Ejected customer allegedly rams strip club with SUV

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Written by: 195 on Jul 7, 2010

At least Keith Rasmussen got to see "some nice strippers" before getting kicked out of Visions and then ramming his SUV into the strip club, Madison police reported.

The 50-year-old Racine man was arrested on a variety of charges after he allegedly backed his Hyundai SUV into the entrance to the club at 3554 E. Washington Ave. at about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, police said.

Rasmussen fled the scene in his SUV after smashing it into the club, but was found parked in a parking lot on East Washington about nine blocks away.

"He denied driving the SUV to that location," said police spokesman Joel DeSpain. "He said he arrived there with the help of Martians."

The rocky road Rasmussen took to jail started when he was asked to leave the club after vomiting in a VIP area. He left, and headed to his vehicle.

"A man in the parking lot urged him not to drive, but he got into the SUV, put it in reverse and gunned the engine," DeSpain said.

The man who had urged Rasmussen not to drive and a woman near the entrance had to get out of the way as the SUV rammed the club's entrance.

He then put the SUV into drive, jumped the curb on East Washington and headed toward downtown.

"A witness saw the SUV enter a parking lot at a high rate of speed and called police," DeSpain said.

Responding officers found Rasmussen sitting in his SUV.

"The officer asked how he was doing and he said 'Not good,'" DeSpain said, "But he added he had seen some nice strippers."

Rasmussen was tentatively charged with operating while intoxicated, reckless driving, hit and run, and entering or leaving a controlled access unlawfully.

Staff at Visions closed the club earlier than normal after the entrance was smashed, the police report said.

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