MiddletownJournal.com

HAMILTON — Police here arrested five women early this morning, Feb. 24, at a local nightclub, and issued a summons on a former candidate for Butler County commission.

The Hamilton Police Department's vice unit conducted an undercover operation late last night at V's Nightclub, 1483 Millville Ave., after receiving tips the business was planning to offer erotic dancers to patrons, according to a department news release.

Posing as customers, detectives said they saw dancers wearing little or no clothing, offering erotic dances for $5 and touching patrons inappropriately, according to the release. Detectives also said they observed Eryka Huckins, a 20-year-old female from Cincinnati who was later arrested, expose her breasts and allow dancers to touch them.

Police said the nightclub touted it would have dancers from eXposed, a company that offers for-hire male and female dancers. Police said they did not know the business location of eXposed, but a company by that name operates out of Fort Wayne, Ind.

In addition to the dancers and customers, police said they issued a misdemeanor summons to bar manager Rawnica Dillingham for not having an area clearly defined and separate from the patrons area, according to the news release.

Dillingham, who was defeated during the March 2008 Primary by incumbent Charles Furmon, stumped on the slogan "The Real Republican." She is also the executive director of the nonprofit Mental Health Matters.

Ann Behnfeldt, a 38-year-old from Pettisville, Ohio, Mary Leonard, a 23-year-old from Toledo, Dawn Saunders, a 29-year-old from Hunington, Ind., Amanda Moore, a 27-year-old from Perrysburg, Ohio, as well as Huckins were arrested for violating the city's adult business regulations, all of which are first-degree misdemeanors. Moore and Saunders received additional related misdemeanor citations.

This story will be updated when more information becomes available.