Dad accused of hosting teen party with alcohol, pole dancing
Was he that desperate to be known as the cool dad?
Police say that Steven Russo, of Bethlehem, Pa., held a drinking party for teenagers where the featured attraction was a high school cheerleader dancing on a stripper pole. Russo, 36, has been charged with endangering the welfare of children and selling or furnishing alcohol to minors. He was arraigned on Friday.
Authorities might have never found out about the Dec. 12 party if it had not been for some infighting among members of the Freedom High School cheerleading squad, the Express-Times reported. Photos of the party turned up on Facebook — one of the 16-year-old cheerleader pole dancing and another of Russo being kissed by girls ages 14 and 16.
A cheerleader showed the photo of her teammate to her coach, according to court records. As a result, the pole-dancing cheerleader was kicked off the squad. A teacher who found out about the photos then alerted police.
Russo, who has a 17-year-old son, allegedly served alcohol to teens at the party. Girls were asked to take turns on the stripper pole. Teens told police that Russo had regularly hosted similar parties.
[...] corruption of minors, the Associated Press reported. The charges, as Minor Troubles readers will recall, stem from a boozy Dec. 12th party at which the featured attraction was a cheerleader in her school [...]