Saturday, June 2, 2007

'Naughty Wife' brings cops

Thanks to Brian Phillips for sending this to me! (Yes, Kentucky counts)
'Naughty Wife' brings cops
BY JIM HANNAH
Kentucky Enquirer
May 31, 2007

A woman pushes a baby carriage across the complex's manicured lawn, a child zips across a parking lot on a scooter, and couples stroll around the lake as Canada geese fly overhead.

But indoors at the sprawling Fountains at Lakeside Park apartment complex, a 33-year-old mother of four claims on her Web site she is providing a virtual peep show via three Web cameras, including one with night vision, in her two-story townhome.

The apartment occupant, Jennifer S. Lunsford, is touted on the Web site as "Naughty Wife Next Door!" and she is being investigated for possible violation of the community's sexually-oriented business laws. No charges had been filed as of Wednesday.

Her husband says the Web site may be distasteful to some, but it is not illegal.

According to a search warrant returned Tuesday, Fort Mitchell police took computers, a digital camera, a video camera, and financial documents from the apartment off Buttermilk Pike in a raid on Friday. The search followed a two-month investigation into the Internet sex site.

"You should've seen it," Fort Mitchell police Sgt. Tom Loos said after the raid. "There must have been thousands of dollars of lingerie in the apartment."

Fort Mitchell police Chief Steve Hensley said detectives recovered evidence that sex acts involving consenting adults were allegedly filmed in the apartment and were broadcast over the Internet, an alleged violation of the city's ordinance.

In addition to live Web cameras, the site has a daily blog.

There also are sexually explicit pictures and videos.

Hensley said the business violates zoning laws in the 8,000-person suburban community.

Lunsford also does not have a business license with the county.

"There will be complaints drawn up in district court," Hensley said. The penalty for violating the zoning ordinance is a maximum fine of $250. The violation for not having a business license is also a fine that is based, in part, on the number of days in violation.

Computer forensic specialists will examine the computers, Hensley said.

Police say they are forwarding the conditions found in the apartment to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services because Lunsford's children live in the home. "Any time you have children living in an environment where that takes place it raises red flags in our mind," Hensley said.

Lunsford's 50-year-old husband, Michael Lunsford, told a reporter that he operates the Web site but denied any wrongdoing.

In an interview before the police raid, Michael Lunsford would not say if sexually explicit material was being filmed at the apartment.

"There was a lot of content filmed earlier, before we moved here," he said. "We don't necessarily film all the time in this business."


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