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Police Shut Down Hot Dog Hooker Again, On A Technicality
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Garth Johnston
Published May 10, 2012
Modified May 10, 2012
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After pleading guilty to prostitution, the so-called "hot dog hooker" of Long Island returned to work yesterday slinging her dirty water dogs. But—perhaps because she is now known as the "hot dog hooker"—things didn't go so great for 45-year-old Catherine Scalia. The police shut her down after just three hours back on the job.
"We’re here trying to make this community better, and now you have this skank coming in here and doing her disgusting business," a member of the local civic association sneered to the New York Post before she started caling the Health Department to shut Scalia down. But those calls weren't what actually shut down Scalia's Winnebago.
Apparently Scalia was parked on some land whose owner didn't appreciate the stripper/hot dog slinger's services and demanded she move. So she did, about 50 feet down the road. Only problem? That move put her in the town of Hempstead, and her permit to serve food isn't legit there. So, after about 20 customers and three hours working, she gave up for the day promising to try again. She's got the time, at least until she's due to spend 7 days in jail next month for offering a cop some manual pleasure on the side.
Meanwhile, if you've ever wanted to know what a middle-aged stripper and mother of four who also sometimes hooks sounds like? Well then we urge you to watch the below Post video (might want to finish your lunch first though, the inside of that Winnebago is nasty):
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