Solicitor Does a Runner With Out Paying For Lap Dance

An Oregon solicitor landed on the wrong side of the law after authorities say he refused to pay for a pricey lap dance at a suburban strip club and led Washington County deputies on a wild foot chase. Dylan T. Vinzant, 38, careened through blackberry bushes (leaving minor cuts to his face)  and a train tunnel during his attempted getaway Friday night from the Sunset Strip Gentleman’s Club on Southwest Park Way, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said.

 The trouble began when he declined to fork over the $200 he had agreed to pay for a private, 15-minute dance, said Sgt. Daniel DiPietro, a sheriff’s spokesman. After bolting from the club’s bouncers and hiding from the cops, Vinzant hopped a nearby fence and landed in a blackberry briar, DiPietro said. He then made his way onto the MAX train tracks that run parallel to U.S. 26 and took off east toward a darkened tunnel, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies were waiting for Vinzant on the other side of the passage, said DiPietro. During his arrest, the suspected strip club swindler said he was a solicitor. Authorities booked him into the Washington County Jail on suspicion of theft and trespassing.