Texas Porn Stores Raided

Beaumont, TX--Police in southeast Texas raided three adult novelty shops last week resulting in the arrests of several employees and one store manager.

Sunrise Records, Krazy Kat and Bare Necessities came under police scrutiny after an anonymous citizen complained that the shops were selling obscene material.

According to a report in the Examiner, an undercover agent purchased several items from the stores and presented the materials to a local judge. The judge found the items to be in violation of Texas' strict obscenity laws and issued a warrant to search the shops.

During the raids police arrested several store clerks and one store manager who was just returning to work from lunch. According to one report they may find themselves facing fines of $4000 and up to one year in jail or both.

In the meantime, police have been busy confiscating the inventory of all three businesses.

"Officers are gathering items within the stores, both videos and devices," said Lt. Jim Clay of the Beaumont Police Department. "Each will go under judicial review based on obscenity laws."

Under Texas obscenity law an "obscene device" is "a device, including a dildo or artificial vagina, designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs."