ForbinHood Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Anyone shocked?Apparently Police raided the two clubs overnight last night arresting many and detaining over 150 people that were there... was shown on the 6 pm news tonight stating the motive behind the raids were organized crime and open drug selling and use in the clubs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balogna pogna Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 My old stomping grounds.How sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForbinHood Posted March 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Alot of our old stomping grounds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 I wonder is Cosmic Steve eluded the cops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2008/03/17/5026861-sun.htmlI haven't herad any mention (in that article or on TV) of The Silver Dollar Room, though, so I don't know if it was part of the bust or not.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balogna pogna Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Hopefully Steve is okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForbinHood Posted March 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 The Silver Dollar was originally spoken of in the City TV and CBC newscasts... thats all in know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevO Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Both clubs were mentioned in the news clips that I saw. They also showed footage of some clubber people walking into the CZ and then walking right back out when they were greeted by the cops just inside the door, lol.I passed by Cosmic Steve on Bloor on Saturday afternoon.. Wish I knew this was gonna go down; I would've given him a heads up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 I passed by Cosmic Steve on Bloor on Saturday afternoon.. Wish I knew this was gonna go down; I would've given him a heads up!He just would've forgotten five minutes after you told him! There has always been shady characters that work at those venues but I can assure you they weren't selling drugs at the shows MuleMamma and I booked there 1999-2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Those wednesdays were a far cry from the things that went on there on Sundays. Sundays have been notorious forever now. Im surprised it even took them this long to do it, to be honest. Hope Steve's okay though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahbelle Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 aww the comfort zone...Why did this happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 the Burger King kitty-corner from the Comfort Zonemmmm...after-hours whopper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 i thought that this thread was about a band called Raid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyBeats Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Somebody forgot to pay their weekly tip to the cops.Now where am I going to find an "I love CZ" thong for my girlfriend?The end of an era...FunkyBeats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shainhouse Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 Ah.. my first job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 This doesn't really surprise me. I do miss the comfort zone days though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 OD death spurred dance club raid33 charged after officers find flea market-style drug den but police say they can't shut it downMar 18, 2008 04:30 AM Tracy Huffman Nick Pron Staff ReportersIt was the death of a Hamilton man who overdosed on the date-rape drug GHB that gave police the green light to raid a downtown after-hours club they have suspected for years was a drug den.Despite charging 33 people after a 6:30 a.m. raid Sunday and seizing $30,000 worth of drugs and $35,000 in cash, it is possible The Comfort Zone, at 480 Spadina Ave. near College St., will be open for business this weekend.The club has been open for more than a decade and lost its liquor licence in 2002. Det. Sgt. Egidio Roseto told a news conference yesterday that police don't have a way to shut the club down but he is hopeful the building will be declared a fire hazard and closed."It's an absolute jungle. It's pitch black. It's very hot. The lights are black lighting from the ceiling. It's very, very dirty," Roseto said when asked to describe the interior of the club. Police allege bartenders and security staff directed party-goers dancing to techno music to drug dealers, based on the drug they were after, Roseto said. Many of the employees working that night were charged with conspiracy to traffic narcotics. He described tables set up like a flea market, offering a variety of drugs. Police seized heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, ketamine and GHB."Once all the patrons were removed ... the floor, the seats, the little tables where you put your drinks, along the sides of the dance floor, were covered with little vials and pills," Roseto said.Police have attempted to raid the business in the past but have never been successful in obtaining a search warrant, he said.But this investigation began when officers were told in January about the accidental overdose death of 26-year-old Andrew Fazio. With the support of Fazio's mother and sister, police began an undercover investigation and over six weeks gathered enough evidence to obtain a search warrant.Fazio's mother, Karen, and sister, Sarah, attended the news conference yesterday at police headquarters. Sarah said her brother tried GHB in January and, after a night out with some friends Jan. 27, overdosed at home."It has been so hard without my brother around. And I don't ever want another family to feel the way that we feel," said Sarah Fazio, breaking into tears while clutching a framed photo of her brother.Karen Fazio encouraged people living in neighbourhoods with places like the Comfort Zone, to do something to close them down.After the raid, Roseto said he got a call telling him about a 19-year-old woman in hospital who had overdosed on ecstasy and GHB the day before from drugs she says she got at the Comfort Zone.DJ Jay Force, at the club Sunday when 89 officers stormed in, said he will be filing a formal complaint with police over the alleged roughhouse tactics of two officers.He said in an interview he was leaving the club just after 6 a.m. when he was grabbed from behind by two men, thrown to the ground, punched, kicked and then cuffed.It was only after he was handcuffed that the two identified themselves as officers, and told him he was being charged with obstruction of justice for supposedly warning people about the raid.Investigations by police, fire services and Toronto Municipal Licensing and Standards continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phunkyb Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 The first time I saw Caution Jam I was 18 at the Comfort Zone. In high school it was the place to go for music. I did see some good shows there. Merl Saunders, Richie Havens, Gov't Mule, Michael Falzarano, Ominous Seapods. Put me on the jamband track early on:) Isn't the Silver Dollar and CZ owned by Cosmic's brother? Wonder what will become of the Dollar in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimafleck: the living legend. Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 going to church where the red light was.people that would go to the comfort zone every sunday morning are fucking gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 people that would go to the comfort zone every sunday morning are fucking gross.that is the truth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YearsAlongTheSea Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 I don't know this Cosmic Steve guy but if they didn't get him at the Zone, his spot is sure as hell blown up here....Well played... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 http://www.eyeweekly.com/city/scrollingeye/article/21114has some info on the people involved, including Cosmic Steve.Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Police used EXCESSIVE force...and I mean EXCESSIVE. From the people I know who were there - their hands were bound, they were made to kneel or lie down on the floor. Damn ... having to lie down on the CZ floor?! That's punishment and torture in itself. Gross! Hope they all got hosed down and get some antibiotics to fight whatever heebeegeebees they picked up of the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Raided again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForbinHood Posted March 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 I can see this happening very regularly until they are pretty much forced to shut down... looks like the end of the Comfort Zone is near... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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