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 Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:36 pm Post subject: Police Break Up Strip Poker Party at Hookah Bar |
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http://blog.mlive.com/citpat/2008/08/business_closed_after_police_b.html
by Danielle Quisenberry | Jackson Citizen Patriot August 15, 2008 06:08AM
Jackson's downtown hookah bar was closed Thursday, hours after a police officer on a Segway spotted topless females and underage drinkers partying inside.
Officer Lewis Costley, riding the Jackson Police Department's new upright, battery-operated transporter, cited minors for drinking alcohol about 3 a.m. at G&D Hookah and Cafe, and broke up a gathering that had females dancing shirtless, said Police Chief Matt Heins.
"Word has it they were playing strip poker," Heins said.
The business at 207 First St., which opened in September and sells flavored tobacco smoked from free-standing pipes, was closed by management Thursday and its fate is yet to be determined, said Ryan Wooley, the bar manager.
Heins said the police report will be forwarded to the City Attorney's Office for lawyers to decide what, if any, city ordinances were violated.
The business, which does not have a liquor license, could get in trouble for "illegal entertainment," Heins said.
Wooley, who was at the bar after police arrived Thursday morning, said officers said the business might be forced to close, but he is hopeful it will remain open.
The party took place after the bar closed at 2 a.m., and the two employees who instigated it while Wooley and the owner slept have been fired, Wooley said.
"They are not allowed on the hookah bar premises any more on the hope the City Council will give us a chance and give us some leniency," he said.
He said he and the owners have no tolerance for underage drinking.
About eight people were at the party, he said. They came in the back door of the bar, an old house decorated with local, somewhat crude artwork.
Neither Wooley nor Heins was sure how many minors were cited for possessing alcohol.
Heins said no action was taken against the topless dancers. "They were in the privacy of an establishment," Heins said.
Wooley said he regretted the incident occurred.
He said the community already looks down upon the business because it has the wrong idea about smoking from hookahs, which health officials say has some of the same negative health implications as cigarette smoking. |
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