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 Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:52 am Post subject: Genteel Enclave Puzzles Over Reports of a Dominatrix |
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Genteel Enclave Puzzles Over Reports of a Dominatrix
By LISA W. FODERARO
Published: March 2, 2007
BEDFORD, N.Y., March 1 � Apart from the phalanx of reporters and photographers, the only hint that something was a little odd about the charming old clapboard farmhouse on Haines Road was the black cloth hanging across the second-floor windows, blotting out the sun filtering down through lofty pines.
It was what happened behind those curtains that set the place apart: �Situated on four private acres, in a century old stately manor, here life is devoted to female superiority, proper training and etiquette for the betterment of men,� read the description on sovereignestate.com, a Web site.
The house, as nearly everyone in this genteel town now knows, was occupied by a 46-year-old reputed dominatrix, Sandra L. Chemero, who was arrested on Tuesday on charges of prostitution and weapons possession, accused of running a brothel, not just a chamber of horrors, amid the sylvan splendor.
Few here seemed to know Ms. Chemero personally; she is a former resident of New Milford, Conn., who had rented the Haines Road house only since last summer. But residents were at turns amused, disturbed and mystified by the lurid reports of a dominatrix in an area known for horse pastures and residents like Ralph Lauren, Martha Stewart and Glenn Close.
The disclosure seemed destined to give the image of the riding crop � one of many equestrian accessories available at a shop on the village green � a whole new meaning.
�It�s the only interesting thing about the community,� a former resident, Jill Jackson, now of New Canaan, Conn., said of the local police department�s assertion of a brothel that had quickly become the buzz of both Bedford and the New York tabloids. �It�s aesthetically beautiful, but it doesn�t offer much in the way of intellectual stimulation.�
The police were tipped off to activity at Ms. Chemero�s by an anonymous letter in December that noted an increase �in traffic to and from� the house at 235 Haines Road in the hamlet of Bedford Hills.
The writer expressed concern that there was a �business of a sexual nature,� directing police to sovereignestate.com, on which Ms. Chemero described her lair as a �place like no other.� (The site has since been shut down.)
On another Web site that features personal ads for people interested in kinky sex, Ms. Chemero described her preferred manner of dress as �preppie� � very Bedford � and said she did not use drugs.
She provided a laundry list (in alphabetical order) of the dozens of erotic and sadistic activities she enjoys, among them blindfolds, candle wax, dacryphilia (arousal from tears), doctor/nurse fetish, infantilism/diapers, and rack/medieval devices.
Ms. Chemero was arrested after agreeing with an undercover detective to engage in sex � $120 for �a dominatrix-style act,� said Lt. Robert W. Mazurak of the local police department, though he declined to be more specific about what was on the menu.
Among the items the police said they seized after her arrest were sex toys and a stun gun, a device that temporarily disables via electric shock and that the police believe was used in sexual activity. Before the arrest, the police spent two months conducting surveillance of Ms. Chemero�s home, noting visitors� license plates.
Lieutenant Mazurak said that Ms. Chemero, who he believed worked alone, appeared to have a �small clientele list� and that detectives had found names of people who might be clients. �I don�t know whether they�re Johns or not,� he said, using the nickname for men who patronize prostitutes. �What the connection is with her and any activity I don�t know yet. We have to have the evidence for that. A name in a ledger does not constitute that.�
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/02/nyregion/02brothel.html |
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