 at the weekly Saturday night party. "They chose dollars over decency while people were passing out at their feet and dying at the club," said Kelley.
In February 2003 Sound Factory was shut down but was reopened within a month after Grant agreed to take tougher measures against drug use.
According to Grant's attorney, Kenneth Aronson, the club began use of a drug-sniffing dog and posted "No Drugs" signs around the club.
Yet police said that rampant drug use began as soon as Sound Factory reopened its doors. Undercover officers purchased or seized narcotics inside the club on 10 different occasions within the last year.
In September, Michael Spano, 21, died after overdosing from drugs purchased at the club. Two other patrons died under similar circumstances since 2000, including Vincent Diamonte, 28.
"If the Pope ran the club you'd have the same problem," said Aronson. "It's not because the pope is for drug dealing. It's because this (ecstasy) is the drug of choice in these clubs right now."
Police said the club was popular for its weekend parties, which began at 11 p.m. on Saturday nights and continued until 4 p.m. the following day.
Grant regularly attended the parties, where he would sit in a DJ booth that overlooked the main dance floor, according to police.
Police said that approximately 70% of the club goers were high during a typical party. The DJ himself was reported to have a bag of crystal meth for his own use in open view.
When patrons collapsed from intoxication, Police said they were taken to a different part of the club referred to as the "ICU unit." Sound Factory personnel would then "treat" overdosing customers by slapping and throwing cold water on them to make sure they stayed awake.
Early Sunday afternoon the club was empty, its doors covered with black metal gates, as families walked by after visiting the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, only a block away. The U.S. District Attorney's Office is looking to shut down the club, but whether or not it will be open during the criminal proceedings is unclear.
I just read the article in my newspaper in the morning going to school! wow... this news is everywhere now
This was interesting in the article.
Sound Factory personnel would then "treat" overdosing customers by slapping and throwing cold water on them to make sure they stayed awake.
Now the hotdog stand guys are gonna be collecting some unemployment. hehe just imagine those guys who stand outside SF.
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| Originally posted by VanFleet Now the hotdog stand guys are gonna be collecting some unemployment. hehe just imagine those guys who stand outside SF. |
you know they won't be going out of business anytime soon 
I also heard Richard Grant was busted for selling his shares in inclone to soon.
I heard from the inside that Richard got busted for bootlegging. He used to tape JP every night then sell the bootlegs on EBAY.
this shits all over the news its pretty big they are facing some pretty huge charges all coming from that fuckin rave act since the main charges against grant were providing a space to deal/do drugs - they didnt get him for dealing or anything like that. sf is def done guys - this is not good for anybody
yeah man..that club deserves to shut down.......40 dollars for a pill is scandalous,,ffs the police had every right to go in there..20 bar for a jack and jill is a blatant liberty taking rip off......fuck the sound factory,,,pills are so much cheaper in arc...
in england we pride ourselves on 'class a' consumption in clubs....in our clubs youd only get busted if no drugs were found on the premesis.....a friend of mine is currently awaiting sentencing due to the fact that he turned up at a club with only two 'e's.....turning up at a club in london with no drugs is like turning up for an exam without your pencil....
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