Prosecutors said they won’t file charges against Federal Heights Mayor Dale Sparks who worked as a doorman at a strip club raided by police over alleged prostitution.
Adams County Chief Deputy District Attorney Tom Quammen said that there was not enough evidence to file charges, according to the Denver Post.
But Joe DeRaismes, a special prosecutor hired by Federal Heights, said charges for violating the city's municipal code could still be filed against Sparks, who has repeatedly denied any knowledge of illegal activities at the club.
Sparks worked three nights a week at the Bare Essence Gentlemen's Club for about a year. He quit after police raided the club in April and took a leave of absence as mayor for three weeks.
Sparks had been accused of failing to report illegal activities inside the club and to telling a club manager that an undercover officer was in the club.
Sparks has been mayor of Federal Heights for six years. It’s a city of about 12,000 people made up of less than 2 square miles. He told police that he began working as a doorman at the Bare Essence in April 2005 and earned about $100 a night. Sparks said that he quit working at the club and now works at a car-rental company at Denver International Airport.
