PSP trooper charged for alleged role in illegal activity at strip club
A state trooper has been arrested on charges stemming from his alleged involvement in a prostitution, gambling and money laundering scheme that ran out of a Lackawanna County strip club.
Trooper Robert E. Covington Jr., co-owner of Sinners Swing Gentlemen’s Club in Mayfield, faces eight charges, the Pennsylvania State Police announced Thursday.
The PSP and prosecutors from the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office investigated the matter after the initial tip, brought by Troop R to the PSP Bureau of Criminal Investigation, “indicated the club was being used to promote illicit activity.”
A Pennsylvania state trooper and three other people were charged Thursday with operating a corrupt organization involving prostitution, gambling and money laundering at a strip club the trooper co-owns.