On December 7, 2017, the Office of the Attorney General ordered that all live entertainment cease at the two strip joints by December 17, 2017. The OAG also ordered that the liquor licenses be sold or transferred to a bona fide third party by January 3, 2018.
Click on the link below to read more from the Office of the Attorney General:
Nj.com reported that the liquor license for Satin
Dolls was sold in December 2017 to Joseph Pallonetti of Parkland, Florida.
On December 29, 2017, northjersey.com reported that
Lodi Councilman Vincent Martin partnered with Pallonetti for ownership of the
Secaucus strip joint:
Think about this timeline. The OAG order is dated December 7, 2017. By December 29, 2017, newspapers were already
reporting that a Lodi councilman would be part of the new ownership.
Was Vinny Martin just waiting in the wings to assist the
shuttered strip joints? Does Vinny Martin have a plausible
explanation for even knowing his business partner from Parkland, Florida?
The order stated that the OAG received information from
the Lodi Police Department. As a Lodi
councilman, Vinny Martin has influence over the Lodi police department. Months after partnering with the owner of
Satin Dolls, Vinny Martin voted to appoint his close personal friend Donald
Scorzetti as Lodi’s new police chief.
In mid-December 2017, news outlets questioned the
futures of the two strip joints. On
March 26, 2018, northjersey.com reported that Satin Dolls was back in business.
Vincent Caruso who happens to be
one of Vinny Martin’s best friends was quoted in the article:
“Borough Manager Vincent Caruso, meanwhile, said he had
been unaware of the club's reopening until last week.
"Everything was done by the Alcoholic Beverage Control at the
state level," Caruso said. "We had nothing to do with the
investigation or the transfer of the [liquor] license."”
Do the wheels of the ABC spin a little faster for Lodi
Councilmembers/former law enforcement?
