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Complaints against bar to be heard by council

Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/2/07

BY ERIK LARSEN

COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU

BELMAR — The Borough Council has called a special meeting to hear the charges against D'Jais, one of the borough's most popular bars, which has been accused of eight violations of alcoholic beverage control laws.

The governing body will convene a hearing at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 13, Borough Clerk Margaret D. Plummer said.

As documented in a 19-page police report, four violations stem from a June 25 incident in which the bar is accused of two counts of engaging in or allowing a brawl on its premises and two counts of failure to contact the police over the incident. One count each of the same violations also were levied over a Sept. 2 fight there. The remaining two violations were for general nuisance complaints made against the bar between May 1 and Sept. 30, according to the report.

If convicted of all the charges, D'Jais could be forced to close for as long as 160 days. Each penalty carries a possible license suspension of 10 to 30 days.

When reached Thursday, William Wolf, the attorney representing D'Jais, said he was too busy to discuss the charges.

On June 25, police responded to the bar when a patron appeared to be getting assaulted by bouncers, according to a police report.

"Upon arrival, I noticed a large group of at least 50 people outside of D'Jais and in the street on Ocean Avenue shouting that they could not believe that the bouncers would beat someone up outside the bar like that," Special Officer Paul Smikovecus wrote.

The victim was identified in Smikovecus's report as Nicola Paul Pesce of Brooklyn, who sustained numerous injuries to his head and body, including a fractured eye socket, and was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.

A hearing on the charges had originally been scheduled for Nov. 29 but was postponed at the request of the bar, Plummer said.

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Belmar, D'Jais nearing deal on bar's violations

Details of proposal to be announced at Feb. 28 meeting

Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/15/07

BY ERIK LARSEN

COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU

BELMAR — A deal between the Borough Council and D'Jais, which was charged with eight violations of the town's alcoholic beverage control laws, could be agreed upon between both parties by the end of the month.

While a special council meeting on the fate of D'Jais ended without a resolution on Tuesday night, Borough Attorney Karl Kemm said the governing body and the owners of D'Jais were "very close" to a compromise that would not cripple this landmark nightclub at the corner of Ocean and 18th avenues.

A formal hearing before the council — acting in its capacity as the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board — had been scheduled. However, just before the hearing was set to begin, D'Jais attorney David Stanziale asked the council for an informal discussion prior to the start of the hearing that would, potentially, lead to a settlement between Belmar and D'Jais.

After Mayor Kenneth E. Pringle asked the council to consider the request, Councilman Barry Zimmerman asked for a motion to go into executive session. The council voted to do so and deliberated in private for several hours before Kemm made a proposal to Stanziale, who then consulted with his clients.

The details of that agreement will not be made public until Feb. 28, when the council is next scheduled to meet with D'Jais and when the owners will have to make a decision as to whether they will accept the deal. If they don't, a hearing will be scheduled for March 6, and no further negotiations will be allowed at that time.

"We're very close on the deal on the matter," Kemm said when the council reconvened in public session four hours after the start of its meeting Tuesday.

As many as 60 people came to Tuesday's meeting, with the audience divided into two camps: One representing the borough's politically influential Belmar Homeowners Association and another representing employees and friends of D'Jais.

As documented in a 19-page police report, four violations stem from a June 25 incident in which the bar is accused of two counts of engaging in or allowing a brawl on its premises and two counts of failure to contact the police over the incident. One count each of the same violations also were levied over a Sept. 2 fight there. The remaining two violations were for general nuisance complaints made against the bar between May 1 and Sept. 30, according to the report.

If convicted of all the charges, D'Jais was facing a suspension of its license for as many as 160 days. Each penalty carries a possible license suspension of 10 to 30 days.

Erik Larsen: (732) 643-4029 or elarsen@app.com

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