Queens warehouse shut down after illegally transformed to live performance corridor with 300 folks inside, doable underage consuming

ELMHURST, Queens (WABC) — A warehouse in Queens was shut down after police found it had been illegally transformed to a live performance corridor with 300 folks inside.

Jesus Rodas, the proprietor of the warehouse on Barnwell, says the spot is an indoor house for sports activities, however the NYPD says that was not the case early Saturday morning.

Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry posted pictures on social media, saying the warehouse was unlawfully remodeled right into a live performance corridor.

Daughtry tells Eyewitness Information that officers had been initially referred to as to the world due to a battle in the course of the road. After they arrived, they discovered a whole lot of individuals packed into the warehouse with alcohol and meals on the market.

Rodas says he took over because the proprietor six months in the past and says the occasion final night time was only for household.

“Oh that is the occasion to provide you already know, household isn’t any legislation. No, no, no enterprise. They’re all folks like household. They make occasion for household – that is it,” Rodas stated.

In response to Daughtry, the occasion was harmful, with probably 500 folks packed inside, and he does not imagine this was the primary time a celebration like this had been held on the location.

Officers wrote a number of summonses for promoting alcohol amounting to hundreds of {dollars}.

He additionally suspects a number of folks had been underage consuming.

Rodas says he doesn’t imagine folks had been at risk on Friday.

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