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Local Men Accused Of Luring Prostitutes On Fishing Trip

Warren Police Chief Defends His Reputation

POSTED: Monday, May 17, 2004
UPDATED: 9:22 pm EDT May 17, 2004

Some local men are caught up in a controversy in Central America after some Costa Rican newspapers report that their fishing trip was really a sex party, Local 4's Defenders Investigator Kevin Dietz reported.
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Angelo Nucci, the organizer of the trip, said he's outraged that Costa Rican papers are calling his annual fishing tournament a sex party with prostitutes. And local leaders who attended also stepped forward to defend their reputations.

A group known as the Michigan Boys go to Costa Rica each year for the trip. Buses are used to take the 165 men to a private resort for a week of fishing and fun.

But according to Costa Rican newspapers, part of the fun was bringing busloads of prostitutes to the resort for a sex vacation, Local 4 reported.

Among those on the trip were Warren Police Chief Danny Clark and Macomb County judge Edward Serito. Both men insist they ignored Costa Rican prostitutes and focused on fishing.

"I can only respond on my part. I was there to catch sailfish, marlin and tuna," said Clark. "I'm sure that if I go to Las Vegas and there was a convention there with 150 businessmen that there is going to be prostitutes at those locations, too."

Nucci says prostitution is not only a way of life in Costa Rica, but it's legal. He says the newspapers there were off base in painting the Michigan Boys as a wild bunch.

"We've been going there 17 years and all of the sudden this year they're making us to be monsters. What about all the great things we've done," said Nucci.

Nucci says the Michigan Boys bring gifts to Costa Rican kids and pump much needed dollars into their economy. He says the trip is about hooking fish not hookers and that the controversy will not cancel future Michigan Boy fishing trips to Central America.

"I've got guys that want to bring me deposits now for next year," said Nucci.

Warren officials say they have talked to Clark and trust that he wasn't involved in any misconduct. They say they will support the chief as he weathers the storm.

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