Three other people were also arrested Saturday in Paterson for allegedly selling alcohol without a permit at a large party inside a hookah lounge.
The owner and operators of La Café Hookah hosted over 50 inside the establishment, above Gov. Phil Murphy s limit of 10 people for indoor gatherings and after 10 p.m. curfew, according to Paterson police.
None of the employees or customers were wearing any PPE and they were not properly distanced.
Jamahl Carter, Jamahl Carter Jr. and Erica Bush face several charges including selling alcohol without a license, no entertainment license, smoking indoors and recklessly creating and maintaining a condition endangering public safety.
Three other people were also arrested Saturday in Paterson for allegedly selling alcohol without a permit at a large party inside a hookah lounge.
The owner and operators of La Café Hookah hosted over 50 inside the establishment, above Gov. Phil Murphy s limit of 10 people for indoor gatherings and after 10 p.m. curfew, according to Paterson police.
None of the employees or customers were wearing any PPE and they were not properly distanced.
Jamahl Carter, Jamahl Carter Jr. and Erica Bush face several charges including selling alcohol without a license, no entertainment license, smoking indoors and recklessly creating and maintaining a condition endangering public safety.
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Maskless patrons and employees scrambled to hide evidence when Paterson police raided an illegal after-hours club that had become a death trap, authorities said.
Police found the door to La Café Hookah on Market Street locked when they showed up around 10:30 p.m. Saturday – a full half-hour after Gov. Phil Murphy’s COVID curfew required them to close, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said.
City officers looking through tinted windows saw people “scrambling inside removing hookahs and bottles of alcohol and taking them out a back door that led to a small area with no exit,” Speziale said.
Three other people were also arrested Saturday in Paterson for allegedly selling alcohol without a permit at a large party inside a hookah lounge.
The owner and operators of La Café Hookah hosted over 50 inside the establishment, above Gov. Phil Murphy s limit of 10 people for indoor gatherings and after 10 p.m. curfew, according to Paterson police.
None of the employees or customers were wearing any PPE and they were not properly distanced.
Jamahl Carter, Jamahl Carter Jr. and Erica Bush face several charges including selling alcohol without a license, no entertainment license, smoking indoors and recklessly creating and maintaining a condition endangering public safety.
Three other people were also arrested Saturday in Paterson for allegedly selling alcohol without a permit at a large party inside a hookah lounge.
The owner and operators of La Café Hookah hosted over 50 inside the establishment, above Gov. Phil Murphy s limit of 10 people for indoor gatherings and after 10 p.m. curfew, according to Paterson police.
None of the employees or customers were wearing any PPE and they were not properly distanced.
Jamahl Carter, Jamahl Carter Jr. and Erica Bush face several charges including selling alcohol without a license, no entertainment license, smoking indoors and recklessly creating and maintaining a condition endangering public safety.