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The former mayor of Harvey, Illinois, allegedly turned a blind eye to prostitution operating out of a local strip club in exchange for money, a case that resulted in the ex-official's brother being convicted this week for his role in what federal prosecutors said was a yearslong scheme.
The former mayor of Harvey, Ill., demanded thousands in monthly payments from a strip club to allow it to stay open, federal prosecutors said.
Arnie's Idle Hour in Harvey, Illinois , population 18,000 near Chicago , made the payments starting in 2003 so it could provide illegal prostitution services, otherwise it would be shut down.
In 2003, prosecutors said, the mayor of a city in Northern Illinois sent a message to the operators of a
Rommell Kellogg was convicted of collecting payments from Arnie’s Idle Hour in Harvey in exchange for the city not closing the club, where prostitution flourished.