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Police: Kids abused in 'strip club' home

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Seven adopted children were beaten and abused in a home that doubled as a strip club complete with a dancing pole and drugs, police in California say.

Riverside County deputies said they made the discovery at a home in Perris while searching the home during an investigation of a homicide that occurred at there in July, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

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Court documents said the first floor of the home had been converted to a strip club, where officers found a dancing pole platform and a private "exotic zone."

Alcohol and ecstasy pills also were available, police said.

Seven adopted children who lived in the home, all younger than 11, told deputies LaQuron Lacy, 43, and Gregory Lacy, 60, beat them with fists, belts, a metal cane and other objects. The children also said they sometimes were not fed and were kept locked in their bedrooms.

A 7-year-old girl said Gregory Lacy had recently assaulted her sexually on the bathroom floor, and a 6-year-old boy said the man had threatened him with a stun gun.

The Lacys were arrested Oct. 10 and charged with multiple counts of child abuse. They were expected to be arraigned this month.

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Deputies searched the home because of the July 22 homicide of Calvin Lynch, 46, of Moreno Valley.

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