Updated: 12:07 PM EST February 11, 2021
MAYFIELD, Pa. A Pennsylvania State Police trooper is among four men arrested for alleged involvement in illegal activity at a Lackawanna County gentlemen s club, State Police announced Thursday.
Trooper Robert E. Covington Jr., 48, a 13-year veteran of the police force, was allegedly co-owner of the Sinners Swing Gentlemen s Club in Mayfield Borough, police say.
He, along with the club s other co-owner and two employees, are accused of promoting illicit activity involving prostitution, gambling, and money laundering, according to police.
Covington was assigned to the Bureau of Gaming Enforcement s Pocono Downs Wilkes-Barre Office, State Police said in a press release announcing the charges. He had been on restricted duty during the investigation of the allegations against him and is currently suspended without pay pending resolution of the charges, according to State Police.