Ex-strip club owner
sentenced on fraud
BLUEFIELD - A former owner of several strip clubs will spend morethan three years in prison for evading income taxes and defraudingthe Social Security Administration.
Federal prosecutors say 51-year-old Timothy Ray Cline ofPrinceton failed to pay more than $84,000 in taxes, based on hisactual income from adult entertainment clubs in Barboursville,Bradley and Princeton in 2001. He also received more than $35,000 inundeserved disability benefits between 1995 and 2003.
Cline pleaded guilty to the charges in March 2007. U.S. DistrictJudge David A. Faber sentenced Cline on Wednesday to three years andone month in prison.
DOH warns about
illegal flashing signs
The state Division of Highways is reminding businesses thatscrolling or flashing electric signs are illegal if they're visibleto traffic.
The agency's outdoor advertising chief, Bill Light, says suchsigns are becoming more common.
Light says messages visible to motorists can't move or change inintensity more than once every eight seconds.
The signs are expensive and Light says businesses that buy themend up disappointed when they're told they can't use them for movingmessages.
Bridge weight limits prompt detours
Some truckers face detours of at least a dozen miles because ofnew weight restrictions on two heavily traveled bridges spanning theKanawha River.
The Division of Highways says recent reevaluations prompted thenew limits on a Kanawha County bridge connecting Nitro and St.Albans and a Putnam County bridge linking Winfield with Red Houseand Eleanor.
The weight limit for the Kanawha County bridge dropped from 14tons to 12 tons. Trucks exceeding the new limit must take a 12-miledetour.
Weight restrictions for the Putnam County bridge vary accordingto the number of axles. They range from 17 tons for two-axle trucksto 40 tons for semitrailers with five axles. Trucks exceeding thelimits face a 15-mile detour.
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