You may appear personally at the summary suspension hearing, and you as well
s
the establishment, may be represented by legal counsel. You have the right to produce witnesses and evidence on your behalf and to cross-examine witnesses. You may examine evidence produced, and have subpoenas issued on your
behalfto
require the production
of
witnesses and evidence. All hearings are conducted in the English language.
If
you, any corporate officer, or any witnesses to be called are deaf, have a hearing impediment, or cannot readily understand or communicate the spoken English language, an application may be made to the Board for the appointment
of
a qualified interpreter. The grounds for the summary suspension are outlined below. On September 28, 2015, the
hief
of
Police for the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)
of
the District
of
Columbia requested in writing, pursuant to D.C. Official
ode§
25-827 (2012 Repl.), that the Board revoke the alcoholic beverage license
of
the licensed establishment. The request is based upon the conclusion that the continued operation
of
the licensed establishment presents an
imminent d nger
to the health and safety
of
the public. In further support
of
the request, the
hief
of
Police concluded that there would be an additional imminent danger to the health and welfare
of
the public
if
the establishment is not closed, and that there
is
no other immediately available measure that would ameliorate the threat to the public safety. On or about Sunday, September 27, 2015, a call came into the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) Hotline reporting an assault with a deadly weapon in your establishment. ABRA investigators visited the establishment at approximately 3:30 a.m. in response to the call. Earlier, members
of
the Reimbursable Detail stationed outside your establishment noticed that two people exiting had been hurt while inside. Those two individuals refused ambulance services and later told an ABRA investigator that there had been an altercation inside the establishment and that, only when they were leaving, did they recognize they had been stabbed inside. MPD followed them by car and spoke to them at a gas station close by. Both victims were treated at a hospital; one suffered a stab wound to his thigh and the other suffered a stab wound to his neck/upper back area. Almost immediately after the two victims left the premises, an MPD officer still outside, observed a security person, Kevin Battle, emerge wearing a blood soaked shirt. He stated that there had been an altercation inside the establishment. Mr. Battle later advised an ABRA investigator that among the people in the altercation was an individual who slipped with a bottle in his hand and that he was a third individual who sustained an injury. The individual sustained an injury to his hand and was escorted by security down a hallway to a room marked employees only. That person refused to wait for an ambulance and left the establishment. He left not wearing a shirt, which was apparently wrapped around his injured hand. MPD did not discover any broken glass. The investigation shows that an altercation broke out at approximately 2:18 a.m. among a number
of
patrons near the dance floor area
of
your establishment. Security personnel intervened, and although the altercation broke up, security did not separate any aggressors from 2
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