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Beer board directs staff to draft show-cause order for problem establishment and schedules April hearing
Summary
After reviewing incident reports dating to 2022 and multiple events in 2024, the Shelbyville Beer Board directed staff to draft a show-cause order covering specific incidents and set a hearing for April to consider suspension or other action.
The Shelbyville Beer Board directed staff to draft a show-cause order for a problem establishment with a history of police incident reports and set a special hearing in April to consider the matter.
Board members reviewed incidents dating to 2022 — including a prior finding for selling to underage patrons — along with a cluster of incidents in 2024. Staff and police described April 28, 2024, and two December 2024 incidents (Dec. 15 and Dec. 28) as the events the board wanted included in the show-cause order; the board agreed not to include an April 6, 2024 incident that staff considered less clearly related.
Deputy Chief Pat Mathis and responding officers recounted police responses to those calls: multiple reports of fights in the parking lot, an arrest for public intoxication tied to a December incident, and discovery of bullet casings at a December scene. Officers described situations in which patrons or witnesses were uncooperative and said they could not always locate weapons or identify all involved individuals at the scene. Police told the board that the business had previously been the subject of a show-cause process in 2022 that resulted in a fine, and that the fine was paid.
Board members pressed staff on whether extra security had been in place after the 2022 show-cause process; police said they were not aware of consistent security patrols in the parking lot despite earlier statements by the establishment that security would be used. Given the volume and nature of the reports, the board directed staff to draft a show-cause order that will identify the specific incident reports and the portions of law the board believes may have been violated, then return the item for a formal hearing. The board discussed holding a standalone special meeting for the show-cause hearing and set the hearing for April.
No board suspension or penalty was imposed at the meeting; the action was procedural — directing staff to prepare a formal notice and scheduling the hearing so the establishment receives due-process notification prior to any board decision.
