Driving in to darlington county
Me and wayne on the fourth of july
Driving in to darlington county
Looking for some work on the county line…Bruce Springsteen

South Carolina- from www.carolinalive.com – The Darlington County Sheriff wants to shut down an adult video store, but not because of its racy videos.

Sheriff Wayne Byrd [pictured] says the video business is a front for what really goes on at Foxxy Lady. Sheriff Byrd says prostitution is a problem at the South Main Street business.

Deputies raided Foxxy Lady three times in the past 18 months, including one raid last week. They arrested the owner for operating a brothel and his employee on prostitution charges.

Sheriff Byrd says they’ve had complaints and arrests at the business about drugs and prostitution since 2005. The sheriff plans to file a civil action against Foxxy Lady as a public nuisance, to permanently shut it down. “It gives a bad image to the county. It’s on a major highway into the county, one of the major gateways into Darlington County, and it just doesn’t give a good public opinion or public view of what’s going on in our county.”

The public nuisance process is lengthy because of the the documentation and paper work involved. The process would be easier if Darlington County had a county wide business license system because the store’s license could be revoked on grounds of inappropriate behavior.

The owner of Foxxy Lady, Victor Balin, says he was unfairly arrested last week and his business is being unfairly targeted by the Darlington County Sheriff’s Office.

Balin says he will release a more detailed statement through his attorney this week.