Dallas Police Seek to Shut Down Church Known as a Late Night Rave

Dallas City Attorney’s Office files nuisance lawsuit today alleging "church" at 3027 W. Northwest Highway is drug infested after-hours dance club.

Manager accused of supplying drugs to and sexually exploiting minors at the club, arrested.

(DALLAS, TX - JULY 20, 2011) The City Attorney’s Office filed suit today in Dallas County District Court against Glen Hudson, owner of the establishment known as Darkside, located at 3027 W. Northwest Highway. Mr. Hudson had claimed in a letter to the City that he was an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church - an online organization that provides free and instant "ordination" to anyone who visits its website – and that his establishment was a religious organization, exempt from the City's land use regulations.

The City’s investigation disclosed that the location was actually operating as an after-hours dance club catering to a young patronage where illegal drugs were openly sold and used. Hudson's manager, Thomas Eppelsheimer, also known as Tommy Gunn, was arrested Monday in relation to allegations that he supplied drugs to minor females at the club. He was also charged with indecency with a child in the same case and is currently being held in Lew Sterrett jail on $75,000 bond.