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New Year's Heave-Ho: Paterson Vice Squad Raids Restriction-Violating Bashes
An illegal New Year’s Eve gathering in Paterson might not have drawn much attention if wasn’t held on the top floor of a downtown warehouse. Same goes for a popular hookah lounge the city Vice Squad raided for COVID violations three times in the past two months. This time, authorities said, detectives advised the operators of Besan Café on East Railway that they had to be closed by 10 p.m. under an ongoing order issued by Gov. Phil Murphy’s to stem the spread of the coronavirus. When squad members showed up at 10:43 p.m., they found 15 patrons smoking hookahs, so they issued a vio…
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Authorities: Paterson PD Raid
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iolating Hookah Lounge For 3rd Time In Two Months
BASH CRASH: More than 100 patrons were partying at a Paterson hookah lounge well past midnight Friday when they were joined by a group of uninvited guests. City police had raided Fadi Abuawad’s Besan Café and reported several COVID restriction violations twice two months ago after finding 160 people there one night and more than 300 another, authorities said. This time, police followed the sound of loud DJ music at the East Railway Avenue building shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. In back, they found more than 100 people gathered at tables insid…
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19: Authorities Close Packed Paterson Nightclubs
Paterson police raided several nightclubs -- and closed a couple -- that they said were packed with patrons in violation of social distancing regulations, among other offenses. More than 300 people were packed into Besan Café on East Railway Avenue club one night when police showed up one night -- and more than 160 the next time, Speziale said. That wasn't all, he said. Summonses were issued for not having an entertainment license, smoking in public and creating or maintaining a dangerous condition, he said. The Gypsy Lounge on Getty Avenue club also was closed after police found more tha…
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Paterson PD: Sweep Of Illegal After-Hours Clubs Continues With Raid At Popular Hookah Lounge
It was sometime around 3 a.m. when patrons began arriving for a highly-publicized party at a popular Paterson hookah lounge, authorities said. Among those who turned up at Besan Café on East Railway Avenue were city inspectors, who'd shut the business down following a police raid earlier this year. Addressing illegal clubs is both a quality-of-life and regulatory issue, authorities say. For one thing, they tend to attract crime. For another, the owners and operators avoid both regulation and the necessary fees and taxes that honest business owners pay. City authorities said community membe…
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Paterson Officials Raid, Close Hookah Lounge Where Couple Was Shot
One of the last hookah lounges shut down by Paterson authorities is now a daycare center – so what will become of the latest, which was closed before dawn Saturday after authorities slapped the owner with 20 violations? Vice and ABC detectives, assisted by uniformed officers and city firefighters, found “various ignited hookahs pipes” when they raided the Besan Café on East Railway Avenue at 1:25 a.m., Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They seized 69 hookahs and various accessories, as well as $1,657 in proceeds from the owner, Fhaid Abuawad, Speziale said. Police also found a Pietro Be…
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