Charges Against Four Dropped In Hotel Swingers’ Party

From the Hartford Courant

ENFIELD — – Criminal charges were dismissed Wednesday against four people arrested after undercover police busted a swingers’ party at a Windsor Locks hotel bar last year, attorneys for the defendants said.

Sharok Jacobi, owner of the Beverly Hills Suites, and Brian True, the liquor permittee at the hotel’s bar, were charged in December with accessory to obscenity and public indecency.

“Today’s dismissal was a victory for all those charged, but more so for the Constitution and the First Amendment,” said True’s attorney, Aaron J. Romano.

A married couple, David and Tania Shadowfax, were arrested on the same counts. They were accused of leading a sexy photo contest at the swingers party, according to court records.

“There was insufficient evidence that my clients violated the law and the cases were dismissed,” said Gregory P. Cohan, attorney for the Shadowfaxes.

Acting on a tip, two Windsor Locks detectives and two agents with the State Liquor Control Commission registered online with fake names for a swingers’ night on Nov. 8, according to an arrest warrant.

Partially clothed men and women had oral sex, intercourse, masturbated and had simulated sex while a photographer took pictures, the affidavit says.

The event was organized by Hot Couples Parties LLC. The company manager, Nicholas Maulucci, and his wife, Lissette Maulucci, also were arrested. Information on the status of their cases was not available.