The Associated Press

Mon, Sep 22, 2008 (6:21 a.m.)

City officials who suspect prostitution raided a suburban Dallas swingers club, the latest effort to shut it down.

Authorities raided the Cherry Pit late Saturday night, confiscating cash and client lists and briefly detaining about 60 people, the club's attorney said.

The search warrant alleged prostitution, money laundering, the operation of a sex club in a residential neighborhood and operating a sex club without a license.

"They had guns drawn when they busted down the door," attorney Ed Klein told The Dallas Morning News for a story on its Web site Sunday. "You'd have thought this was some kind of meth lab."

The raid came about 10 days after police arrested Cherry Pit co-owner Jim Trulock, and charged him with storing and serving alcoholic drinks without a permit. He was released after posting a $1,500 bond.

Last fall, the suburb adopted an ordinance that bans sex clubs. But officials say parties continue at the home, which turns into a club on the weekends.

"We started out nice," city manager Kent Cagle told the newspaper. But "they've continued operating and been in your face about it."