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State police raided a South Side club and seized gallons of alcohol over the weekend, while the county health department shut down the bar for operating without a license, records show.
State troopers with the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement along with Pittsburgh police served a search warrant on the Boom Boom Room in the rear of a building in the 1700 block of East Carson Street, according to a release from state police.
The search warrant, served just after 2 a.m. Saturday, turned up 5.16 gallons of brewed alcohol and 5.9 gallons of liquor, police said.
ELKTON â In December 2004, Pennsylvania State Police Det. John J. Comerford swore out an arrest warrant charging former Port Deposit-area resident Joseph Dwayne Griest with first-degree rape and related sexual assault offenses in that state.
Comerford did so even though Griest, who was 33 at that time, already was serving a 65-year prison sentence in Maryland in a related 1999 kidnapping case that had been handled in Cecil County.
His decision to secure that Pennsylvania arrest warrant more than 16 years ago loomed large on March 16.
Thatâs when Griest, now 49, received a 35-year prison term after pleading guilty to kidnapping and carjacking in his latest successful appeal of that dual-jurisdiction case relating to a 1999 abduction that started in Elkton and ended several hours later in Pennsylvania.
5 Lancaster County restaurants or clubs cited in March for liquor code violations related to COVID-19 lancasteronline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lancasteronline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
18 licensed central Pa. restaurants, bars and social clubs cited for not following COVID-19 guidelines
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Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf, pictured in May 2020, recently loosened COVID-19 mitigation guidelines for the state s hospitality industry. However, the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement continues to enforce guidelines at licensed restaurants, bars and social clubs.
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COVID-19 mitigation measures targeting restaurants are easing up, but Pennsylvania State Police continue to do compliance checks at licensed establishments.
About 18 restaurants, bars and social clubs in central Pennsylvania were cited in March by the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement. The number is on par with February, when about 16 establishments were cited.
Enforcement of COVID-19 requirements for restaurants driven by thousands of public complaints [Lancaster Watchdog] lancasteronline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lancasteronline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.