A dancer at the Pink Pony strip club in Doral is now the third person to be arrested following a raid that uncovered teens consuming drugs and alcohol, also resulting in the arrest of the father of one of those teens.
According to an arrest report, 21-year-old Kayla Morejon, a dancer at the Pink Pony strip club, is accused of dancing on-stage with one of the teens. The minor was not clothed during the incident, police said.
Morejon was arrested and charged with delivering a controlled substance to a child and promoting a sexual performance by a child. She was ordered held on $17,500 bond.
The report indicates that Morejon requested an attorney, and that she provided a statement against her attorney's advice admitting to her actions with remorse.
Morejon is the third person arrested in connection with the raid, which uncovered teenagers inside the Pink Pony strip club on Northwest 33rd Street in Doral. Police previously arrested 59-year-old Jose Manuel Arguelles, who police say took his own 16-year-old daughter and another girl to the club, and provided them with alcohol and cocaine. Arguelles was charged with child neglect, promoting sexual performance by a child and delivering a controlled substance to a child.
Police also previously arrested 26-year-old Yadier Pena-Gonzalez. He's been charged with child neglect and delivering a controlled substance to a child. It is not known whether Pena-Gonzalez has hired an attorney. Sources told NBC 6 that Pena-Gonzalez was seen in the video using drugs and partying with the underage girls.
According to initial reports, an investigation was launched after Arguelles's daughter's mother saw cell phone photos and video of the daughter and her friend in the club "drinking alcohol and snorting cocaine."
The daughter told police her father often brought them there. The 17-year-old victim told police she witnessed Arguelles give the daughter alcohol, cocaine and marijuana, the report said.
At his bond court appearance earlier this month, Arguelles' bond was reduced from $145,000 to $45,000. He was also ordered under house arrest and to have no contact with his daughter or her friend.
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Attorneys for the city and the Pink Pony agreed on August 20th to shut the club down for 45 days, at which point the case will be reevaluated. The Pink Pony was ordered to pay a $3,500 fine and seven employees were fired.
