A local paper has discovered some interesting aspects regarding the current grand jury investigating one of the Lion’s Den Adult Superstores in Kansas.
According to the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle exactly $1,332.71 was charged on a Dickinson County credit card issued to the sheriff’s office to buy videos, DVDs, adult novelties, and even an inflatable pig.
And none of the merchandise can be returned.
"We have a store policy that all sales are final. It says that at the bottom of every receipt," Lion's Den field manager Sandi Summers said. "We don't give any kind of cash refund and don't accept returns. Of course, if is something is broken, we'll make it good. But we can only exchange for the same item.
The evidence was purchased in response to two complaints filed by Phillip Cosby and Virgil Eubanks, the same men who represent Citizens for Strengthening Community Virtues - the group that organized the petition drive calling for the grand jury to be formed.
A warrant issued by the District Attorney may have been less expensive, but would have clued the retailers in that they were being investigated. Of course, it’s no secret that the store is being investigated by a grand jury – since it was formed as a result of a widely publicized petition was circulated.
The Reflector-Chronicle writes that the bill, which purchased 36 items priced from $7 to a little over $300, has some people wondering why “so much money was spent, and why there was not a smaller number of items purchased.”
The grand jury, which formed in late January, should make a decision on whether or not the Lion’s Den is promoting obscenity by late March. Since the average income of Dickinson County is approximately $17k, the costs involved in prosecuting something not every one in the county believes should be prosecuted is expected to be a factor in the case as legal costs mount.
