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By DAVID WEISS dweiss@leader.net
 Saturday, January 29, 2005 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 1A 





MAYFIELD - Police charged the manager of an all-nude strip club after a
15-year-old girl took off all of her clothes and won an amateur dance contest
at the club. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Borough and state police said Antonio Dangio, 38, of U.S. Route 6 in
Mayfield, allowed the girl into the Superdads Gentleman's Club he manages and
coaxed the girl to dance in the contest. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The girl, with an 18-year-old friend, Jennifer Bojarsky, performed and won
the $200 cash prize at the Lackawanna County club in September. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 State police were dispatched to the club after the girl's neighbor, a
patron at the club, recognized her and made an anonymous call to police. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Dangio, who has ties to the all-nude Pleasure Dome outside of White Haven,
is charged with a single count of corruption of minors in January. State law
says no one under 18 can enter the all-nude clubs. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 A preliminary hearing on the charge is scheduled for Tuesday. Bojarsky was
also charged with corruption of minors. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 According to arrest papers: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The girl and Bojarsky, of Jermyn, arrived at the club at 9 p.m. Sept. 22.
Dangio asked the two if they wanted to dance in the amateur contest. Both said
they would not participate. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Dangio checked Bojarsky's identification and collected the $12 admission
fee from her. He also collected $12 from the 15-year-old girl, but did not
check her identification. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Inside, Dangio and William Halenda, another manager, approached Bojarsky
and the girl, telling them there was a $500 prize for the winner of the
contest. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Both again declined to participate. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Halenda later approached Bojarsky and the girl and gave them each a white
piece of paper with their stage names. Halenda asked the two to choose the
music they wanted to dance to and showed them to a back room until the contest
started. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Bojarsky and the girl went on stage, and the 15-year-old girl went on to
the final round and danced one song by herself, winning the contest. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She was spotted by one of the patrons at the club who told police the girl
was his 15-year-old neighbor. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 State police responded to the club, where Dangio told troopers he checked
identifications at the door that night and guaranteed everyone inside was over
18. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He went inside and escorted several females, including Bojarsky, to the
troopers. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Bojarsky went back into the club to collect the prize money. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Dangio gave her $200, saying there were not enough dancers in the contest
to give the $500 prize. Bojarsky and the girl split the money. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 As the troopers were leaving, they saw Bojarsky entering a vehicle. The
15-year-old girl was a passenger in the vehicle. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She initially told police she was inside the club but did not dance. She
later admitted dancing in the contest. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Dangio could not be immediately reached for comment. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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15-year-old In Strip Act Gets Club Boss Cited Antonio Dangio, Manager Of Superdads, Coaxed Teen To Dance In Nude Show, Cops Say.