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Board renews Harem House permit on one-year probation after repeated violations and human-trafficking paperwork issues
Summary
The Local Alcoholic Beverage Board renewed the license for 8501 Pendleton Pike LLC (the Harem House) but placed the permit on one-year probation after the board heard multiple violations including human-trafficking form and signage issues and a firearms incident in the parking lot.
The Local Alcoholic Beverage Board of Marion County approved a one-year renewal for the liquor permit held by 8501 Pendleton Pike LLC (operating as the Harem House) but placed the permit on a formal 12-month probationary term after hearing a detailed account of multiple violations and a security incident that occurred in the business's parking area.
Attorney Mark Myers and representative Ryan Carlson described a series of compliance problems that included missing or incorrectly filed human-trafficking forms and related paperwork, signage and food-service deficiencies and an altercation in the parking lot in which a performer discharged a firearm after leaving the property. Board members questioned the timing of corrective actions and pressed the operator on employee screening, security, the presence and training of door staff, and whether operating hours had been altered since the incident.
Carlson and Myers told the board they had met with state excise police several times, made changes to staff and security practices, added cameras and a leased mobile camera trailer in the parking area, adopted stricter ID and scanning procedures, and implemented monthly compliance checks of entertainer paperwork. They also said a manager and new compliance oversight for Indiana locations had been put in place.
Board members acknowledged the corrective steps but said the nature of the violations ' particularly those related to human-trafficking paperwork and the parking-lot shooting ' required clear consequences that provided both accountability and time to demonstrate sustained compliance. The board voted to renew the permit on condition of one year of probation; any additional violations during that period could prompt stronger sanctions.
The board directed staff to note the probationary conditions and to require follow-up checks; the licensee was notified of the board's decision and the standard appeal options.
