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Sheriff's Office asks Augusta commissioners to reconsider Tiffany's Eatery licensing after repeated late-night disturbances; commission orders earlier closing
Summary
The Richmond County Sheriff's Office presented video and incident reports they say show Tiffany's Eatery & Lounge operating as an unlicensed nightclub with repeated after-hours alcohol service and fights. The commission ordered the business to lock its doors by 2:30 a.m. for the next two weeks pending a formal hearing.
The Richmond County Sheriff's Office asked the Augusta Commission to revoke or reclassify the business license for Tiffany's Eatery & Lounge at 828 Broad Street after investigators documented repeated late-night disturbances and apparent violations of county alcohol and safety rules.
Sheriff's Office representatives showed a March 30 body-camera video they said depicts about 100 people waiting outside at 2:20 a.m. and an interior arranged “clearly as a nightclub, not as a restaurant.” The sheriff's presentation said deputies documented alcohol served after legal hours, indoor smoking and hookah use, an unlicensed DJ and a created dance floor without a dance-hall license, cover charges, loud music, crowd-control problems and multiple fights. The sheriff's office said those…
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