HARRIMAN ? Contrary to official reports, the number of calls for police at a tavern just outside the city limits has been limited, according to the attorney hired to represent the owner in a beer revocation hearing tonight.
Knoxville attorney Gregory P. Isaacs said his firm checked public records and found "average to minimal police involvement" over the past 10 years at The Grill and Pub on Harriman Highway.
According to a statement from Isaacs' office, public records indicate an average between two and four calls for criminal offenses at the bar each year.
Sheriff Jack Stockton has called the bar a "nuisance" and said there have been more than 150 responses by law enforcement officials to the tavern since he was elected in 2006.
The Roane County Beer Board will consider a request from County Attorney Tom McFarland filed a petition to revoke the Grill & Pub's beer license, and it will be considered during a called meeting at 6:30 this evening.
In his petition, McFarland asserts there have been "voluminous 911 calls regarding violence, drug activity, and/or other criminal acts" at the bar in the last several months.
The petition was filed after an incident in July where a man died after he was punched once in the head following a fender-bender in the bar's parking lot.
According to the statement from Isaacs' office, that episode involved a man who was not a bar patron.
The tavern owner, Grover Norton, "intends to propose a plan to address many of these concerns" mentioned by local officials, the statement continues.
But Norton "will exercise any remedies he has at law and equity in the event his permit is revoked based on misperceptions or as a result of him being treated differently than other similarly situated businesses.''
Source: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/aug/15/attorney-police-calls-to-roane-county-bar/
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