By Rod Meloni
Click On Detroit
DETROIT — Where else but in Wayne County would you read a headline such as this: Strip club owner runs Internet porn site using county-issued computer.
Sadly, that really did happen inside the Wayne County Jail. Francis Sharrek, 46, of Farmington Hills, was acting as his own attorney in a tax evasion case and asked for the laptop to use in his defense. He was granted that laptop. The jailers never checked it because they claimed they were not allowed to see his legal work for his case.
Of course, Sharrek took the opportunity to continue making millions of dollars managing a growing cash business. The feds investigated and determined Wayne County Jail Administrator Jariel Heardapproved the laptop for Sharrek.
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