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Sustaining adverse action against the Liquor On Sale-100 seats or less, Liquor On Sale-Sunday, Liquor On Sale -2AM Closing, Liquor-Outdoor Service Area (Patio), and Gambling Location licenses held by BH & M, Inc., d/b/a Born’s Dutch Bar at 899 Rice Street.
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WHEREAS, the Liquor On Sale-100 seats or less, Liquor On Sale-Sunday, Liquor On Sale -2AM Closing, Liquor-Outdoor Service Area (Patio), and Gambling Location licenses held by BH & M, Inc. d/b/a Born’s Dutch Bar for the premises located at 899 Rice Street in Saint Paul were the subject of a Notice of Violation-Notice of Intent to Suspend Licenses and Notice of Intent to Revise License Conditions (“Notice”) dated October 5, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the Notice stated that on August 23, 2017 a shots fired incident occurred outside of Born’s Dutch Bar in which four (4) people were shot; and
WHEREAS, as part of the investigation, Saint Paul Police contacted Michael Born, the Manager of Born’s Dutch Bar, to obtain a copy of their surveillance video; and
WHEREAS, Michael Born was unable to immediately make a copy of that surveillance video; and
WHEREAS, Saint Paul Police had to send a Video Technician to Born’s Dutch Bar to collect a copy of the surveillance video; and
WHEREAS, a copy of the surveillance video was not made available to Saint Paul Police until approximately five (5) hours after the original request in violation of license condition #5; and
WHEREAS, on August 30, 2017, during a proactive policing visit to Born’s Dutch Bar, Saint Paul Police observed patrons enter the establishment without being patted down, “wanded” with a metal detector, having their purses checked or having their identification checked by security staff to validate age in violation of license condition #2; and
WHEREAS, on September 26, 2017, while on patrol, Saint Paul Police noticed the front doors of Born’s Dutch Bar wide open and observed a female patron enter the bar without being “wanded” with a metal detector ...
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