LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Three dancers and two employees at a Jacksonville strip club have pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, ending a case in which a patron filed a complaint after he was spanked with a big wooden paddle on his birthday.

Pulaski County District Judge Wayne Gruber dismissed second-degree battery charges against the dancers. They were charged with the two employees after a trucker from Bald Knob was spanked and bruised.

Charlene Smith, 23, of Ward, Lisa Nolen, 23, of Cabot, and Kelly Eslick, 21, of Jacksonville, were fined $100 each during the Monday hearing, along with Sensations Night Club employees James Daugherty, 31, of Jacksonville, and Dena Mitchell, 30, of Sherwood.

Gruber ordered the paddle destroyed so it is not sold for a profit. Prosecutors expressed concern that the paddle could be sold in an online auction. The wooden paddle was 18 inches long, drilled with holes and was inscribed with the stage name of the woman who wielded it, "Velvet." Officials said Eslick spanked the trucker, Keith Lowery, 31.

Authorities said the club has stopped the birthday spankings, which had cost $25.

"We suggest cake and ice cream parties for birthdays in the future," Prosecutor Larry Jegley said.

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