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They laughed at your boot cut wrangler's, huh?

 

I think it was the straw hat.

 

Found this online at HamptonRoads.com's Buzz section

 

Beach House club evicted after jump in complaints
By GILLIAN GAYNAIR, The Virginian-Pilot
© February 1, 2006



VIRGINIA BEACH — After months of complaints, Oceanfront businessman Edmund Ruffin has evicted The Beach House, a nightclub that has been the site of increased fights, loud patrons and gunfire.

Ruffin said Tuesday that he asked tenant Kendall Davies last week to shut down the club at 616 Virginia Beach Blvd. Ruffin said Davies notified city officials he would close the club on

April 1 .

“Which I didn’t feel was timely,” Ruffin said.

Earlier this week, Ruffin said, he told Davies’ financial partner to take care of matters immediately. On Tuesday, Ruffin said he delivered notice that the lease had been terminated.

“I’m not going to permit it to continue going like it’s gone. I have a social conscience,” said Ruffin, a developer of the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront at 31st Street, a $79 million public-private venture. “I’ve worked tirelessly to change the complexion of the Oceanfront.”

Davies could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

The most recent incident at The Beach House occurred Sunday night, when police said a shot was fired and several fights broke out in the surrounding area.

A gun was recovered from a car parked nearby, in the 1800 block of Cypress Ave. Two juveniles were arrested – one for possession of a firearm, the other for disorderly conduct. Two adults also were arrested for disorderly conduct, police said.

The state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is investigating Sunday’s incident and others at the club, spokeswoman Becky Gettings said.

A nearby resident, Thomas Lankford, said the latest melee was similar to others that have woken him up. Lankford lives at Shoreham Square Condominiums on 19th Street and Mediterranean Avenue, behind The Beach House.

“It’s common enough that I can tell a gunshot from a firecracker now,” said Lankford, a 23-year-old photographer.

In December, a bullet lodged in a neighbor’s kitchen, about 20 feet from the crib of Lankford’s 14-month-old son.

Condo dwellers last month sent six letters of complaint to police.

Along with police reports, the letters were forwarded the commonwealth’s attorney to have a judge declare the club a nuisance, according to Michael Johnson, a resident and director of the Shoreham Square Condominium Association.

From 2004 to 2005, calls to police about The Beach House jumped from 88 to 218. Most were made on weekends between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m., according to police.

Officers made 57 arrests at The Beach House from Jan. 1, 2005, through Saturday. Thirty of them were for weapons violations, mostly for concealed weapons, p olice Capt. Dennis Free said.

There also were three felony arrests involving drugs and an assault on a police officer, he said.

In January 2005, 17-year-old Demario Joyner was shot to death by police Officer Robert C. Ernest outside The Beach House after Ernest chased the boy and demanded that he drop his weapon. The officer was cleared of wrongdoing.

Johnson, who has lived at the condos for 17 years, said noise at The Beach House has always been a problem, but it has escalated since Memorial Day. He said the ruckus is more often peppered with gunfire.

“When you live here at the beach, you can’t expect things to be exactly quiet. You try to co exist,” said Johnson, a 62-year-old retiree. “But just let us sleep at 2 in the morning, and don’t shoot at us.”

For Lankford, the bullet that whizzed so close to his resting child was the turning point. The baby now sleeps between Lankford and his wife.

And this month, they will move from Shoreham Square.

 

never been dont really care.

 

its their fault

they book trashy ghetto fucks to play at the clubs and trashy ghetto fucks will go to the clubs.

that and their security must suck.

i know plenty club owners that employ no bs type of security and they are never on the news, like the beach club was.

every other week i watch the news and the beach club is on it. that and when the reporters interview the "live" witnesses its always a stupid ghetto fuck they speak to.


the commonwealth does not like clubs, strip joints, escort services, tattoo joints-etc... if you own/operate any of the above businesses you should keep it clean, or shut down it will be.

 

I was thrilled to hear this. LOL. Fuck TBH. That shit was going down hill since when I used to work there.. the money went out the door as the crowd changed. ugh. They need to knock the ENTIRE building down.


btw broke... jamie asked me to bartend at cafe... any good there?

 

Yeah.. get the wrecking ball in there.. I went to TBH when i first got here, but stopped going there about a year ago.. i tried to go again once more about 3 months ago, but it sucked so bad we left..

 

sweet...if you like paying to sit in a seat while you watch the game