Good morning. Thank you all for joining. We will get started in just a moment as we clear the waiting room. As a reminder, when you are entering from the waiting room, please do remain on mute unless or until you are
providing testimony before the board. We'll give just another moment as folks are still entering from the waiting room. Good morning. This is a hearing before the licensing board for the city of Boston. Today is Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026. 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 Boston's website. Before I review procedural matters, I will introduce chairwoman of the board, Kathleen Joyce. >> Thanks, Denny. Good morning. My name is Kathleen Joyce. I'm chair of the Boston
Licensing Board and today I'm joined by Commissioner Liam Curran. >> Thank you. Please ensure that your audio and visuals are working properly. I will 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 lency or the 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 knowledge of the alleged incident. We'll begin with the first item on this morning's agenda. Calling item number one, Stratford End, Inc. doing business as Brighton Music Hall located at 158 Brighton in Alustin. Date
of the incident, April 4th, 2026. Over intoxicated patron in violation of mass general laws chapter 138 section 64 and expired inspectional services certificate in violation of mass general laws chapter 138 section 64 and boards rule 1.02b who is present on behalf of
the lency. Oh one moment attorney you're speaking but you're on mute. >> Sorry I have to unmute here. >> Here we go. >> Can you hear me? All right. >> Yes. again. Uh, attorney Green, Madam Chair, members of the board, Dennis Quy, attorney representing the Lency with me
this morning. Uh, Bill Gara of the management staff, Kaia Stewart from security, and I believe Joe Dunn is on with us as well if needed. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Who is present on behalf of the Boston Police Department?
>> That'll be uh Sergeant Patrick Murphy from District 14. >> Thank you, [clears throat] Sergeant. Are there any other individuals with firsthand knowledge of the alleged incident who wish to testify? >> Uh, not present. >> Can you all please raise your right hand? >> Do you sir to tell the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth? >> I do. >> Thank you, Sergeant Murphy. If you could please read the police report into the record for the board. >> Oh. About 7:16 p.m. on Saturday, April 4th, 2026, officers Gilligan and Hardy
in the Kilo 104 FC car responded to a radio call for EMS investigate for an EMS investigation at 155 Brighton Nav, Alston. I myself and also officer no responded
at the sun. On arrival, Boston EMS A14 with Wong and Reiko were on scene speaking to David Benoy on on the sidewalk outside of Brighton Music Hall located at the above address.
EMS was advised by the music hall staff that the victim was intoxicated, fell, hit his head, and was unconscious for a few minutes. EMS determined that the victim would have to be transported to the hospital for further evaluation. The
victim initially declined to be transported but ultimately agreed to be transported. The victim was transported to BMC Brighton for further evaluation without incident. And uh while there I did a code 35 and as part of my code 35
and uh I uh cited the premises for serving an over intoxicated patron and discovered an expired ISD certificate and uh the staff was very cooperative and
and other than that everything was peaceful at the time. >> Thank you very much. I do see that officer Gilligan is with us as well. Um, >> yes, sir. >> to swear you in in case the board has any questions for you, could you 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. Um, is there
anything additional you would like to add on top of what um, Sergeant Murphy has just testified to? >> Um, no. He summed it up. He wrote the he read the report. Um, the staff approached us and said that he had uh, lost consciousness. Um, the individual was a little
um, he wouldn't go originally, but he was a we were able to convince him to go. It took a little while, but um other than that, Sergeant Murphy summed it up well. >> Thank you very much. Attorney Quilty, would you like to address the alleged incident? >> Thank you. May just a quick question for Sergeant Murphy. Sergeant, you you
[clears throat] filled out the license premise inspection notice that night? >> Yes, sir, I did. >> And you indicated in that that management cooperated as you indicated in your testimony and and it indicates on there that the police were called by employee. >> Yes, sir. You are correct. Correct.
Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much, sir. Um, if I may, um, Madam Chair, members of the board, the the situation here, and if [clears throat] folk Mr. Garrett and Miss Stewart can speak to it, this individual was indeed in the premises, but it was before the show had
started for some kind of a meet and greet with the band or some some VIP kind of a function at which no alcohol was served. Uh the individual then left and later came back and at that moment
in time appeared to be intoxicated and was not allowed in. It's at that point that he literally fell and the police were called as a result of that. But he was not served in the establishment. He was indeed there that evening but earlier in the night without alcohol
service and he must have gone somewhere else because when he came back he was in such a shape that they wouldn't let him in. Um, and that's the point at which he fell. Um, Miss Stewart, are you with us here today? I think she is. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Just one moment. Miss
Stewart, you were not on camera um when we were sorting books in. If you could just please raise your right hand for us. Just sort of tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth. >> Yes. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. And we were you on duty on the night in question? >> Yes. >> Okay. And can you say to the board what occurred with regard to this gentleman,
Mr. Benoy? Uh the gentleman had come in for a VIP meet and greet earlier on in the evening about six o'clock. Um he then left after that meet and greet, which I believe was about 15 minutes that he was in there. Um then he came back um shortly after we opened regular
doors. My staff had called me over um because he was having difficulty um listening to directions and just giving off signs that he was intoxicated. He then fell over um and I had called 911 because he had hit his head when he fell
and he had a cut um on his head and it was bleeding. So um because it was a head injury, I called right away for the ambulance, but he was not allowed back into the premises at all. >> Your testimony that he was not served alcohol at the >> He was not served at all. Our bars were
not open at the time of the VIP and by the time he had come back, he he did not reenter at all after he left. Okay. Thank you, ma'am. The board may have some questions for you. Just stay tight there. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh, Chairman Joyce, any questions? >> Uh, thank you. I have no questions at
this time. >> Yeah, Commissioner Karin. >> Um, just have we addressed the ISD? Is that still >> Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner. I was told yesterday, Mr. Garrett, has the ISD been properly posted the the proper
is >> but on the date of it was it just wasn't posted but it was >> I think it was out of date and they they they resolved that right away. I'm told in a prep meeting yesterday that it has been uh the the proper certificate has been placed where it belongs.
>> All right. Thank you. >> Thank you. If there are no further questions and the board will take this matter under advisement. Thank you. Home item number two, 175 Ipsswitch Street, LLC, located at 175 Ipsswitch Street. Date of the incident, March 6th,
2026. Assault and battery patron patron in violation of master laws, chapter 138, section 64, chapter 265, section 13A, who's present on behalf of the Lency. >> Uh once again, um attorney Green, Madam Chair, members of the board, Dennis Quilty, attorney representing the Lency.
And uh with me this morning is uh Joseph Dunn and Scott Hento um who is the director of security for the establishment. Good morning. >> Good morning. Thank you very much. I do see both. Who is present on behalf of the Boston Police Department?
>> Officer Jared Mers. >> Good morning, Detective Jared Taylor. >> Thank you both. Are there any other individuals with firsthand knowledge of the alleged incident who wish to testify? Can 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. >> Thank you. Who will be reading the police report to the record? >> Uh, I have it. >> Great. Thank you. >> About 9:30 p.m. on Friday, March 6th, 2026. Uh, myself as well as um two other
officers were assigned to a paid detail for a concert at MGM Music Hall located at Two Lands Down Street. Uh we were approached uh by security saying that a assault had happened inside the venue. I'm security approached us uh saying that a woman wanted to press charges about an assault that occurred on the
fourth floor of the venue. A female named Abigail Bernstein uh stated that she and her friend Michaela Popo were sitting in the ADA section on the fourth floor of the venue when a group of girls came up and confronted them about sitting in their seats. Bernstein stated that the girls showed them their tickets
with the correct seats. however, were told by staff members that they could sit there and refused to move. Bernstein stated that uh they asked the supervisor to come down and settle the dispute. However, the girls insisted that they get up and began filming and shining a light in their face. Bernstein stated
that she instinctually tried to grab the phone and push it out of her face. When one of the girls, later identified as Marie Anna D'Angelo, then shoved her out of her seat and onto the ground. Bernstein stated that she declined any medical assistance.
The officer spoke with D'Angelo and her friend that was with her, Alexandra Smith, who stated that they politely approached Bernstein and Popp that they were in their seats and attempted to show them their tickets. D'Angelo stated that Bernstein became very aggressive and began filming them and swearing at
them and refused to leave their seats. D'Angelo stated that she requested security assistance to assist the issue. D'Angelo stated that Bernstein then came at her and tried ripping the phone out of her hands and throwing it when she felt threatened and defended herself by pushing Bernstein away from her.
D'Angelo stated that Bernstein made contact with her and grabbed her wrist in the incident in attempt to take the phone. D'Angelo stated that she didn't mean to push her to the ground. She just wanted to get away from Bernstein. D'Angelo stated that she did not need any medical assistance as well. Security
stated that multiple other patrons approached them about the incident while on the first floor separating the two parties and that they all stated that Bernstein was the aggressor and not D'Angelo. Um Bernstein was given the report number and Bison had obtained a copy of the report.
>> Thank you very much. We have um Detective Taylor supplemental as well. >> Yes sir. Um, since this is just when I went to to issue the license premise violation about 3 on Friday, March 13th, 2026,
Detective Taylor, Delta 843, issued a license premise violation at MGM Music Hall, Fenway, Two Lance Down Street, Boston. Detective Taylor met with the manager on site, Rosenbomb Martina Martina, excuse me, who was cooperative. This is in regard to an assault incident, patron v. Patron, that
occurred on March 7th, 2026. Thank you very much. Attorney Quilty, would you like to address the alleged incident? Uh, >> if I may. Thank you very much. Excuse me. Um, the detective, your uh inspection notice indicated management was cooperative. Is that correct? >> Yes, sir.
>> And uh the the box the box is checked where police called. Yes. By whom? It's it's not filled in, but it presumably that was staff going to the detail on scene. >> Yeah, that's correct. Okay, thank you. So, we have situation here, madam chair,
was the board a basically an argument between patrons over who had the right to certain seats. It appears it got a little bit out of hand, but the MGM security was on top of it, alerted by patrons, went over, broke it up, uh thought it was resolved. Luckily,
thankfully, there were Boston police detail officers in the in the lobby. Our staff simply went down to the lobby, asked the detail officers to approach and and uh get involved, which they did. Um resolved the incident we think to
everyone's satisfaction and uh that appears to have been the end of it. Mr. Hento, who's the director of security, is here. Mr. Dunn, who's in management of the establisher here if there are any questions. Unfortunately, where this located was in a corner of the upper
level and there is no camera action for that area, unfortunately. Um, but I think the report of the officers is precisely what happened here. Uh, a verbal argument broken up and that appears to be the end of it. Um, but again, we're happy to take your
questions. >> Thank you, Chairman Joyce. Any questions? >> Uh, no questions. Thanks. >> Thank you, Commissioner Kurrin. >> I have no questions. Thank you. >> Thank you. See, no questions at the board. We'll take this under adisement. Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Calling item number three, Big Causeway LLC. Doing business as Big Night Live studio B and play located at 110 Causeway Street. Date of the incident December 17th, 2025. Assault and battery patron patron in violation of Mass General 138 section 64 and chapter 265
section 13A. Who's present on behalf of the Lency? >> Good morning, Madam Chair, members of the board. Attorney Green, Kristen Scandlin for the L E. Also here with us this morning is Charlie Kaine who is vice president of security, Jamie Pollock, vice president of operations,
uh Matt Allen, who's a director of security for the licensed premises, and Eric Small who's the general manager along with Gene Vargas who was one of the security um uh team members uh directly involved in the incident. Just
for the record, all um folks except for Mr. Kane um were also there and handling that incident as well for the board's information. >> Thank you for that. Who is present on behalf of the Boston Police Department? >> Sergeant Sean Flynn.
>> Thank you. Are there any other individuals with firsthand knowledge of the alleged incident who wish to testify? >> Anyone please raise your right hand? Do you sure to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> I do. >> Thank you very much. Sergeant Flynn, if
you could please read the report to the record board. >> Absolutely. Good morning. Uh, so there's two incident reports uh related to this. The original report written by Officer Shield and then my follow-up supplemental. So I'll start with Officer Shield's report and then I'll just follow with my own supplemental. [clears throat]
About 11:33 p.m. on December 17, 2025, Officer Shield and the Alpha 432 Alpha unit responded to an assault in progress at 110 Causeway Street, Big Night Live. Multiple A1 units responded to assist. Officer Shield met with the victim, Charles Razil, who stated he was at Big
Night Live for a Boston hip hop award ceremony. While accepting an award, Razil was attacked by a black male in a red hoodie with white writing and multiple other parties. Razil had apparent injuries to his face and stated he'd been attacked by approximately 10
males. Officer Shield spoke to Amy Razil, who corroborated the events. EMS AA transported Rayil to Massachusetts General Hospital to be evaluated for his head injury. Officer Shield spoke to Director of Security Matthew Allen, who showed officers the CCTV footage of the
violent assault. The footage was captured on Officer Shield's body one camera. Allen stated he would preserve the footage. Sergeant Flynn responded and conducted a license premise check and uh the body warn cameras again were activated. That ends Officer Shields report. My
followup uh at about uh 005 hours on Thursday, December 18, 2025, Sergeant Flynn, assigned to the Alpha 907 did conduct a code 35 at the Big Night Live nightclub located at 110 Causeway Street in the West End section of the city of Boston. The sergeant responded to this
location on a report of a fight inside the establishment that resulted in the victim being treated on scene by Boston EMS and ultimately transported to an area hospital for further treatment. On scene, the sergeant was met by Jamie Pollock, the manager of Big Night Live. Mr. Pollock was cooperative throughout
the encounter, and I observed that the licenses were posted in a conspicuous area and easily visible. Mr. Pollock reported that Big Night Live staff did did call 911 to report the fight as it was ongoing. The sergeant did issue license premise violation notice number
018127 for AM patron on patron and provided a copy of the notice in hand to Mr. Pollock. >> Thank you very much. Attorney Scandler, would you like to address the alleged incident? >> Please. Uh, Sergeant Flynn, just a few
questions for you if I may. Um to your knowledge, the call um regarding this alleged assault at the licensed premises was made by the license holder. Correct. >> Yes. That 911 call? >> Yes. >> Yes. That's Yeah, that's my understanding. Yes.
>> Thank you. And all relevant video um of this alleged altercation um from multiple angles was provided to police. Correct. >> Uh I was not involved in the follow-up. I can state that on the night of the incident they were making arrangements
to save the video. So obviously any follow would have been done by detectives at that point. Um which would be separate from uh my patrol duties but uh yeah I have no reason to believe that they did not provide it as again on the night of the incident they were already
attempting to get the video saved and stated that they would provide it. >> Great. Thank you. Um, to your knowledge, did the victim cooperate with the Boston Police reports invest or Boston police's investigation regarding this incident? >> Again, I I wasn't involved in that end of it. That would go to the A1
detectives office and they would have handled any and all followup in terms of the investigation after the fact. >> Okay. And um throughout your involvement with this, at all times, were staff cooperative with you regarding this incident? >> Yes, absolutely.
>> Thank you very much, Sergeant. No further questions at this time. Um, madam chair, members of the board, if I may, this particular incident occurred on December 17th, 2025. Uh, at the time, the license e was hosting the Boston music awards,
which has been um an organization that's been in existence for nearly 40 years. It celebrates Boston's musical artists and industry leaders and the community that connects them and annually hosts these awards um or award nights
showcasing performances, recognition, and collaboration. This particular award ceremony has been held at the licensed premises for the last four years and prior to this particular incident have never had any issues um in years past.
As I mentioned, it's not a uh nightlife event per se. It's a community event. Um, regarding this particular uh incident, an altercation, um, DJs or local hiphop podcasters, um,
we learned after the fact got into um, or we learned who they were after the fact got into an altercation by the community green room backstage. Uh upon information later gathered regarding this incident, it's believed that the subject victim and alleged aggressor or
aggressors knew each other to the point that the alleged victim had previously hosted the alleged main aggressor on his podcast and also learned that they may know each other from um the same neighborhood. as you'll see on video
that can be supplied to the board and was previously surpris supplied to detectives as well who um investigated this incident. Uh the alleged victim was in the hallway way near the entryway to the green room. He appears to be looking like he's talking to someone holding a
camera. Has his arm around a woman when a group of what appears to be six men um two in identifiable one bright yellow sweatshirt another one with a bright red uh hoodie slowly and casually walk up the hallway and suddenly ambush the
victim. Within 3 seconds, you'll see that nearby staff, who are also identifiable on video by um a staff shirt, the word staff written across the back of the shirt, respond in an attempt to gain control of the altercation.
Staff can also be seen from the angle of the camera inside the room with steadfast attempts to uh separate the parties. Uh Gene Vargas, who's one of the security members who was the uh security team member in the staff shirt, radioed several times. Um his position
and what was happening, calling for backup because of the number of people involved with two other staff members who were nearby and also had um jumped in at the around the same time that Gene did as well to successfully and swiftly deescalate and separate the parties. All
in, the altercation lasted just under 30 seconds when the alleged aggressor swiftly exited through another door of the green room and left the premises. It is not definitely known the cause for the ambush. Um there was no warning at all that something like this would
occur. As you'll see, it it it is exactly as I'm describing it. Um they're casually walking up and suddenly attack uh the guy. Um but it was overheard in commotion that the alleged victim somehow verbally insulted the alleged
aggressor during the awards show and that may have been um the cause for the retaliation. In the immediate aftermath of the incident, staff worked diligently again. They separated the parties. They cred in off the rooms. They made sure everybody
was safe. They worked to also figure out what had happened and whether the aggressors were still in the building. They learned that they had left and went outside to determine if they were still around, but they had departed um from the area already. Um they offered medical assistance to the alleged victim and also called police as you heard um
from Sergeant Flynn. Uh Matt, Jamie, and Eric who are all here and have a collective 60 years of experience in the industry were all present that evening and directly involved in the incident and can can answer any questions that the board might have. Um Gan again who was working security and was the first
member probably to jump in um from the angle that you can see um is also on hand to answer any questions that the board might have. At this time I'd also like to turn it over to u Mr. Kaine who can um tell the board regarding any communications he's had with Boston
police subsequent to the incident regarding the investigation. Thank you, Mr. Kane. Are you with us? >> Yes. Sorry about that. Uh, Kimmy, great. >> Um, so I came involved after the day after. Um, I spoke to our head of production
and through him and social media, my assistant Jillian Hardy, we were able to identify the asalent and I passed it along to Boston police. And then I spoke to Detective McGunner who was assigned
the case and he advised that the victim he spoke to the victim's wife and that she said he did not want to cooperate due to retaliation problems that they knew each other uh at that point. Um, so
we provided him with all the video, our incident report, and then I spoke to Detective McDunner last Thursday, 3 days ago, 4 days ago to ask him if there's any update. Uh, and he stated that the victim was refusing to cooperate with
the police that time. So, there is no further investigation going forward. and he stated that they knew each other from being from the same area, Boston, etc. And um like attorney Scandan said, this
is an event that is like a community-based event that everyone kind of knows each other. Um we've had no problems with them in the past four years. So it was very isolated incident. >> Thank you. Anything further um from you, Mr. Kane, or Drece before we move to
questions from the board? Not at this time. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um, Chairman Joyce, any questions? >> Um, would it be possible to send us your internal incident report or whatever video you may have so that we can review it or >> Okay. >> Yes, of course.
>> That's all. Thank you, >> Commissioner Karn. Any questions? >> I have no questions. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um, please do send along the video and instant report. I will share it with the commissioners. And with that, the board will take this under adisement. Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Calling item number four, 425 Broadway LLC and located at 425 West Broadway in South Boston. Date of the incident, April 5th, 2026. Assault and battery patron on patron in violation of Mass General laws chapter 138 section 64 chapter 265 section 13A was present on
behalf of the Lency. >> Good morning madam chair, members of the board. Attorney Green again, Kristen Scanland for the Lency. Also with us this morning is Matthew Casey who is general manager at the licensed premises. Thank you very much. Who is present on behalf of the Boston Police Department?
>> Sides of Detective Paul Donland. >> Thank you. Are there any other individuals with firsthand knowledge of the alleged incident who wish to testify? Can you please raise your right hand? Do you sort of tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
>> Thank you. Oh, sorry. Um I see additional individuals. Um uh is it officer Smeiglani? What is your your rank? >> Yes, officer Steven [snorts] Smiggleani. Yes. >> Great. Thank you very much. Who will be reading the report into the record? >> Uh, Officer Smiggleani will. >> Great. You may please proceed.
>> On Sunday, April 5th, 2026, um, Officer Smiggleani, Fox 499 Alpha, spoke with Matt Casey, the general manager Tavern, 425 West Broadway, who informed Officer Smiggleani that there was an altercation between two patrons inside the restroom. Casey stated that
the victim told him that the suspect hit him in the face. Casey observed the victim to have a fat lip um and a cut above his right eye. The victim refused an ambulance. The victim had left the premise prior to Officer Smiglani's arrival. At this time, the victim's name
and phone number are all that were obtained from him. Casey was made aware of the alleged suspect and pointed out the suspect to Officer Smiggleani. The suspect was standing outside on the sidewalk. Officer Smiglani was able to obtain the suspect's information. The suspect denied any confrontation with
anyone inside the premise. The suspect appeared to be intoxicated and officer Smigglani couldn't understand some of the things he was saying, but he was very cooperative with officer. And that's the report. >> Thank you very much, officer. Attorney Scandler, would you like to address the alleged incident?
>> Please. Just a few questions. Officer Smiggleani. Um, for the record, the call regarding this incident did come from um Mr. Casey, who's the GM of the licensed premises. That's correct. >> And were any charges brought in this matter?
>> Um, I think Sergeant Detective Don can answer that one. >> I reviewed the uh investigator's notes and it appears that the victim never got back to the detective. So, there were no charges taken out. >> Thank you very much. And uh at all times regarding this investigation, um I guess
question for both of you. Were staff cooperative with this incident? >> Yes. >> Yes, they were. >> Thank you very much. No further questions at this time. Madam Chair, members of the board, as an initial matter uh regarding this incident, there was no issue at all with either patron
prior in the evening, um did not notice them until this incident. Um by all known facts, it appears to have been an isolated incident in the men's restroom. Um Matt, who was directly involved um uh in the incident, walked in to check the
bathrooms, as staff do every 5 to 10 minutes. uh didn't witness any actual altercation but saw them yelling at each other um after uh whatever altercation occurred. Matt had to step between them. He can certainly tell you himself as
well if you have any questions, but um he did not have to physically separate them. He just put his body in between them. Um it is not known uh what started the altercation. He and other staff walked each party out separately. as a police report indicates, there was a
minor injury on the um alleged victim's face. Um Matt swiftly called police and offered medical attention which was declined and the vict victim shortly thereafter departed from the premises. He did successfully obtain his name and number which was provided to police. Um
when police arrived, the suspect was still outside as was indicated again in the police report and um uh Mr. case. He pointed him out to Officer Smigglani uh where the alleged suspect's information was obtained as well, but um
as you heard in the report, he denied he was involved in the altercation. Again, this appears to be an isolated incident. There is no warning with these two going into the restroom that anything would have happened. They don't have staff um stationed in the restrooms, but they do, as I said, have um floats or managers
checking on restrooms constantly throughout the evening. like I said, every 5 to 10 minutes to ensure um there's no issues within the restrooms. This does seem to be a completely isolated incident and um staff once brought to their attention and and I witness um acted accordingly under the
circumstances. That being said, certainly happy to answer um any questions the board might have. >> Thank you, Chairman Joyce. Any questions? >> Uh thank you. I have no questions. [snorts] >> I have no questions as well. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. With that, the
board will take this under advisement. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Uh item number five will be continued to the next available hearing date. Calling item number six, Brood Intentions LLC, doing business as the fourth wall located at 228 Tremont Street. Date of the incident, April 16th, 2026. Service
of alcohol to persons under 21 in violation of mass general laws chapter 138 section 3434A. 416464A and boards rule 1.08F. Failure to properly ID patrons in violation of mass general laws of 138 section 64. Who's present on behalf of the lency?
>> Morning, Attorney Green, Madam Chair, members of the board, attorney Kurt Bletzer for the uh fourth wall. With me today is also Dave Ferando and Brett Walshaw. >> Thank you very much. I do see both. Who
is present on behalf of the Boston Police Department? >> I am Detective Hernandez. >> Thank you. Thank you. Are there any other individuals with fertain knowledge of the alleged incident who wish to testify? >> Detective William Gallagher if need be. >> Thank you. 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. Detective Hernandez, could you please read the report into the record for the board? >> Good [clears throat] morning. I'm going to read from a police report which I wrote on Thursday, April 16, 2026 trying Detective William Gallagher and Detective Eddie Hernandez assigned to
the BPD license per unit went to the fourth wall to deliver a notice for an upcoming licensing board hearing. The hearing was in regards to a prior incident of service of alcohol to multiple underage patrons at the establishment. As detectives walked into establishment,
they observed a table of uh of multiple patrons drinking alcoholic beverages. They noticed that these patrons looked very young. Detectives asked them to produce identification to confirm their ages. The patrons initially stated they were 21 years old and provided driver's licenses/identification cards that were eventually discovered to
be fraudulent. The fraudulent driver's licenses/ ID cards was confiscated by detectives and the patrons were positively identified. Then it goes into all the patrons that we found in there. One, two, three, four, five, six.
Um, all the individuals will be summoned to court for persons under 21 possession of alcohol and false slash um, misuse of R&B documents. Um, detectives brought this to the attention of the person in charge, Mr. Brandon Mclofflin, as a
result of what uh, detectives observe sign detective Gallagher issued license per inspection notice 054725 for persons and 2021 possession of alcohol on premise and failure to properly ID patrons. Mr. Mclofflin signed for and accept the notice. That's
all. >> Thank you. Attorney Bletzer, would you like to address the alleged incident, >> please? Detective Hernandez, was m Mr. Mclofflin cooperative with you that night? >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. I have no further questions. If I may, uh, Chairman Joyce, obviously, we
were before you a month ago. We took immediate step immediate steps with Mr. McGloin. He was fired. He had been trained and instructed on the proper training for accepting IDs. He did not do it that night. He took IDs that were foreign. He did not take
passports. Did not have any backup documentation to deal with it. There is no excuse for what he did. He was fired. There is a zero tolerance policy that was put into place by Mr. Walshaw. And uh on top of that, we brought in Dave Ferando has come in uh with the
establishment to start working there. He has 27 years in the industry and extensive experience with running establishments in the city of Boston. We have filed with the board a uh a petition to uh have him named as the
manager of record at the establishment. He has worked with Brett for the last few months, couple of months actually since the incident. Uh they have done retraining and we've put together a retraining procedure and log with which I will file with the board. So you can
see the procedures and steps they're taking for identification. Uh they've all retraining and the the uh staff weekly meetings are going on further at this point. Dave has come in to uh to talk to the staff to go through especially in this time with all the
foreign individuals that are in town. How important it is. We've hired extra security so that we was there is security specifically set to be at the door to take care of dealing with the ID issue. If they're foreign, they need to have a passport. Uh that is it. Period.
The scanners that we have are up to date now. So those are are very good for the local and the uh uh the identification for in country. Um, but the steps that we're taking at this point in making sure that our staff follows all of the
procedures moving forward and Dave I think will be a big help with Brett to uh to institute that to make things work better in the establishment at this point. >> Thank you, Attorney Blitzer. We'll see if there are any questions at this time. Chairman Joyce,
>> um, just a so Dave, where did you work before you came on with fourth wall? Um, I've worked numerous places. Uh, I manage at Causeway and Alma Cantina. Um, I've been recently for the past 10 or 12 years.
>> Okay. Um, I did visit the fourth wall recently with Sergeant Gallagher and Detective Hernandez in the evening. Um, and I know we did test your ID scanner. Sergeant Gallagher, do you have any comments or feedback on Detective
Hernandez based upon what you've seen? >> It sounds like, Madam Chair, that they've uh put the steps necessary to run a successful place. The only thing is it has to be implemented. Uh you're probably going to have a a good test come late August when all the kids come back because it's out there in social
media that you are an easy place to get into. And as long as they do what they stated they're going to do in this hearing, uh, they should be okay. >> Okay. Um, and we will be getting your application. Um, I think we got it for the change of
ownership, right? >> We did. >> Yes. >> Okay. We can talk about some of those things at the other hearing. Um, I don't have any questions, Commissioner Karen. I >> I don't have anything to add. Thank you. Thank you. If there are no further questions and the board will take this under advisement as well. Thank you.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Calling item number seven, Boston Donor King, Inc. doing business as Boston Donor located at 55 Causeway Street. Dated incident April 14th, 2026. Alcohol on premise frocky and wine in violation of Mass General Lodge chapter 140
section 9. An expired ISD certificate that expired in October of 2025 in violation of Mass General Lodge chapter 140 section 9. And no entertainment license on premise. who is present on behalf of the lency. >> Yeah. >> Hi, good morning. I am present. My name is Mohammad.
>> Thank you for being with us. Who is present on behalf of the Boston Police Department? >> I am Detective Hernandez again. >> Thank you. Are there any other individuals with firsthand knowledge of the alleged incident who wish to testify? >> Detective Gallagher if need be. >> Thank you. Could please raise your right hand.
Mr. Ezra, if you could please raise your right hand for us. Thank you. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> I do. >> I do. >> Thank you. Detective Hernandez, if you could please proceed with the police report. >> Good morning. Read another from another police report. I wrote on Tuesday, April 14th, 2026, sorry Detective William Gallagher and Detective Eddie Hernandez
assigned to the BPD license per conducted a license permanent inspection of Boston Donna restaurant. On reviewing the licenses, certificates, and permits of the establishment, detectives observed that there was no current inspectional services department certificate posted. It expired 10:30 or
25 and no city of uh Boston entertainment license posted. As as detectives walked through the restaurant, they noticed a full bottle of wine and a half full and a half full bottle of wine and a half full bottle of Reiki. These bottles were behind the
counter and on top of one of the cabinets. Detectives infor the staff that alcohol cannot be stored, consumed, or displayed for sale in the premise without a valid liquor license. The detectives brought all this to the attention of the person in charge, Mr.
Muhammad Ajaz. Mr. Jaz stated that the alcohol alcohol was occasionally consumed by staff after work. Uh, Mr. Jaz was also unable to provide detectives with the current licenses and certificate. As as a result of what detectives observed, Sergeant Detective
Gallagher issued license permission inspection notice 054721 uh for no current ISD certificate posted. no City of Boston entertainment license posted and for having alcohol on premise, Mr. signed for an accepted notice. And there is a picture attached
to this showing uh what we actually saw um that evening on top of the uh the cabinet that was behind the counter. That's all. >> Thank you. Mr. Haz, would you like to address the alleged incident? >> Yes. So, our staff sometime they after the restaurant closed, they consumed the
alcohol. So when the officer came to the restaurant and they informed us. So we took the action right away and addressed to the staffs and we disposed of the alcohol bottles and uh we know the seriousness of this issue and we will make sure this will never happen again
there. And regarding the entertainment license we got the next day from the city and we already placed there and for the inspection certificates is also already placed in the restaurant but we informed by the city uh we have less than 45 seating. So in future we don't
need inspection certificate anymore. >> Thank you. We'll see if there are any questions at this time. Chairman Jo, any questions? >> What time of night was this at? Do you guys remember when you went out there? >> Uh it was around 10 or 10:30, I think. >> And what time do you close?
>> 11. >> Okay. Do you understand? You understand about um not consuming? Yeah, we we dispose everything on the same time. >> Okay. Um, Commissioner K, do you have any questions?
>> Uh, I'm sorry. So, you have Do you have no seating? >> No, we have seating less than 45. It's almost 39. >> Okay. And so, you don't need an ISD. Yeah,
because the city informed us if it's less than 48, you don't need in future. >> 48. Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. Are there any further questions? Seeing none, the board will take this under advisement. Thank you.
Call it number eight, BB Social Club LLC. Doing business as Back Bay Social Club located at 867 Boilson Street. Date of the incident, April 20th, 2026. Patio overcrowding 52 on police count. capacity 32 in violation of mass general laws chapter 138 section 64 and board's
rule 1.03J and 1.06A 06 A and F. Who is present on behalf of the Lency? >> Good morning, Attorney Green, Madam Chair, members of the board. Again, Dennis Quilty um in appearing on behalf of the Lency. Uh with me this morning, David Habino, who is the manager on duty
on the day in question and Kina Corps who's the risk manager for the Lions group. Good morning. >> Morning. Thank you all. Who is present on behalf of the Boston Police Department? >> Detective William Gallagher. Detective Randy Hernando if needed. >> 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? >> Do you tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> I do. >> I do. >> Thank you. Sergeant Gallagher, you may please proceed. >> Yes. Good morning. I'll be reading
paper, please report that I wrote on 4:206 at about 3:20 p.m. Sergeant Detective William Gallagher, Detective Eddie Hernandez assigned to the license premise unit conducted a license premise inspection. The Back Bay social club at
867 Boilson Street. As detectives approached the premise, they observed the patio to be quite full with all the tables and chairs being occupied. In addition, there were patrons scanning on the patio filling most of the remaining floor space. Behind the patrons, detectives observed what they later
learned was a live radio broadcast which was set up just inside the open doors. Inside the premise, detectives sought out the manager, Mr. David Habino, questioning the capacity of the patio and entertainment. Detectives discovered that the listing capacity of the patio
be 32 patrons. Detectives conducted a mechanical count which revealed 52 persons being counted. In addition, while the type of live entertainment was allowed on the city of Boston one-time license, condition number two required that all doors and windows to be closed during the entertainment. Detectives
relayed their findings to Mr. Navino, who stated that he would bring the premise into compliance. As a result, it was discovered Sergeant Gallagher license premise inspection 055310 to the Back Bay Social Club. DJ entertainment taking place with open windows against conditions on one time
license patio overcrowded capacity 52 I'm sorry 32 52 found on police count Mr. David Habino signed for accepted uh the notice I just wanted a little backdrop this this was marathon Monday so the reason for the uh the early inspections and that's it
>> understood thank you very much uh attorney quilty would you like to address the alleged incident >> s detective did did Mr. There bring the premises into compliance when you requested he do so. >> Yes sir, we did. >> And he did they he and management cooperate with you? >> They did, sir.
>> And as you indicated, this was Marathon Monday, a very obviously very busy time on this location on Boils Street. Um the um Madam Chair, members of the board, Mr. Aino is a um relatively new manager for the Lions group. He had come
from a different location. This was his first experience with Marathon Monday on Boilson Street. Um it is at best a very difficult um day um with the crowds of people all over the place. The circumstance here was that there was a
they had to remove people from the downstairs room because it was a private party booked and we think it it was almost at this moment in time where people were coming up the stairs to go out and they were kind of crushed in the
patio area. Um it it shouldn't have happened. They've they've retrained their staff. We'll hire additional people in the future. Again, as you know and everyone knows, this is a very very busy portion of of a of a very busy street on Marathon
Monday. Um but understanding that they are responsible um this was a uh an error of staffing and um you know we had the the tables and chairs up there out there all day which would normally limit the number of people. The staff was out
there all day. Again, this was like the perfect storm of one group leaving and all arriving at the patio area. Um, so we will train additionally, we will hire additionally and make sure that this
doesn't happen. Um, we have had uh situations in the past on the interior. I think this is the first time we've ever had an issue on the on the exterior on the patio. Um and we will uh take extra extra steps to make sure it does
not occur again. And Mr. Habino is here. Uh Mr. Abino, would you just introduce yourself please to the board? >> Hi guys, I'm David the general manager at Back by Social from the beginning of this year till the end of April. >> Okay. And just to explain what happened
in your own words. >> Yes. So at that time we had a prior the rent downstairs in our the retro room. While that was letting uh letting out make space for a pri everyone came upstairs. Um there are a lot of guests who wanted to go see their friends run on the patio uh out on the street. So
everyone kind of pushed towards the patio. So we did while we had the right amount of people inside the restaurant. More people kind of gravitate outside just again to see the friends run by. So while everyone who was sitting down was the proper amount of people on the patio. um people standing up is what
really put us over the over the limit. >> And did you um take care of that situation when requested to by the Boston police? >> Correct. We did. We did kind of get try to get people moved out of the way out of the standing walkways just to kind of get us under compliance to get enough
people off the patio so it gets back under that 32 people. >> Okay. Thank you, sir. The board may have some questions for you. >> Thank you very much. Chairman Joyce, any questions? >> Thank you very much. I appreciate all of that. Um I don't have any questions. Commissioner, do you?
>> I do not. Thank you. >> Thank you. And the board will take this matter under adisement as well. Thank you all. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> And finally, calling item number nine, Boston in 4 LLC. Doing business as ATO Keefs, located at 911 Boilson Street. Dated the incident April 20th, 2026.
Person is under 21 in possession of alcohol in violation of mass general laws. Chapter 138 section 34A, 34 C, and 6464A. who is present on behalf of the lency. >> Good morning, Attorney Green. Tyler Hler from Upton Canel and Develin on behalf of the Lency. Joining me is Rich Perry,
the manager of record at O'Keefe. >> Thank you very much. Who's present on behalf of the Boston Police Department? >> Detective Hernandez. >> You are there. Any other individuals with firsthand knowledge of the alleged incident who wish to testify? >> Detective William Gallagher. >> Thank you very much. Can you all please
raise your right hand? Thank you. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> I do. >> I do. >> Thank you. S Hernandez, you may please proceed. >> Good morning. Uh once again, uh reading from a report which I wrote on Monday, April 20th, 2026, Sing Detective William Gallagher and Detective Eddie Hernandez
assigned to the BPD license unit conducted a license premise inspection of O'Keefe's Pub. As detectives walked into the establishment, they observed a table with multiple patrons drinking alcoholic beverages. They noticed these patrons look young. Detectives asked them to produce identification, confirm
their ages. Patrons initially stated they were 21 years old and provided driver's license, identification cards, and passports. Some of these licenses were eventually discovered to be fraudulent. The fraudulent driver's licenses/ ID cards were confiscated by detectives, and the following patrons
were positively identified. A Mia Gonzalez produced a fraudulent New Jersey driver's license stating that her date of birth was 617, 2004. She then provided her true valid Puerto Rican driver's license which confirmed her actual date of birth was 617 2005. Miss
Gonzalez will be summoned to court for person under 21 position of alcohol and false misuse document. Should be noted that a miss Vargas produced a fraudulent Peru identification card [clears throat] stating that her date of birth was 47201
as detectives were attempting to chain more information from Miss Vargas. A Miss Paulina Chow Ramos pushed Sergeant Detective Galler in a successful attempt to help her friend Miss Vargas walk away from the table. Miss Chow Ramos will be summoned to court for assault and
battery to police officer. Detectives brought this all these matters to the attention of the person in charge, Mr. Richard Perry as a result of what Sergeant um detectives observed. Detective Gallagher issued license premise inspection orders 055
309 for persons under 21 person alcohol on premise. Mr. Perry signed for an accepted minutes. That's all. >> Thank you. Attorney Hler, would you like to address the alleged incident? >> Yes. Uh, Detective Hernandez, uh, were the Lency and and staff cooperative?
>> Yes. Yes, they were. >> Okay. And and this actually might be a question uh for Sergeant Detective Gallagher, but um did Rich Perry, the manager of record uh offer to testify against those asalants at the at the criminal proceeding at the BMC?
>> I believe he has. And uh the uh defense council or Miss Perry, they've uh they've already talked, so we haven't had that yet, but yeah, I believe that's still the case. >> Okay. Thank you. Um I just have a couple questions for uh Mr. Perry now. Um Mr.
Perry, what what is your position at at O'Keeffe? >> Uh, manager of record. >> Okay. And were you working at at Keefs that night or that that day? >> Yeah, that day. Yes, all day. It was about 4:00 when the incident happened.
>> Uh, was this group in question asked for IDs uh during that day? >> Yes. >> Okay. And the ID in question, was this a Massachusetts ID or was it from out of state? >> Uh, New Jersey. Out of state.
>> Okay. And when the ID was inspected, did it did it look fake or did it look authentic? >> It was an authentic looking ID. >> Okay. But the Boston police were able to tell upon in further investigation that it was fake. >> Yes, absolutely.
>> How How were they able to do that? Uh, Detective Gallagher had a scanner and he used that. >> Okay. Did you speak to Detective Gallagher and try to see what was wrong with the ID? >> Uh, yeah. We both looked at the ID to
try to pinpoint what appeared fake about it. Yes. >> Okay. Um, seeing that the scanner that the be Boston police used was able to determine it was a fake, will you now employ the use of a scanner on the premises?
>> Absolutely. Yeah, 100%. >> Okay. [clears throat] How will you select which scanner to use? >> Use the scanner that the detective had um because it obviously works. So, >> okay. So, will you meet with Sergeant
Detective Gallagher and Detective Hernandez uh before getting a scanner to coordinate which which model to get? >> 100%. >> Okay. Will you require retraining for all employees with the scanner that you end up purchasing? >> Absolutely.
>> Okay. And will you now require anyone who appears under 40 to provide ID and scan those IDs? >> Absolutely. We uh we typically already do under all circumstances. Um we even reid at the bar once people are inside,
but um we'll definitely be using scanners from now on. >> Okay. Um one thing about the uh asalants, were the women aggressive or causing any problems before they were IDed at any point or at any point prior to this incident?
>> No. No, it was uh it was marathon Monday. They were they were sitting down prior to anything. They weren't causing any problems. >> Okay. And just from their appearance, was it foreseeable that they uh would cause an altercation? >> Absolutely not. No.
>> Okay. Um and will you take steps to ban the two people involved in the in that altercation from the premises? >> Yeah, they they've already they've already been banned 100% from the premises. >> All right. Thank you, Mr. Perry. That's
all I have. Um, Madame Chair, members of the board, we do not dispute the facts in the violation report. Uh, this lency routinely catches uh fake IDs. All the bartenders and managers have years of experience in the sale and service of alcohol. They're all properly trained to
recognize IDs. The lack of attention to ID checking uh is not why this incident occurred. These these IDs were checked. This is the result of very highquality fake IDs as you heard. Uh the fact that the New Jersey fake ID was convincing uh
is not an excuse or a defense for the lency. Uh it's a teachable moment. They know following this incident that due to the quality of fake IDs out there, they can no longer rely on experience or uh the naked eye alone. So this incident,
as you you heard, occurred on Marathon Monday. This is a very popular establishment located right at the marathon finish line. They also have welcomed thousands of international visitors in the past few weeks. While it is not practical to ban non-Masks IDs,
at O'Keefe's wants to use this as an opportunity to tighten its policies and that is why we are committed to instituting a scanner uh and revising the ID protocol and seeking Boston Police Department training uh related to the scanner. The lency would just like
to take a moment to apologize to the licensing board and the Boston police detectives involved and take full responsibility for its role in this incident and wants the commission uh to leave here today knowing that atto will be doing everything in their power uh to
make sure this does not happen again. They will also, as you heard, ban the the two people involved in the assault on detect Sergeant Detective Gallagher uh from the premises. With that, we're happy to take any questions. Thank you. >> Thank you, Attorney Hensler. Chairman Joyce, any questions?
>> So, I thank you for taking responsibility. Just a couple of comments. This was Marathon Monday, and I would expect um any licency that caters to the college crowd that is along the marathon route, especially the finish line to use extra um vigilance
when IDing people come in. Um Detective Hernandez Osin Gallagher, do these people look young? >> They they did look young, ma'am. But I just want to uh highlight on something that we kind of missed there in talking about this, but one of these was a uh Peruvian identification card. It was not
a passport. We we can't scan that. Uh when our question of the individual probably she did not want to relinquish it at first, but once we looked at it and we asked her, she said it was fake. So, I mean, the scanners are good. They're not 100%. These kids did look
young, but the girl with the Peruvian license or identific identification card should not have been allowed in there. This is right next to or close to Berkeley. And uh they they do get a lot of Berkeley kids. The Berkeley police were very helpful in helping us identify
some of these kids. Their uh police station is right next door. >> Yeah. Detective Fernandez, do you have anything you want to add? >> Yes. The Peruvian ID card was a laminated uh wasn't even it wasn't even a license and it just I don't even know
was the real it looked like it was just made on the computer. It was really bad. You know, you could I don't know just wasn't good. I I think anybody that had looked at it probably would realize it was fraudulent at the very best at least.
>> I think you need to reflect upon, you know, the line you're drawing about what you do accept and what you don't accept. It seemed like that one was pretty egregious. Um, eliminated piece of paper. Um, again,
given the circumstances, this is Marathon Monday where you're located, I would have expected a lot more from a lency here. Um, you weren't taken by surprise. Um, it's an annual event and you often have college kids in there.
So, um those are some some of the issues I think you need to to um to reflect upon how you're managing and definitely reach out to the licensed premise unit if you want um some advice on your scanners, but they can't recommend anything. You have to take responsibility for that, too. Um it's
April. This was in April. It's now June. So, when are you getting new scanners? >> Uh I mean, I was waiting to speak to the officers. I can implement them within the next week or two. at the latest, >> we can come in. We can do that for you.
>> And then also, just so you guys know, there was three security guards um I had working that day. And the gentleman who checked uh the Peruvian ID and two of the other IDs that came in that actually I believe were uh real, he was he was
still terminated as a result. >> Okay. Thank you very much. Commissioner Karn, do you have anything? I mean, just to add a little bit more, I mean, when someone like identifies themselves as being from abroad, it's
that's easy to insist on on a passport. And I, you know, you guys can make your own choices, but I don't I think in that situation, that's all you should accept is is a is is the passport. So, thank you. >> Absolutely.
>> Thank you. Are there any further questions from the board at this time? Seeing none, the board will take this under adisement. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Those are all the items before the board this morning. The board is set to vote this Thursday, June 25th at 10 a.m. Notice has been posted to the city's
website. That will adjourn this hearing. Thank you all and enjoy the rest of your day. >> Thank you.