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Halloween Store Indicted For Obscene Costumes

Three Johnson County Businesses Indicted

POSTED: 3:35 pm CDT September 26, 2007
UPDATED: 5:43 pm CDT September 26, 2007

A grand jury has indicted a Johnson County store for displaying obscene costumes.

According to the indictment, Spirit Halloween at West 119th Street and Metcalf Avenue is accused of promoting obscenity that is harmful to minors.

The store, which caters to both children and adults, is facing four misdemeanor counts.

KMBC's Maria Antonia reported that some of the costumes available at the store include a well-developed woman in a wet T-shirt contest, a giant version of the male organ, a snake charmer with a snake coming out of a man's pants, and one called Country Lovin', which shows a man with a sheep on his front side and what looks like an exposed rear end.

"I, personally, would have walked my 8-year-old out of the store if I saw every single one of these," said one mother who saw the costumes. "This visual is going to lead to a lot of questions, and I don't think I want to be answering those kinds of questions to my 8-year-old at this point."

"If they wanted to put those in the back of a store, with separate curtains or a sign, '18 or over,' that's one thing," another mother said.

Two other businesses in Johnson County were also indicted this week for promoting obscenity: Hollywood at Home, in Overland Park, for possessing and intending to sell obscene videos; and Priscilla’s, in Olathe, for possessing and intending to sell an obscene video claiming to involve teens and obscene sex toys.

The grand jury was called after an anti-pornography group, the National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families, successfully petitioned and requested a grand jury to investigate local businesses.


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