Hello. Hello. Good morning. Thank you all for being with us. Um, we will give just a moment to clear the waiting room and make sure that folks have connected to audio. As a reminder to all who are joining, please remain on mute unless or until
you are appearing or providing testimony before the board. Good morning. This is a hearing before the licensing board for the city of Boston. Today is Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Today's hearing is being held pursuant to temporary amendments to the open meeting law. That is what allows us
to meet virtually. Today's hearing is being recorded and will be posted to the city of Austin's website. Before I review procedural matters, I will introduce chairwoman of the board, Kathleen Joyce. Good morning. My name is Kathleen Joyce. I'm chair of the Boston Licensing Board.
And today, I'm pleased to be joined by Commissioner Kiana Saxon and Commissioner Liam Karin. Thank you. Please ensure that your audio and visuals are working properly if you will be testifying before the board this morning. We'll call each item in the order that it appears on this morning's
agenda. I will then ask who is present on behalf of the Lency, who is present on behalf of the Boston Police Department, and whether there are any other individuals with firsthand knowledge of the alleged incident who wish to testify. I will then swear in all parties. After that, the police
report will be read into the record and the LE or their representative will have the opportunity to make a brief statement followed by questions by the chair and commissioners. All testimony will be limited only to those individuals with firsthand personal knowledge of the alleged incident. Begin with the first item on this
morning's agenda. Calling item number one, Boston Ballroom Corporation, doing business as Royale, located at 279 Tremont Street. Date of the incident, November 23rd, 2024. Assault and battery employee on patron in violation of mass general laws chapter 138 section 64 and
chapter 265 section 13A. Who is present on behalf of the lency? Uh, George Givas, Chuck Delidio. Thank you, Mr. Delpo. I hear you. I don't see you. Thank you, Mr. Barbosa. I'm just going
to ask you to start your video so we can serve you in. Who is present on behalf of the Boston Police Department? Detective Walsh. Thank you. Are there any other individuals with firsthand knowledge of the alleged incident who wish to testify?
Okay, Mr. Babos, I've asked you to start your video. Something should have um popped up on your screen. Mr. Rose, are you with us? Yes. Okay. Are you able to start your video? Yes. You can't see me. There we go. We can see you now. Perfect. Okay. You all please raise your right hand.
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes, I do. Yes. Thank Thank you very much, Detective Walsh, if you could please uh read the police report to the record for the board. Thank you, and good morning to the board. The following is the original incident report. About 8:00 p.m. on 11:25
2024, Cleric Williams sign of the front desk took a walk-in report for an assault and battery. Nicholas Andrade, the victim on Friday night went to a party at Royale with his friend Hustto Javier Camoro Matillaa, which was a
private event for the weekend of the football game of Harvard vers Yale. When the club closed at 2 am, they left the club fully conscious with no alcohol or drug use and no negative interactions with the club staff. At 2:30 a.m., they were waiting for their Uber outside the
club in the snow/ rain under a small awning. The bouncers asked them to move and the victim refused because he didn't want he did not want to get wet and he was on a public sidewalk. In a matter of seconds, at least three bouncers tackled
and dragged uh the victim, Nicholas, through the sidewalk for approximately 30 feet, even though Nicholas did not make any physical offensive, not even defensive actions. HTO tried to stand between the bouncers and Nicholas to create
distance, but he was also tackled and dragged at a similar distance. Both stood from the floor. They saw a third person in the snow screaming as bouncers held him. Nicholas received blows in this part and the video showing the crime is
clear. In fact, the video shows one bouncer holding another enraged bouncer back. Both parties think this shows that even the Royale bouncers themselves noticed the use of force was not justified, let alone proportional.
Witnesses included multiple Harvard students in the valet of the nearby courtyard mar courtyard hotel. The police arrived, but both parties were concerned with making it to the hospital for their injuries. Nicholas had abrasions on the right
forearm, both wrist, knee, and hip, most of which were photographed in the emergency department. Nicholas also had swollen feet in his high foot. Nicholas still has pain in the hip and foot when walking. Hustto Javier has shoulder pain
on his left side and is waiting for further medical tests. And I do have a supplement on December 6, 2024 about 9:30 p.m. Detective Walsh and Herald responded to Royale nightclub and issued license premise inspection notice
citation number 37867 for employee on patron assault and battery. Detectives met with George Khivas, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Malacus, and other security staff who cooperated with detectives. Staff stated the event crowd
for the Harvard Yale football game the following day. Staff indicated the Harvard and Yale students caused many problems and they had to make cons constant adjustments throughout the night to handle incidents. Mr. Kivas identified the door
staff involved in the incident as Samuel Nelson and Samson Hazel that was partially captured on cell phone video. The video shows a large commotion outside the entrance of the Marriott Hotel 275 Tremmont. One video shows Samson Hazel
standing over another male who is on his back on the sidewalk in an aggressive manner while Samuel Nelson attempts to pull Hazel back and break it up. Another video provided by the victim shows someone with a camera phone in Samson Hazel's face and it appears Hazel knocks
the camera away from his face. This investigation is ongoing with A1 detectives and since then Mr. Hazel has been charged at Boston Municipal Court with assault and battery. And that is all I have at this time. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Uh Mr. Kas, Mr. Mr. Delpido, Mr. Barbuzzo, would you like to address the alleged incident? Yeah. Yeah. I I uh I'm going to read my report that I wrote that night and uh uh so I can read it into the record.
Um thank you. And you can also please submit that to the board afterwards uh in writing. Sure. Thank you. Um so that night we had an early concert uh pretty uneventful. Uh it ended at 9:30. We turned the room over and opened uh at
about 10:15 for the Harvard Yale party. Uh 10:15, there were probably about a 100 people in line. When we opened, however, we had to make again make adjustments. We had to deny people uh some people entrance due to drinking alcohol in the line. People kept uh
arriving uh in Ubers, party buses, etc., and showing up with solo cups and cans of beer and celas. Uh we also denied at least another 100 plus people for drinking uh inline and or already intoxicated. Uh this is how our night
started out at about 11:00. Uh the the the I was up in the club. The door called for more security and management. Upon arriving down there, Elizabeth and I uh couldn't even get out the door front door. We we went around to the hotel front door and with the assistance
of other door staff, we we cleared out the people from uh who do not want to wait in line and who rushed the door. Um we also called area A uh for uh Boston police assistance with the crowd. Mind you, there were uh at this point there
were no more than like 80 to 100 people trying to force their way in. Uh finally after about 10 minutes we were able to clear people uh from the door uh and get them back in line so we could reopen the doors again. This is this is amazing. Uh
you never think that uh Harvard grads and students uh would behave like this. We've had many many Harvard events over the last 30 plus years since I've been working there. Um but never anything like this. Um, this was supposed to be an alumni
kind of party, but uh the coordinators uh uh either were misinformed or misinformed us and it turned out to be a glorified senior class party. Um uh inside the club, you know, we we we
dealt with the issues, but we we had no no mentionable incidents in the club during the night. Um at the end of the night we cleared the club and tried to clear the front of the building uh our doors and and uh there were people blocking the hotel doors. Most people
were just waiting for Ubers and lifts. Uh the people who were blocking the hotel front doors, we we uh insisted that they they could not stand there. There was a big awning out there in front of the hotel. Um everything was going fine until some people did not want to clear the front of the hotel at
at this point. uh we moved uh we were able to get people away from there but some of the Harvard uh students or or people from Harvard were became belligerent uh using unacceptable language um towards our our door staff.
Um so at that point uh this is probably about I don't know quarter after two uh I uh there were were not very many people out there. We we I brought door staff in and and called on the radio to
have everybody come back in and so we could close our doors and uh and lock up. That's what I encountered that night. Now, when Detective Walsh uh who was it?
Uh yeah, Walsh. When he came back to uh to write us up several days later, this was the first time I heard about an incident going on. Nobody's I I never knew that we had uh a confrontation uh you know about 15 minutes later. Um they
came to write us up and uh uh again this is the first time Blizz and I found out that there was an actual incident on the other. So the the the gentleman involved we suspended him. Uh we had several meetings with staff
uh about, you know, how to deal with stuff at the end of the night and and of course, you know, during the night. Um we uh we're constantly uh uh try to uh let our staff know that, you know,
you can't touch people if people don't want to move. I mean, at the end of the night, you know, you can't you just can't put your hands on people. We we go over that all the time. Thank you. Anything further from the lency?
Not no. Thank you. We'll see if the board has any questions at this time. Chairman Joyce. Uh, thank you. Can you walk me through what your staffing model was that night and then remind me was it a private party that then opened up to the public
or uh a private party later in the evening? The that event was a private party um uh and it was supposed to be you know Harvard uh alumni uh who were
in town and that there were no alum it was it was basically Harvard students who were 21. It was a 21 plus event. Okay. And it was booked by the Harvard Alumni Club or what?
Uh some Yeah, I believe so. I I'm not exactly sure. I I only dealt with one person who uh or who was a coordinator. Do they sell tickets to people or was this just something Did it I mean, if it's a
private party, did people have to show that they bought a ticket? Yeah. Open to anyone? Yes, they did uh sell tickets. Okay. So, tell me a little bit about I'm I'm sorry. So, the whole night was a private party or was it open to
the public before or after? Beforehand we had a we had a concert that uh Okay. that empty that that we we then everyone we emptied the club on, turned the club over. So, so it was a brand new night for us. Okay. And tell me what your
staffing model was. How many doormen? How many um security etc etc. So I had like five security at the door uh because I I figured they were we were going to have people arriving you know in bunches and I had eight eight to 10
security inside the club you know covering watching the crowd and covering the exits and whatnot. Okay. So I I had a lot of people on and it I was told we were going to be, you know, have 800 to, you know, a thousand people
that we ended up only doing about uh I think 550 or 600 people. Okay. Um you said you talked to the staff about these sorts of things. What do you do as far as deescalation training? I know with crowds like this that come in
for a private party like this can often uh I mean we this is not something that we haven't seen before. So um I know you have a professional staff. What do you do and what do you require for deescalation training? Uh well first of all everybody has a
radio. So whenever something looks like it it it may be uh it may escalate. uh ma management is called uh there's two managers plus the security manager and uh um first thing we do is uh you know
intervene and uh and you know make sure separate part the parties we we normally don't have problems with our staff and patrons it's used the deescalation mostly happens with between
uh patrons Okay. But do you do you actually do annual trainings? We we we have meetings probably three times a month, sometimes every week. And what kind of deescalation training do you go over in
those meetings? I'm trying to figure out what you do as far as how how well trained these staff are. Um We we we uh use examples of uh what things could happen and how to talk to
people uh how to treat people. You know, you you we we're sober and people, you know, we're not we're we're not drinking. So, you're going to have we trying to tell we're going to have customers who may have had a drink or two and you have to treat them
differently. Uh they may say stupid things. you can't you can't uh you know take it personally. Um so we our biggest thing is don't put your hands on somebody unless you you
you know you have to you know actually break something up and the first thing is to call call management on and and head of our head of security on on the radio. Okay. And are these is um are the Samuel
Nelson and Samson Hazel, are they still working for you? Uh they uh uh they're suspended. Sam Samuel Nelson uh actually I talked to him the other day. He's he's
uh um he wants me to go with him to I guess his next hearing at the um I'm trying to figure out. So they're suspended. Do you plan on bringing them back? If you do, what kind of retraining are you going to do? I'm trying to get that on the record. Um, well, we
we'll decide whether or not we're going to bring them back. Samson's the one who, you know, from from the videos and everything I saw was the aggressor. His brother Sammy Samuel um he he was actually trying to intervene
to get his brother away from them. They're they're actually Okay. Um I don't have any other questions. Commissioner Krin, Commissioner Saxon. Um Detective Walsh, uh is it was there
any surveillance or is it just cell phone videos? The surveillance camera is across the street on Tremont Street. It was a good distance. And with so many people being out there, you couldn't really distinguish who was who. So it wasn't it
wasn't credible. Okay. Um ju in just in general terms does it does it show like interactions happening that were peaceful and then 15 minutes later turning into a physical fight
though. Like I said it's so it's difficult to see from across the street. You can't even really see the interaction. and you just see swarms of people and it gets blurry when we zoom into that particular area that under the awning in front of the Marriott so it's it's difficult to
say. Okay. No surveillance of the exterior available from the club. Correct. Correct. Yeah. Any available um from the hotel? No. No. All right. Uh Mr. Kh have something to add.
I'm sorry. Were you about to say something? Yeah. Yeah. I was just going to say we have cameras at our front door, but it doesn't show the front of the hotel. That's that's, you know, 25 yards, you know, away from, uh, our front door. Okay. Um, did you check the cameras that
are pointed right at your door, though? Um, it could have shown us, you know, some of the leadup to it. No, there was nothing happened right in front of your door. I'm sorry. Nothing happened right in front of your door regarding this
incident. No, no, not nothing like that. I mean, there just be to be honest, there were some of the language that was being thrown around was racial. Let's put it that
way. So, that's what I brought. I said, "Let's go. Let's let's everyone inside." Uh, I think that's all I have right now. Thank you. Just wanted to make sure you're saying racial against the employees or racial
used by against the employees. Samuel and Sammy are both uh black. Thank you. Are there any further questions from the board on this matter? Okay. And uh Mr. Gavas, if you have the
internal report that you read available to send to the board for the record, please do so. Licensing board at a fost.gov. We'll make sure that it gets shared with the commissioners. Okay. Um, just want to add one thing. I've never had a problem with these two
employees. Uh, they've been working there for, you know, a few years. We nothing's ever come up like this. Thank you. If there are no further questions from the board on this matter, then the board will take this under advisement. Moving on, calling item
number two, the Boston Leo Corp located at 71 to 79 Warrington Street, date of the incident, November 10th, 2024. Assault of battery patron on patron in violation of mass general laws chapter 138, section 64 and chapter 265 section 13A. And assaulted battery patron on staff in violation of mass general laws
chapter 138 section 64 and chapter 265 section 13A. Who's present on behalf of the lency? Uh Charles Delpidio. Uh George Grievous, Steven Babosa. Thank you. Who is present on behalf of
the Boston Police Department? Uh Lieutenant Detective Troy. Um Detective Purley is detained in Boston Municipal Court. Thank you. Are there any other individuals with firsthand knowledge of village incident who wish to testify? times after Troy, could you please raise
your right hand? The other three have already been sworn. Thank you. Uh, do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? No, I do. Yes. Thank you. Lieutenant Troy, if you could please read the report for the board. Uh, reading from a report written by, uh, Officer Travis. Uh, it reads as
follows. At about 12:58 a.m. on Sunday, November 10th, 2024, Officer Travis and Bowman responded to a radio call for an assault and battery at Candy Bar, 275 Tremont Street, Boston. Also responding uh several other officers. On arrival,
officer spoke to the caller Franc uh um Fernando Cologne, who stated that he was assaulted by a female in the bar who swung at him and hit him in the face. Mr. Cologne stated that his wife um Mr. Silva, Mrs. D Silva then came to his
defense and uh was then assaulted by the bartender. Should be noted that the Silva only spoke Portuguese and both Colona the Silva appear to appear to be heavily intoxicated. Officer spoke to candy bar manager Steven Barbosa. Mr. Barbosa was able to briefly show officers camera footage from inside the
club on a cell phone. It appears to show two females dancing and speaking to Mr. Cologne. When Cologne eventually dis disregards the females, one of the females, later identified as Sky Nunez by staff, uh, attempts to
throw a punch of Cologne, but misses him and hits an unidentified friend by accident. Um, that's when Miss Dilva appears to start attacking Nunes and the other females. The altercation continues for a bit with patrons attempting to
break up the disturbance. Mr. the Silus throwing numerous uh drinks around and continually swinging in the direction of others. In the segment of the video shown to the officers by Mr. Barbosa, Mr. Barbosa stated that the bartender also attempted to intervene, but u Mr.
Dilva then swung at the bartender uh and he pushed a napkin box in her direction. staff then brought out uh the bartender um Simon uh D Mardez to speak with the officers on what happened. Simon stayed at the
cologne and the silver were in the corner of the bar for a while and then he noticed an altercation between the couple and two females. Simon physically got in between the group and attempted to deescalate when Mr. Silva attacked him from behind. Officer Bowen observed uh Nunes inside the club and attempted
to speak with her. Upon approach, Nunez was heavily intoxicated, profusely vomiting inside Candy Bar and was brought into a back room by staff. Um, Nunes stated to officer Bowman that the other female was attacking her. Officer
advised M advised Mr. Barbosa to save all video footage of the incident as part of the follow-up investigation. Um, and no injuries reported by any party. There's a second a supplemental report by uh written by Detective Curley and it reads as follows. on November 16th at about 12:25
a.m. detects Curly and Herald issued license premise violation uh number 9223 for patron on patron assault and battery and assault and battery uh patron on staff assault and battery. The notice was signed for and accepted by Mr.
Steven uh Barbos who was cooperative with the detectives. Should be noted that uh there was three videos furnished to the uh board and um two individuals, both females, were charged with two counts of assault and battery uh in Boston Municipal
Court. That's the extent of the reports. Thank you very much, Mr. Delpido, Mr. Givas, Mr. Bravo, would you like to address? Yes. Thank you. Uh Stephen and I put a report together which I will send to the board and I don't know if the board has the video. If they do not
have the video, I have the video and I will send the video to the board and it will tell everything right there. But as far as I report, it goes as followed. At the bar, the patrons and his wife stood
while two other women conversed nearby. One of the women danced too close to the husband causing discomfort. The exchange of words ensued between the couple followed by an argument between the wife and the other woman. Then the male and
the other young lady engaged in an argument. The woman who has upset his wife then engaged in a verbal altercation with the other woman attempting to physically confront the h the husband. Then the wife's effort to
ini inter intervene. The bartender departed the bar and attempted to assist. However, the wife remained and continued to hurl objects at the bartender. Even after he returned to the bar, I spoke with the
husband uh who asserted that he had been physically assaulted by the bartender. Upon reviewing the video footage, we determined that his claim was false. Despite my request by the their
departure, the wife continued to argue and refused to leave. We immediately called the Boston PD. Upon arrival of the Boston police, the husband reported that he and his wife had been attacked by the bartender and two other women. I
presented the video evidence to the police who also observed that the husband's account was inaccurate. The wife exhibited her belage throughout the incident, even in the presence of the Boston Police Department. You know, I don't know how
many times that couples come into the club and they don't seem to get along. You so I don't know. This was uh something that was over very fast. And when you see the video, the video will
say will show everything that the Boston Licensing Board needs. And um any questions uh I'll be more than happy to answer, please. Thank you very much. We'll see if there are any questions. Chairman Joyce.
Uh thank you. I did watch the videos. Thank you for submitting them. Oh, you did have it. Yep. Uh, the person in the white t-shirt, is that an employee? No. Any employee that was on security has a black shirt on with security on
the front and back of their outfit. Okay. Um, thank you and thank you for submitting the videos. I don't have any questions at this time. Uh, I have no questions. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you very much. The
board will take this under advisement as well. Calling item number three of Switch Entertainment Inc. doing business as Loretta's last call. Located at one Landown Street, date of the incident October 20th, 2024. Overserved. A patron passed out requiring EMS transport in violation of Mass General laws chapter
138 section 64. Who's present on behalf of the Lency? Good morning, Attorney Green, Madam Chair, members of the board. Dennis Quilty, attorney representing the Lency. with us this morning, Katina Corupines from Alliance Group, the risk management personnel,
John Jordan and Anthony Chuga uh from the Lency establishment. Good morning. Thank you. Morning. Um I do see Miss Corbines. I see you Mr. Jordan. Mr. Chuga, are you with us? I'm here. There we go. Thank you. Who's
president on behalf of the Boston Police Department? Good morning, Officer Mahoney. Officer Michael Mahoney, assigned to District 4. Thank you, Officer Mahoney. Are there any other individuals with firsthand knowledge of the alleged incident who wish to testify?
Uh, Sergeant O'Hara. Thank you, Sergeant O'Hara. I'm just going to ask you to turn your camera on so we could swear you in. Perfect. Thank you very much. Can you all please raise your right hand? Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. I do. Thank you. Officer Money will be
reading their report to the record for the board. Yes. Great. You may please proceed. Uh, just pull it up. Okay. At about 12:43 a.m. on Sunday, October 20th, 2024, Officer Mahoney in
the Delta 441 Alpha unit responded to a radio call for a man down due to alcohol intoxication at Loretta's last call located at one Landown Street in Boston. The Kilo 911 Sergeant O'Hara was the first unit on scene and conducted a code
35, a license premise check, along with speaking to the involved parties. 911 received a call from the above location for a 25-year-old male that passed out while drinking alcoholic drinks in the area of the bar. Sergeant O'Hara spoke
to manager John Jordan who was conducting his own report for the incident. Mr. Jordan gave Sergeant O'Hara the following information from W involve witnesses on the scene. The male victim, Justin Ryan Cosgrove, lost consciousness and collapsed while
drinking alcoholic beverages at the affforementioned establishment. Note, the bartender working the shift was Evan George. Uh, Sergeant O'Hara spoke to Adam Albak, a friend of the victim, who stated, "We
met up with him here. All he had was one shot here. When we all came back from the bathroom, he was leaning against the middle column, lost consciousness, and fell to the ground. He didn't hit his head or anything. There was throw up around the area where Justin had just
passed out. Um, also assisting when the victim passed out was an offduty EMT, Katherine Stevens, uh, who stated he fell down to the ground. She initially couldn't find a pulse. She did a sternum rug, wasn't
getting a response. She began CPR and did a sternum rub again and he was beginning to respond by squeezing her hand. She put him in the recovery position as a precaution. Uh Boston EMS arrived on scene and transported transported the victim to Beth Israel
Medical Center for further treatment. The victim is in stable condition and Sergeant O'Hara conducted uh license premise check number 17176. That's all for the report. Thank you, Officer Mahoney. Um, Attorney Quilty,
would you like to address the alleged incident? If I if I may, thank you. Um, officer, the um the uh inspection notice indicates that the police were called by Mr. Jordan. Is that your understanding as well?
I am not sure who made the phone call. You you're aware that that the police were called and then did you know that when you arrived you came as a result of a call, right? Yes. I I assisted uh Sergeant O'Hara conducting license permiss check. The
the inspection notice indicates it was Mr. Jordan. I presume we can take that for the truth. Yes. Okay. And it also indicates that the management cooperated with the police. Is that your understanding? Yes, they were cooperative. um everyone
I spoke to. Okay. Are are you aware, sir, that while you were there uh Mr. Jordan uh actually shut the establishment down for the night and cleared the premises for uh ability of EMTs to access uh an egress
better? Did you know that? Yes. When when I went in to speak to him, um the bar was closing down and they were uh closing down the shop and employees were leaving. Okay. Um, did you Mr.
um, sorry, Mr. Chuga was another employee and did you have any interaction with him? Not that I recall. Okay. Are are you aware of any conversations he had with EMTs on the scene regarding his
knowledge of what occurred? What's this gentleman's name? Mr. Chu Anthony Chuga. He was He's here with us. He just uh came on screen a moment ago. Um I don't believe I spoke to him. Okay. I I didn't I don't recall adding him to
the report as well. Okay. All right. Uh thank you officer. I appreciate it. Um if um Attorney Green, if appropriate, may I inquire of Mr. Chuga, please? You may. Thank you. Um Anthony, you have been
sworn. Would you just state your name and your title, your position with the lency for the record? My name is Anthony Chuga. I'm one of the managers for the Lency. Okay. And on the night, were you working the night in question? Yes, I was at this establishment. Um, I work
with it's it's under the same umbrella of Vines Group, but yes, I was there working with the establishment. Okay. Had you come from another location on the street? Correct. Okay. And you came as a result of information received about this incident. Correct. And you're
you were there to help. Correct. Did you have conversations with the men the gentleman uh earlier in the report, Adam Albeek, who was described as a friend of the victim? Did you actually have conversation with him? Yes, I did. And
and what did he tell you? Um, so one of my one of the things that I always ask when something like this happens, I ask if they're aware of any medication that may have been taken by the by the person who is in trouble. Um, and the guy said that he knows for a fact that his buddy
took Adderall. Um, once the EMTs after placing the call, once they showed up, I made sure to tell them so that hopefully it could assist them in whatever they would need to need to do to uh help out their guy who had passed out.
So, you had that conversation directly with the EMTs? Yes. Making them aware of the person having taken Adderall to the best of your knowledge. Correct. Okay. And were you there when the uh room was cleared? Correct. JJ is the manager who
was there for the night. Um, he cleared out the building. He turned on the lights and we just helped him out to clear away so that when the ambulance did get there, they would have no trouble getting into the building and assisting the man who had passed out. Okay, great. And is to your knowledge,
is Mr. Adam Albeek, the person you spoke to, is he the same Adamek who's uh in the police report says this person had one shot was all he had? Correct. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Judah. The board
may have some questions for you and and attorney Green and members of the board. Whether you want to hear from Mr. Jordan, who is the person who made the call to the police? Yes, Mr. Jordan, would you just uh introduce yourself here? You've been sworn. Just state your name for the record. And were you the manager that
night? My name is John Jordan. Yes, I was the MOD that night. Okay. And as a result, was your attention directed to the gentleman who uh had this incident occur by one of your staff? That is correct. Okay. And when you observed
that, what did you do? As soon as I saw the patient on the floor, I immediately called 911. Okay. And were you uh were you the person who cleared the room for uh ease of access by EMT personnel? That is
correct. I came to the ultimate decision putting the patron safety and well-being first. Okay. And then did you stand by in your staff and cooperate with the police and the AMTs on that question? Yes.
Thank you. Thank you. So the the board members may have some questions for you and you'll begin with Chairman Joyce. Thank you. Let me see. Um, Mr. Jordan, in the police report says that you were
conducting your own internal report for this incident. Would you mind sharing that with the board? Absolutely. Okay. I don't believe we have that. Um, and do you know how long this person
uh the victim was at the establishment? To my knowledge, I do not. attorney know if they were able to track that at all. Anyone there? Could you tell when he came in through cameras or
anything? Uh, if I may interject. Yeah. This is Katina Corupines, uh, risk manager for the Lions group. Um, we do have surveillance of the incident.
Um, based on what I saw, it looks like the um victim comes into the premise about 12:13 or 12:14. It's It's a little dark, so it's hard to see, but he makes his way to the bar at about
12:16 2022. And from what I observed from the video, which I will obviously share with the board, is that when he walked in and walked up to the bar, he showed no signs of issues, distress. His friends walked in probably about 45
seconds to a minute after him. You actually see Mr. Cos Grove walk up to the bar um standing there patiently waiting while bartenders serve other people ahead of him. And then you see
his friends uh uh Mr. who I presume to be I don't know how to pronounce his last name but Adam and he's also with a female who is uh got long dark uh almost
black hair. Um, Mr. Cosgrove orders drinks for himself and his friends. Uh, you see them do a shot and they stand there talking uh about um about 10 minutes go
by. Adam and the female uh leave their friend. Uh he's still Mr. Cosgrove is still standing in the bar area and he's at this point just standing by himself. Uh he appears to be holding a beverage. I don't know if it's an alcoholic
beverage or not. It's a little hard to see. Um and he's he's just standing by himself and you watch him there for about 10 minutes and as about 10 minutes
go by and he slowly starts to sway a little. Um his head goes down. Uh, I'm not exactly sure how long that goes on for, but then his friends do come back from the bathroom and you see
them trying to talk with him and interact with him and then he slowly uh falls to the floor and once he falls to the floor, the friends kind of people around him noticed, everybody around him is aware
that he's having an issue. uh security comes over, flashes a light, then Mr. Jordan comes, and shortly after that, uh at about 12:38 or 12:39, the lights are up and people start evacuating. So, um I don't believe he
was in the establishment for very long before he passed out. Thank you. Um I don't have any other questions, Commissioner Kin or Commissioner Saxon. Um, I guess I I just have I want to kind of talk about
uh it sound, you know, from what you're describing, it sounds like you guys did a lot, right? Um, it's just more about the aftermath and like do we have any does the premises or the police have any kind of theory as to how he went
from ordering a drink, seeming okay, and basically going down in a heap not that long later. And so, like, I know I forget your name, sir, but you're you're listed as Tony here. You said that someone claimed that he had taken quote
unquote aderall. Do did we inquire like are we sure it's aderall or was it like black market quote unquote aderall? So, the friend told me specifically, I like I said, I always ask, hey, do you know if your friend takes any medication just because that always helps out the EMTs when they get there. And he
specifically said yes, I know that he does aderall. He didn't say he didn't specify whether he gets it prescribed. He didn't really tell me where he gets it. Once he told me that, I just said, "Okay, I just want to make sure that I let the EMTs know so that they can help him out accordingly." Okay, so that was how that conversation went. So ju just
for I just want to discuss this, you know, obviously this seems very serious, but for me in the moment and maybe for the future, the next question might be like, do you know where he got it? You know what I mean? Do we know it's at all? Like that kind of I'm sure the EMTs probably picked up on that. They have a
lot of experience with this stuff, but just for your own, you know, while you're waiting, you know, just for the most safety you can. Absolutely. Absolutely. I wouldn't take a blind assertion that it was in fact at all without inquiring maybe a little bit further. Hopefully, it's not next time,
but I I sadly it probably will be. So, yeah, that's all I have to say. Understood. I can absolutely make that one of the routine questions. Yeah. Thank you. Appreciate it. Absolutely. No questions from me. Thank you. Thank you. The board will take this
matter under advisement and Mr. Corbines or attorney culty if you could forward that internal report in the video that you referenced. Um will do to commissioner. Absolutely. Absolutely. Yep. Thank you. Calling item number four, Concord Entertainment, Inc. doing business as Bill's Bar Landown Pub located at 9 Landown Street. Date of the
incident, December 7th, 2024. Fight between staff and customers in violation of Mass General Laws chapter 138 section 64 and chapter 265 section 13A. Who is present on behalf of the Lency? Good morning. Attorney Green, Madam Chair, members of the board, Dennis Quilty again representing the Lency. With us
again, the same personnel, Miss Cororines, Mr. Chuga, and Chris Lewis, who is another uh staff member who was on duty on this night. Thank you. Thank you. And Mr. Lewis, is that you? Um, as iPhone 52.
No, that's me, Nelson Burns. Oh, I'm sorry, Nelson. I'm sorry. I didn't remember. Nelson was on this one as well. Great. Thank you, Mr. Burns. Mr. Lewis, I do not believe I see. Is Kina,
do you know is he with us? He should be. Um, I can uh actually Anthony, could you text him? I don't. I only have his email. Yeah, but I just texted him directly. Okay, thank you. Oh, wait. I do see Christopher Lewis in the participant list. I'm just going to ask
him to start video and unmute. There we go. Yeah, thank you, Mr. Le, we see you now. Who's present on behalf of the Boston Police Department? Uh, Detective James Go. Thank you. Are there any other individuals with firsthand knowledge of
the alleged incident who wish to testify? Can you all please raise your right hand? Mr. Louis, you as well, please. Thank you. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. I do. Thank you. Go, you may please proceed with the police report.
Uh, at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, December 7th, 2024, officer Mahoney and the Delta 441 Alpha unit responded to a radio call for an assault and battery in progress that occurred at Landown Pub, 9 Landown Street in
Boston. Upon arrival, officers met with the victim, Kyle Emory, outside of the pub, and officers observed he had a visible cut to his lower lip. Kyle stated that his friend bumped into somebody uh bumped into someone inside the pub and were asked to leave the
establishment by security. Kyle stated while they were leaving, he tried to break up an altercation between his friend and security staff and he was punched in the face twice by a bouncer. Kyle described the bouncer as a heavy set black male with a green hooded sweatshirt and a black beanie hat. Kyle
stated that after he was hit the first time, he backed up and was processing what happened. He was shocked uh when he when the bouncer then hit him again with another punch. Um uh note the victim did not see the bouncer who punched him on scene while
officers were present. This altercation took out took place outside the front door of the pub. Officers then observed a second victim, Michael Curry, with two scrapes cuts on his forehead. and a small cut on his nose who was nearby and came over to
speak with officers. Officer Mahoney attempted to ascertain what happened from Mr. Curry, but he was too intoxicated to explain what happened. Boston EMS was requested for both victims. Also present with the victims was witness uh Maryanne Bry. officer
spoke with manager Anthony Trugo who stated that he was not present when the altercation occurred, but he was accompanied by staff me staff members Christopher Lewis, uh Christopher Fillar, and Anari Cronin, uh
who who were involved in the incident. The the staff stated that Mr. Emory and his entourage were escorted outside the pub and one unknown black male stated that he wanted to go back inside to get his wife. Stated that stated they took
him. They stated staff stated that they told him they would assist him with getting his wife and his mayor getting his wife and this male suddenly rushed the door trying to get inside the pub. Staff stated a scuffle ensued while preventing uh the unknown male from
entering the pub. Landstown Pub staff stated that the unknown male who rushed the door was no longer in the area. No staff member on scene admitted to punching the victim. Uh boss EMS ambulance 14 EMTs Ingram and Flynn evaluated the victims on scene. They
declined further treatment. Um Sergeant uh Nemes Delta 916 responded and completed a license premise in uh licensed premise inspection. uh victim was given the incident number for the report and revised of the
investigation. Uh that's all I have. Thank you, Detective Go. Attorney Quilty, would you like to address the alleged incident? If I may, Detective, did the uh staff members of the establishment give you a a different uh version of these events?
Um, no. I So, I was able to recover some video um from the establishment. I was able to view it myself. Um it seems pretty much in line with um so there was an altercation that did take place. There was a gentleman who
was not identified. Um he had a tan jacket. He tried to sort of rush the door past the the the security. Um it's it was all caught on camera. They they reacted to him trying to bust through the doors. Um the victim I spoke with
the victim uh Kyle Emmery um who acknowledged that he and his friends were all intoxicated and they they they probably um uh let me see they they participated in the
escalation of events. Um and as such he he stated that he no like no longer wish to pursue uh anything further. And could you tell from either speaking to um staff members or observing the video whether my notes indicate Mr. Lewis uh
if if not others were struck by these individuals in this matter. Mr. Lewis being an employee was punched by one of the so-called victims in this matter. Um so it's not entirely clear. It is a it is a pretty big scuffle. There's at
least one, two, three. There's at least four or five bodies in involved. Um, so you you can't really see punches getting thrown directly. Um, like I said, the the the the individual in the tan jacket
rushes the door and then the two bouncers that are right there immediately grab him and push him back out onto the sidewalk and then it goes out of camera view from there. Okay. Okay. And these individuals when you spoke to them said they no longer have uh you know wanted wanted to carry
forward on this uh on this matter. That's correct. They they both uh they they stated that they you know they they participated in the escalation of events and and wish to move forward. A and can I just draw your attention briefly to the uh inspection
notice? It would appear that staff Mr. Chuga made the call to the Boston Police Department. Uh yes to my knowledge. Yes. And it's you're also in case that the management cooperated with the police. Yes, they did. Okay. Thank you. Um thank
you sir. Um you may may just uh call Miss Mr. Chuga. Thank you Anthony again. You you were sworn in. State your name for the record. My name is Anthony Chuga and I'm one of the managers at for Lions
Group on Land Zone Street. Okay. And uh were you the person who made the call to the Boston police regarding this particular incident that night? Correct. Yes, I was. And can you describe to the board what it is, what occurred um and what led you to call the police?
So, as the report states, I wasn't there the entire time the incident took place. Um, but I did come into a lot of commotion. And once I saw that the guy, um, it wasn't the guy who initially rushed the door. It was his friend who
was trying to like escalate the situation with him. Um, he was yelling at the door guys, saying that he would wait for people to get out of work. Um, that he was trying to get his wife, his friend's wife, that he wasn't being allowed to get his wife. So, at that
time, I just told him like, "Listen, man. I don't know what happened. I'm going to just ask that you take a couple steps back. At this point, I'm going to call the police and we can have the police get involved because again, I don't fully understand what happened, but I want to make sure that you at the very least seek medical attention if you need it and I would feel more comfortable with the police present and
that's when I placed the police call. Okay. And then did you stand by and cooperate with the police? Absolutely. And do you do you know whether your staff, particularly Mr. Lewis were were struck by uh these other individuals in the uh course of what occurred that
night. Um we can ask Mr. Lewis. I know he's here today. I don't remember exactly if he was hit. I know there was a big scuffle. Um I saw some of the camera footage and you just see them physically try to get into the building after being told no.
Um and I I don't know what what the problem was. They didn't like the answer. They wanted to force their way inside and security just kind of formed a wall to let not let them in. Excuse me. Um, okay. After the guy tried to force his way in, that's when security tried to
restrain them. Um, because with the incident that happened earlier when they were asked to leave, we never really know what's happening. You just try to make sure that people are not fighting. And if we're told, hey, this guy might have been fighting in there, then absolutely we're not going to let him back in because he
might go in there and try to attack that person again, whether or not we ask the other person to leave yet. Um, but Mr. Lewis is here and he could tell you more directly if he was struck by this guy. Okay. All right. Thank you. The board may have some questions for you, so
stand by. Absolutely. And can I inquire of Mr. Lewis? Yes. Hello. I'm Chris Lewis. I was on duty that night. Okay, great. Mr. Lewis, can you just describe to the uh board
what happened to you particularly on the night in question? Um, so I was asked to uh to help escort some people out of the building and uh I was speaking to one of the guys in the group and I was
explaining to them the whole situation about, you know, it was time for them to go. They were pretty intoxicated. Um, and they were understanding, but once we got to the door, one of the other guys, like so with the tan jacket, he um, he was just saying how he wanted to
get his wife. We were saying like, you can get your wife. Like, just wait a couple seconds and we'll let you in. We'll escort you through the door. And he just got filled with rage and just tried to rush the door. I wasn't struck at all, but the security had like
stepped in before he even got like relatively close to me. So, um, and that's when everything else took place. Okay. I'm sorry, you're breaking up a little bit. Is it is it your testimony that you were simply trying to move
these people outside to to calm down the situation? Yes, to calm down the situation. They were removed from the premises, but as they got outside, the guy with the tank jacket was he was pretty angry. Tried to door, but he
didn't get to me to strike me at all. Okay. All right. My my mistake. I'm sorry about that. All right. Thank you, Mr. Lewis. The board may have some questions for any of any of you guys, so stand by. Uh, thank you. I'm just looking at what
we have submitted. I You said there's video coming, I believe. Yes. Okay. Yes. I will be providing video. Okay. Thanks. Um at this time, I have no questions. I have no questions. Done for me. Thank you. Thank you very much. The board will take this under
advisement as we await the video from the lency. Thank you. Calling item number five, Concord Entertainment, Inc., same lency, Bills Bar, the Landown Pub at 9 Landown Street. Date of this incident to November 1st, 2024, assault of battery employee on patron in violation of match general laws chapter
138 section 64 chapter 265 section 13A who's present on behalf of the lency. Uh once again, Dennis Quilty, attorney representing the Lency. With me this morning again, Patina Corpine's Nelson
Burns, Jonathan Casus. Um I believe that's the extent of our personnel for this one. Thank you. Thank you. I'm not sure. I see the last person you mentioned is Jonathan. I didn't catch the last
name. Ca. I think it's Casius. Yeah, Casius. Oh, great. Casius. Okay, there he is. You know, thank you. Who's present on behalf of the Boston Police Department? Officer Shir Allen. Are there any other individuals of
firsthand knowledge of the alleged incident who wish to testify? So, the detective tax was present. Uh, if not, Lieutenant Detective Troy, thank you. I do see Detective Texera in the participant list, are you with
us? If you know, please raise your right hand. Do you sir to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. I do. I do. Thank you. Officer Allen, uh, if you could please read the police report for
the record for the board. Yes, sir. About 12:22 a.m. on Friday, November 1st, 2024, the Delta 445 Alpha Allen responded to a radio call for a disturbance at 9 Landown Street, Boston. Also assisting on this call was the
Delta 499 Alpha Zarn and the Delta 9007 Sergeant Downey. Upon arrival, Officer Allen spoke with Anthony Moors, victim one, and Taylor Silver, victim two, who stated that they had been in the Landsdown pub when a bouncer came up to
victim two, and stated she was too drunk and had to leave the establishment. Victim one stated the bouncer grabbed victim two very aggressively and started to drag her out of the bar. Victim one stated he then took issue with the way
his girlfriend was being manhandled. So he made it known to the bouncer that they didn't have to handle her in that way. While this was going on, in reply to victim victim one's statement, one of the bouncers then began to thrust his hips back and forth and stated that he
would his girl. Victim one stated at that point after going back and forth inside the club, three bouncers then jumped on him and dragged him out of the club while punching him in his left eye. The victim had a visible mark under his
eye that was beginning to turn black. Both victim victims were offered medical attention on scene, but they declined. Officer Allen then spoke with Nelson Burns, director at the Landsdump Pub. Jonathan Cas, suspect one, and
Christopher Lewis, suspect two. Burns stated his staff escorted the victims out of the bar to the rear exit of the building, and upon reaching the rear, they were attacked by both victim one and victim two. Suspect one stated he was punched in the lip by victim one
upon reaching outside. Burns showed officers camera footage of a fight occurring between the victims and the suspect. Victim one appeared to punch one of the suspects. Then a fight occurs. Burns did not have footage of
the initial incident which occurred inside but was instructed to save the video of inside the establishment and what was presented at the time. All parties on scene declined medical attention.
See extent of that report. This is supplemental report uh supplementary report written by detective tax and it reads as follows. At about uh 9:20 on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, detective Texera and Fans responded to Lanson Pub
located at 9 Lan Street Code conducted code 35 license premise check. Detective uh Texera issued Lans Pub uh a license premise inspection notice for assault and battery uh employee and patron. The manager on duty, Chris Louie, signed for
the violation, was given a copy in hand. Uh this video was provided to the board. Um and reading from the detective's notes, both uh two two alleged victims in this um refused to or didn't refuse
to uh um go forward with any criminal uh with the criminal prosecution of this case. So thank you very much. Attorney Quilty, would you like to address the incident? If I may. Uh back to Officer Allen for a moment. the in the officer in the
initial report, the last few sentences appear to turn the table somewhat that in that we have victim one appears to punch one of the suspects
and then a fight occurs. So, the person who was initially described as a victim is the person, it appears, who punched one of the workers at the bar? Is that correct? Yes, sir. Okay. So, did at that point
did the victim become the suspect? Possibly. But the I believe the initial caller were the two victims at the beginning of the report. Right. But
but that that that was only what they said to you and other officers. That was not observed by anyone. Right. Right. In this in this case, you observe the video in which the so-called victim is the aggressor striking the so-called
suspect. Right. Okay. And um do you I I I know the the inspection notice indicates that the police were called but in the in the narrative by whom it's
blank. Um we have a witness, Mr. Burns, who can fill in the blanks here, so to speak. Do you know who called the police? I instructed management on the scene to immediately call the police when I ran down from my office. that was above the
alleyway where this incident occurred. Yeah, I know. I was just asking the officer first, Nelson. Oh, sorry. Officer, do you do you know who it is who called the police? I don't recall. Okay. Okay. Um but you did. I may counselor, I can I can maybe uh clear
that up. It it appears from the the computer aid dispatch that the victims initially called at um 12 12:22. Uh and then some 5 minutes later at 12:27 there's a call from the the um
establishment that says the male is trying to find security. Okay. So two calls. It was one two was a call at 12:22 and then the the I'm sorry. Yes, you're right. two calls. Um the dispatcher
tried to call back the initial uh party, the initial caller, but they didn't call uh that the phone just rang out and then uh several minutes later the uh establishment called. Okay. Thank you, Lieutenant. Um if I may just can I can I
call Mr. Burns back? Yes. Yes. Thank God. Now just Nelson, just state your name for the record. I think you're the only one who hasn't been sworn here this morning. Uh Nelson Burns. Okay. And you're you work for the establishment? I do. Okay. And would you just describe again what happened, what
you saw, and and what you instructed your staff to do visav the police? I was in my office and I heard a commotion outside in the alley. So I looked up at the cameras and immediately saw that there was something going on. So I ran um outside down the stairs and there was
obviously a commotion going on in the alley. Um then I instructed them to call 911. Okay. And are you you're I believe you told me you're aware that there was also a police presence on the street because of a concert going on that night. Did you There was I think one of
my one of my other managers flagged down police that were over I believe maybe at the House of Blues at MGM, but they were on the street. Okay. But they were also called at the same time. Okay. But you you know as you got down you you instructed people to call the police and you know the police were called.
Absolutely. Okay. And the uh the police uh incident report does indicate that management cooperated with the police. Did you stand by and cooperate, you and your staff? I did. I immediately went upstairs and I made a copy of the incident that took place um from the cameras from my phone so I could show
the police officer what had occurred when he arrived on the scene. And then was it your was it your video that we just heard officer Allen describing which suspect and victim were described as one hitting the other? Yes. The the
the not the security guard, the the this is confusing. The victim that's in the in the case um appears like he's they get them outside in the camera appears like he's going to walk away. Everything's going to go fine. And then he just out of nowhere punches the security guard in the face. Turns and just hits him full on. Right. Right.
Right in the lip. And you showed that to the officers that night. I did. And then he throws the the security officer puts his hands up and says, "Whoa, whoa, whoa." Does not engage and then has three more punches thrown at him. He dodges the other two and he almost he gets grazed by the by the third punch
after that, I believe. And then he defends himself. Okay. And this is the video you provided to the police. That is correct. All right. and we'll provide that if if attorney Green if it's not part of the board's package, we'll provide that to you today. Thank you.
Okay. Thank you, Nelson. And um Jonathan, please stand by. There may be some questions. Thank you. Uh we'll see if there are any questions from the board. Chairman Joyce, any questions? Thanks. Um I don't have any questions at this time.
Um, so we have a a couple of videos, one from the main floor and one from I think a kitchen. Do we have the video that was shown to officer Allen that night? Yes, I believe that's what Mr. Burns just testified to. And again, if you if you Yeah. Has it been submitted yet? We
We'll provide If it hasn't, we'll provide it again today. I think it Kina, do you know? I have I I I was contacted by Detective Texter um initially. I can't remember the actual date, but he requested surveillance footage. So, I provided him
what happened inside um the main room of the pub, how the the way the way where the incident took place inside the Landown Pub, it's towards the kitchen area and the restrooms. So, um rather
than uh when the the male and female patron needed to be escorted out, uh rather than take them through the whole venue, they escorted it out escorted them out through the kitchen and which then leads to the alleyway which is between the the Landsown Pub and the and
the House of Blues. Um I can describe what happens or you can just wait until I send you the video and the narrative. All right. So, what video are you going to send? Well, like uh is I'm going to
send you There are three cameras I'm going to send you. What took place inside the initial incident that were where the security staff had decided that the male and female patron uh were
uh rambunctious, showing signs of intoxication, and it was time for them to go. when they try to escort them out, the um the male uh becomes combative. Um the female also becomes combative. They
um the security staff deescalates the situation and once it's deescalated, they walk them out through the kitchen, which the video will show you show them walking out through the kitchen. They exit out to the door that leads to the
alley and then the surveillance um that Nelson actually showed the police initially from that night is also part of that. So you will see the altercation where the um security staff are trying to encourage the male and female patron
it's over to leave. The male patron appears to cooperate and then he turns around and sucker punches uh one of the security staff members. Um they restrain him again and he starts to walk away walk as if he's going to leave. He tries
to attack the he then attacks security again. At one point the security staff person who's now been hit twice um defends himself. uh the female uh patron in the alley uh gets upset and starts um
taking her boots off and trying to beat security with them. So you will have everything that happened inside um the initial altercation. You will see them getting escorted out through the kitchen and you will see them go out into the alley and what transpires into the
alley. And I have narrated key timestamps so that you don't have to just watch the whole thing. you can fast forward and back to certain uh times. So, you'll have all all the pieces. It's all it's all together ready to go.
Okay. Yeah. I just don't I don't think we have anything from the outside alley. So, the latest stuff, so that would be appreciated. Um, if I may, um, Lieutenant Die Croy, that three videos were provided on, uh, March 18th, and there just as, uh, this one described
there, the office stairs, alley, the pub kitchen door, and the, uh, pub main room rear, it says. So, it does in fact cover the alley also. Um, videos provided, but I'll send it again anyway, just just to make sure. Thank you. I appreciate
it. Um yeah, I think that's all I have right now. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Questions from me. Thank you. Thank you. Uh we will await the uh narrative and any additional videos. And with that, the board will take this matter under adisement. Thank you. Thank
you. Thank you. Item number six, Stark Hospitality LLC doing business as Hugh located at 90 Exit Street. Date of the incident January 19th 2024 I believe that should be 25 assaulted battery patron on patron in violation of mass general laws chapter
138 section 64 and chapter 265 section 13A who's present on behalf of the lency good morning attorney green Tyler Hensler here on behalf of the Lency Stark hospitality LLC joining us for the lency is Hermela Bellishu
thank you very much who is present on behalf of the Boston Police department. Officer Dorman's Victor, District 4. Think are there any other individuals of firsthand knowledge of the incident who wish to testify this
morning? Now, please raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. Thank you very much, officer. If you could please uh proceed with reading the police report into the record for the board. the incident incident number
5252005150 about 9:50 p.m. On Sunday, January 19th, it does say 24. It's a typo. Um, January 1925, officer Victorin and Alexander and a Delta 103 Frank responded to a radio
call for assault and battery at 90 Extor Street at Hugh Boston. Also responded the Delta 905 Sergeant Hardy. Upon arrival, officer spoke to Anna Jean Vier. date of birth
102785 and her friend slashwitness who refuses to identify herself stated that her friend stated that it was her friend's birthday and she got drunk. Hugh security security told the party that they needed to leave. One of the
Hugh security told Miss Johnier that she hit his sister and that the Hugh security security hit her and put her on the floor. She stated she was punched in the face and dragged by her hair. Miss John Vier stated the unknown security guard was
described as wearing all black and had braids. Officers spoke to Hughes management Jacqueline Dominguez who stated Miss Jvier and an unknown male were sleeping on the table of their
restaurant. The security team asked the group of six that were with Miss Jungvier to leave. Miss Jungvier's party was mad at security because when asked to leave, they found it rude. It wasn't
act more nicely. Miss Dominguez stated that there was an altercation between an unknown female and Miss Jungvier. Miss John Vier vandalized their property by throwing chairs and making a mess with ice
buckets that had drinks at people's heads during the altercation. Officer observed a chair between the couch and a table and drinks of and paper napkins were on the floor. Officers spoke to the head of security,
Christian Wesley, who stated that Miss John Vier's party did not like how they were being spoke to spoken to and were and tried to deescalating the situation. Mr. Wesley stated that stated they were
going to assist Miss Jungvier's friend because she was throwing up. Mr. Wesley stated Miss John Vier were arguing and fighting with one of this one of his security guards. Mr. Wesley stated during the altercation he was hit in the
head by an un but unsure by whom. The Delta 905 conducted a license permanent inspection notice citation number 021679 for a Patreon on Patreon
violation. It should be noticed. It should be noted there are cameras inside of Hugh and possibly have video footage of the incident. Body worn camera recorded incident. Thank you very much. Attorney Hensler, would you like to address the alleged
incident? Uh, yes. Officer Victorian. Uh, was the Hugh Staff and Security Cooperative on this? Yes, they were. They were. Okay, that's all I have. Um, so as the board just heard, the police report paints this picture of a,
you know, a confrontational and obstinate group of patrons uh causing chaos in the otherwise low-key business they run at Hugh. Hugh staff, you know, approached a group that contained uh a person who appeared to be sleeping on the table and asked them to leave and
the members of this group became aggressive towards security staff and other patrons while they were being let out. When staff realized that they needed help to contain this situation, the police were called uh by staff. Hugh is
not the type of establishment where this type of behavior is common. This is their first appearance in front of the board for a violation and they are more of a restaurant than any sort of club. Uh they're actually advertised as supper club uh with a a speak easy area. This
table was in the supper club area and they weren't receiving bottle service. It was not at an excessively late hour and uh this party, I'm told, had not been there all that long. Uh it was therefore unforeseeable that the person would act like they did uh when their
party was asked to leave. Staff is happy to report that no one was hurt during this outburst uh by this group of customers that they were trying to escort from the premises. However, they realize that they could do better if this situation arises again.
They have therefore hired more security staff. They have retrained their staff with a focus on deescalation if and when they are faced with a confrontational patron. Uh and most importantly, uh Chris, can you just mute for me? No,
apologies. Thanks. Uh they've retrained their staff with a focus on deescalation if and when they are faced with a confrontational patron. And most importantly, uh, they want to be able to provide both the police certainly and the licensing board with video surveillance footage of any future
incidents, which they unfortunately are not able to do in this instance. This being their first violation, and given that video was not requested, uh, they allowed the video to delete after 14 days as their system automatically does, uh, and they didn't realize they should
preserve it. So when they were served with this violation notice on March 7th, they immediately realized they're mistaken. And the HU management took immediate actions to ensure that this would not happen again, they recently upgraded their video footage storage system at significant cost to the
applicant to allow them to store surveillance footage indefinitely. So, if there is a next time, hopefully there's not, but if there is, Hugh will have footage ready uh certainly for the board's review and also for the Boston police if they request it or if they
need it. Uh again, this is Hugh's first trip to the licensing board for violation and as a direct result of this incident, they have taken significant steps to ensure that they will be better prepared in the future for these types of incidents. With that, we're happy to
take any questions. Thank you. Thank you. We'll see if there are any questions at this time. Chairman Joyce. Um, thanks attorney. I don't have any questions for you, but just a one question for um, Officer Voran. Was the licency
cooperative when you were there that night? Yes, everyone was cooperative. Okay, thanks. Um, I don't have any other questions. Commissioner Kurin or Commissioner Saxon? I have no questions. Thank you. None for me. Thank you. Thank you very much. With
that, the board will take this matter under advisement. Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you. Item number seven, The Next Place LLC doing business as The Greatest Bar located at 262 to 266 Friend Street. Date of the incidents January 8th, 2025. Assault and battery patron on patron in violation of Mass
General Laws chapter 138 section 64 and chapter 265 section 13A. Mr. President, on behalf of the Lency, Morning Attorney Green, Madam Chair, members of the board, attorney Kurt Blitz for the next place LLC. With me also is the general manager, uh, Dan
Crowley. Dan, are you there? Yes, sir. Oh, great. Thank you, Mr. Crowley. Who's president on behalf of the Boston Police Department? Detective Jubil, Officer Roy here, Lieutenant Detective Troy, excuse me.
Thank you, Lieutenant Troy. Are there any other individuals with firsthand knowledge of the alleged incident who wish to testify this morning? Can you please raise your right hand? Do you, sir, to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. Thank you, Lieutenant D. Troy, if
you could please read the police report to the record for the board. Reading from a police report written by Officer Daniel Roa. It reads as follows. About 12:39 a.m. on Wednesday, January 8th, 2025, officer Samier responded for a fight in front of the greatest bar at
262 Friend Street. Assisting on the scene were several other officers from District 1. On arrival, officers separated the involved parties. Two males identified as Kevin McGrath and Noah Eldridge uh were initially interviewed. They alleged they'd been attacked by a group of females after
attempted to converse with one of the females friends inside the bar. Elbridge reported that he was kicked in the groin by one of the females and retaliated by punching one of them in self-defense. Officer spoke to um Joe McDonald who appeared to be involved in
the altercation was bleeding from the face. Um she was seen by Boston EMS on scene and later transported to Mass General Hospital for further evaluation. Two other females involved in the incident were identified. All three females appeared to be under the
influence of alcohol. A witness, uh, Ryan Hillsley stated that he observed McDonald being struck in the face by one of the males, causing her to fall to the ground. Hills further reported that his girlfriend, Miss Hobbs, put her hands up, but was also punched in the face by the same male. Miss Hobbs declined
medical attention on scene. Sergeant Wallace, arrived on scene and conducted a license premise check. for the greatest bar. The establishment was issued a license promise violation for patron on a patron patron on patron assault and battery. That's the extent of the police report. Um the detective
notes that they uh contacted the victim and um he didn't wish uh the she didn't wish to continue with any court proceedings. And he also reviewed the body camera body warn camera and it shows several females assaulting two males. Um, both males showed great
restraint over the five minutes that they were being assaulted. They attempted to break away numerous times, but kept being assaulted by the females until the victim was seen defending himself immediately following uh being punched in the face by several female suspects. Um, it appeared that one of
the females was the main aggressor. Several of the females were actively assaulting the victims as well. That's from the detective notes. That's the extent of um Thank you very much, Attorney Blitzer. Would you like to address the alleged incident? I would. Thank you, Attorney Green. Thank you, Lieutenant Detective
Troy. I have no questions for you. I did send a video in yesterday, Attorney Green. Did you Did the board get that? Yes, that is in the file. So, the only interaction that the the bar had was um from the videotape that we could uh grab
was in the foyer prior to the uh folks leaving. The two I think it's Eldridge and McGrath were standing in the foyer and the two girls were going out. One of whom was motioning to the other girl to come out who I think was the aggressive.
And you can see she gives him a little kick as she's standing there and then walks by as she's walking out the door and spins around, gives him a backhand to the face. He laughs it off. Our guys get involved at that point. Escort her
out the door. Um, sent her out the door cuz they had a car waiting from down the street. The incident actually happened down in front of um the hotel which is two doors down from us. We had no video on the outside. We tried to see if we had any more video on the outside to see
what happened at that point, but the two guys hung around for a few minutes before they left because they were also waiting for a car. They didn't want to have any they actually laughed it off. Didn't know it was a was going to be an issue. didn't uh want any more interaction with them or uh with the
police or anybody at that point, but it appears that when they went outside, they ended up going down toward uh Cosway Street also and the the uh altercation happened down there. Our staff got involved afterwards when the police came and we went outside and
actually brought some ice out to some of the people that were out there, the girls that were uh causing the issue in the beginning. I think the originally the uh Boston police had the guys in handcuffs but ended up letting them go
after they got all the information were were able to understand that the girls were the aggressor uh in the incident. We had no issues uh inside the bar. Um no problems with any of them um prior to the minor altercation that they had
coming out in the in the foyer. I have uh the general manager here, Dan Cwley, who was on on staff that night. It was uh was there for the incident. If you have questions for for Dan, Attorney Green, great. Thank you, Attorney Bleder. Um let's see if there
are any questions at this time from the board. Chairman Joyce, thanks. So, Attorney Bitzer, you're saying that the altercation I saw the video, so I see what happens in the in the foyer. You're saying that they left and went down the street and that's where the bigger fight
happened. Yeah, the girls were down the street. The van came uh to pick them up. They were down in front of the Onyx Hotel or whatever the name of the hotel is down there. Um cuz the understanding was that the the uh there was a patron in the hotel was when they ended up
calling the police cuz when the guys left like 5 minutes later they must have gone that way or there was an altercation somewhere out in the street because that's that's when it happened and then they had a whatever happened out there between a fight wasn't a I'm
not sure as Lieutenant Detective Troy says I think the guys showed some great restraint because obviously Inside the foil, you can see that they laugh it off and let her go out the door and pay no real attention to her. Not sure what was said. You can't really see what was said
between them. And our door guy didn't know. There wasn't anything uh as he said, there was nothing derogatory that was said by by the guys that would uh precipitate what she did to them. So, we aren't sure what happened. Nobody saw our guys didn't see what happened when
they went out and down the street. Okay. Um, I don't have any other questions. Thank you. I have no questions. No questions from me. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. The board will take this matter under adisement as
well. Those are all the licensed premise inspections uh hearings before the board this morning. The remaining two items areformational hearings. Item number eight, New Boston LLC doing business as Newsret Steakhouse located at 100 Arlington Street. It's anformational hearing regarding the lenc's legal right
to occupy the license premise, the execution and filing of the annual renewal application for the licenses entity and then on use of the license in violation of Mass General laws chapter 138 sections 16A 23 64 and 77 and board's rule 1.07A
1.07 I 1.15A3 and 1.15A4 who is present on behalf of the lency. Good morning again, Attorney Green, Madam Chair, members of the board. Dennis Quilty, attorney representing the lency. Good morning. With me this morning from the licency entity is Erin
Denz. And um Good morning. Good morning. Um I I I'm actually pleased to let the board know we have identified potentially two buyers in the like last
couple of weeks. Um the board may should also be aware that in late 2024, this license was transferred at the local level, ended up at the ABCC, and the buyer entity fell apart and blew up at the last minute and they were back to
square one. Uh so the Lency has been actively pursuing uh buyers. uh I can report to the board. I personally had a conversation 24 hours ago with a potential buyer uh who um uh are real
legit and uh we are very very hopeful that we'll have an application filed in the very near future. It's in their interest and everyone else's interest that this matter be resolved in a way that doesn't leave them high and dry for the, you know, many hundreds of
thousands of dollars they paid for this license. uh but we are actively pursuing a sale and hope to have a report uh back to the board in a very short time. Thank you for providing that status update. Um the board may have some questions also of the board's knowledge.
I do know that representation for the property owner is also on. Should the board have any questions for them? Um Chairman Joyce, any questions? Can you give me any more specifics? It's a little vague saying like in the near future. I I I know everyone wants to,
but like this is very important to the board to control and it sounds like whoever renewed the license for this Lency um back in December renewed and and stated that they had the right to occupy when in fact they may not have. Can
anyone speak to that? I I I cannot although I do know that it was right around that time that their transaction fell apart. So, I think they were legitimately filing the renewal in order to be able to sell and get the license
out and and it literally fell apart through no fault of their own at that point. Uh, and I mean, as to specificity, I literally I don't want to betray any confidences, but I literally personally was on the phone yesterday afternoon with an attorney representing
an entity uh from uh out of town who have a location selected and are ready to go. and we literally informed them that this particular license might be available and they were very pleased to hear that and were going to make outreach themselves uh regarding this
license. So, it's I'm hopeful it can happen very quickly. I in, you know, to get the proper uh purchase and sale agreements and things of that nature together would require some time, but I'm happy to have, you know, if whatever
deadline the board imposes to report back with an eye towards making a filing as quickly as humanly possible. We're very aware of the importance of getting this done quickly. Okay. We're going to have to put some sort of timeline on this.
Yeah, we'll comply with it whatever you say. Um, also could someone from the Lency please speak to the renewal? Um, when you renewed your license, you stated that you had the right to occupy that and that means that you had a current lease. When did your lease
expire, Eric? Our lease expired in uh April 2024 and I worked with uh Dennis and his team for the renewals. Uh, I don't know actually what they put in the renewals.
Uh, Dennis, maybe you can confirm. Uh, I I I don't have any of the paperwork in front of me. Um, if the lease had already expired, that's certainly an issue. Um, I I I just don't know, Madam Chair. Is I'm I don't have that file
with me. I can find out and report back. Be happy to do that. How many? So, you're working with one potential buyer now. one, but we have there are a number of buyers in the marketplace right now. This one in particular, the individual
was aware of this particular license and when we explained that it was available, they said, "I'll reach out right away." So, I they think it's it's it's a very real uh buyer, but there are others. I have other clients who are looking for
licenses, and we will be able to move this one way or the other. It's just that that that conversation literally happened yesterday with the new buyer with a new potential buyer. Yes. Yes. Other buyers have fallen through. There
are other buyers that I am now I mean things have have heated up a little bit because as the board I'm sure is aware prices seem to have stabilized if not headed in the in the down direction a little bit. So there are some more motivated buyers in the marketplace. So,
if I I fully suspect that the people we talked to yesterday uh will make an offer pretty quickly. If they don't, we've got people backed up behind them and I'm sure we can get this done. May I also uh speak with another broker
yesterday? Uh they told me that they have uh potential buyers too. And someone reached out to me yesterday uh a big restaurant group uh uh they they're also interested in the license. So that would make around uh at least three
potential buyers uh we have right now. I think the ones who called you yesterday are the ones that I was on the phone with just before they called you. So I think that's a very real possibility. How long do these things take? I'm sorry, ma'am. How long would this
transaction take? Like, realistically, you have to provide me with I mean, you're the one who's in the business of brokering skills. I'm not. Yeah. I I once if they can agree to a price, we can have a purchase and sale agreement created in, you know, an hour. I mean, no, I know that, but like what is it? I mean, I've heard rumors that there it
was impossible to agree to a price with this LE. So, I'm just trying to get a better feel for like how serious the Lency is on on getting to a price that is reasonable. I I I can only tell you that I personally have had the conversations where in the lency was informed that things have changed. You
know that we're no longer in the stratosphere with these licenses. I think there's an understanding of that on behalf of Mr. Denz and his business partners. Uh in fact, they gave us a very reasonable uh range of of prices and we communicated that yesterday to these folks and I they're the ones who
I'm almost certain picked up the phone and called Aaron the minute we get off the call. So, it's This one has a very very high likelihood of happening and if it doesn't it looks like Mr. Denz has a broker and we have other potential buyers. So I I I feel
very confident that this license will transact very quickly. Okay. And we whatever time frame the board imposes on us, we will comply with making reports and updating the board uh accordingly.
I have no questions. I have nothing. Thank you. No questions to add. Thank you. Thank you. And the board uh will take this matter under advisement as well. Thank you. Thank you. And finally, calling item number nine, also anformational hearing. The lency is
Thornton Companies, Inc. doing business as Thornon's Fenway Grill at 100 Peterborough Street. Similarly, this is anformational informationational hearing regarding the licences legal right to occupy the license premise the execution and filing of the annual renewal application for the licency entity non-use of the license in violation of
master laws chapter 138 sections 16A 236477 and boards rules 1.07A and I and 1.15A 3 and 4 who's present on behalf of the lency yes Carolyn Conway on behalf of the lency and I have with me today Mr. Martin Th Martin Thornton who is the
principal of the lency. Great. Thank you. Attorney Conway. Um similarly, if you would like to provide the board an update on the status of this license. I'm sure the board will have some questions. Yes. Um we f the um seller has signed a purchase and sale agreement last Thursday. Um we're
waiting for the buyer's signature. It is kind of like a big corporate buyer. So I know that um council for the buyer is also dealing with in-house counsel. I did email him yesterday asking when I can expect to have buyer signature. I
expect it to have be any day. I know that you have heard from the landlord. I am in touch with the landlord now as well and we're keeping him um updated. The landlord has a prospective tenant working with a prospective tenant maybe
to get um a new license, but we do have the purchase and sale agreement. U Mr. Thornton lowered the price here. it it's it right now it's probably the lowest selling license out there uh right now. So it's uh it's going towards the north
uh the South Station area, but we do have a purchase and sale agreement. I I have no reason to believe that this purchase and sale agreement is going to fall through. Thank you, Attorney Conway. The board may have some questions and also just for the board's knowledge, I believe representation for the property owner
was also on should the board have any questions regarding um that matter. That's attorney Russ who just came on camera for Thanks. I have no questions. Commissioner Carton, Commissioner Saxon, I have no questions. Thank you. None
from me. Thank you. I I just would note that the purchase and sale agreement that has been signed requires that the license transfer application be filed within like two weeks of the signing of it. So, um, I expect to have that either today or tomorrow, the fully signed
purchase and sale agreement. So, you should see a transfer petition right away. Thank you. We look forward to reviewing that application. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Board will take this under adisement. And those are all of the items before the board this morning. The board will vote Thursday,
April 17th at 10 a.m. Notice posted to the city's website. That will adjourn this hearing. Thank you all and enjoy the rest of your day. Thank you. I