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A judge Tuesday decided to keep in pretrial custody a Batavia man arrested in the Pharaoh’s strip club investigation.

Joseph Barsuk, a former Batavia chiropractor, was indicted on a sex-trafficking conspiracy count, as well as sex trafficking by coercion, and he remains detained.

A federal detention hearing for two men indicted on charges related to sex trafficking in connection to Pharoah's Gentlemen's Club has been delayed.

Following a raid by the FBI on a residence in Batavia Wednesday, two men have been arraigned in U.S. District Court on a sex trafficking indictment, including Joseph Barsuk.The listed owner of the

The arrests have implications for Peter Gerace Jr., the owner of the Cheektowaga club, who faces up to life imprisonment in the high-profile case.

Joseph Barsuk Jr. was convicted of two misdemeanor sexual abuse charges and was sentenced to 60 days in prison after police accused him of molesting two teenage girls who came

The government claimed Brian Rosenthal turned “a blind eye” to illegal activity at the club which operates as a “criminal enterprise.”

Their arrests have implications for Peter Gerace Jr., the owner of the Cheektowaga club, who faces up to life imprisonment in the high-profile case.