Local Licensing Authority Minutes 2006 04 24

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Local Licensing Authority Minutes April 24, 2006 Page 3 of 5 the packet be entered into the record of this proceeding. Rommelfanger seconded. All in favor. Mulvahill explained the order of the hearing. Fredricksmeyer and Newman delivered their opening statements. Attorney Fredricksmeyer called his first witness. Stephen Robertson, 2410 Waneka Lake Dr., Lafayette, CO entered testimony about a verbal disagreement within the Back Room on the evening in question. A patron had lost his ring and was being rude and loud about trying to find it and moved chairs around to look for the ring. The person who lost his ring, his friends and Mr. Robertson and his friends exchanged words on and off throughout the evening. The bartender told them to calm down a couple of times. Mr. Robert~oJ) said the group of people involved in "the ring incident" left the bar. Later, at closing time, Mr. Robertson left the bar and was assaulted in the parking lot. Attorney Fredricksmeyer then called Ryan Richardson to the witness stand. Ryan Richardson, 578 Fairfield Lane, Louisville, CO testified concerning what went on inside the bar. He also testified he saw Robertson being attacked in the parking lot when he went outside. He attempted to assist Mr. Robertson, was injured and required medical attention. Officer James Castellano of the Louisville Police Department testified while on duty that night he responded to a call to a home in Louisville where he took the statement of Steven Robertson, Ryan Richardson and Jon Travis Rumley about the disturbance in the Back Room. He also hqd them fill out written statements. Office Castellano testified he had written a summons to the party who had lost the ring, later identified as Matthew Stagl, for disorderly conduct due to the incident in the bar. Officer Ricky Blackney of the Louisville Police Department testified he was dispatched to the parking lot of the Back Room that evening to see if a certain vehicle was in the area. He was unable to locate the vehicle and went to The Back Room to talk to the bartender. He spoke to Jennifer Zane, the bartender, about the verbal argument inside the bar earlier in the evening as well as the fight in the parking lot. He also testified about some blood spots he observed outside of the establishment. He reported he had a conversation later with Mr. Newman. Mr. Newman called his first witness to the stand. Peter Clark, 844 Garfield Ave. Louisville, CO, a cook for The Back Room testified to what he witnessed during "the ring incident". Daniel Nikolich, 7626 Depew St., Arvada, CO was called to the stand. He owns amusement machines in The Back Room and was collecting money from them. He testified to witnessing the incident in the establishment. Mr. Newman called Jennifer Zane to the stand. Zane lives at 864 Garfield Avenue in Louisville, CO and was the bartender at The Back Room at the time of this incident. She described what went on in the establishment that evening.