Power Exchange Carjacking: Car Stolen After Late Night Encounter At Sex Club

Early Friday morning, a couple made a connection at San Francisco's infamous Power Exchange. This is a daily occurrence at the city's most famous sex club; however, what happened next was definitely out of the ordinary.

After an Asian male in his late 30s met a Hispanic male in his 20s at the Tenderloin pleasure palace, the pair hopped in the former's green 2006 BMW 325i and left the club. They were parked near the intersection of 7th and Howard Streets around 4am when the younger man pulled out a small handgun and instructed the older man to "get out." The victim complied and the suspect drove away in the victim's car.

Both the suspect and the car have yet to be located.

Formerly located in the McCoppin area, The Power Exchange is the last of San Francisco's last mixed gay/straight sex clubs.

A few years ago, the club was forced to shutter its Otis Street location due to its landlord's financial issues. There were attempts to relocate to nearby location on Gough Street, but those plans were scuttled by neighbors resistant to the idea of sharing space with a sex club. Eventually the club reopened at 220 Jones Street in 2009.

Everything you need to know about what goes on inside the club can be found in this article in the Bold Italic.

SFPD spokesman Albie Esparza said that if anyone has information on the crime, "they should call [phone] or send a text message to TIP411."

Comments

[CaroleK1970]

06:33 PM on 08/08/2011

car-jacking sounds like some kinky new way to pleasure oneself

[mikeyaz17]

02:05 PM on 08/08/2011

nothin' like gay hustlas

[jcarterla]

04:13 PM on 08/06/2011

What's with the "Everything you need to know about what goes on inside the club can be found in this article in the Bold Italic." at the end of the story? What does that have to do with a car jacking that happened outside of the club?

[KMAJ]

03:44 AM on 08/06/2011

I read another story on this which also had the gender of the victim as female.

Could it be possible that the carjacking victim was Transgendered?

[Edward Wilkes]

03:43 AM on 08/06/2011

Cannot comment on a story that has more than one account. One says 30year old male the other says 38year old female.

[sfsoma]

06:18 PM on 08/05/2011

I believe you have the gender of the victim wrong. It was a 38 yo female reported by other news agencies.

[LeeMon]

05:47 PM on 08/05/2011

How weird. SF Chronicle says it was a 38-yr-old woman and a man in his 20's.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/baycitynews/a/2011/08/05/car05.DTL&tsp=1