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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit 16Exhibit No. 16 X35 ` NEWPORT BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.. -,VIPLOYEES REPORT Subject DR Number Fury Rok and Roll Sushi Lounge 07 -11978 Date and Time Occurred Location of Occurrence RD 11/9/2007 2100 4221 Dolphin Striker Way 34 To:(Rank, Name, Assignment, Division) Date and Time Reported t _ 11/12/2007 1600 On 11/09/2007 at approximately 8:30 p.m., DetectiveAM "Q( , - -�j and I went to Fury Rok and Roll Sushi Lounge in an undercover capacity to observe how the business was being conducted. Detectives —) and( had dinner reservations and went inside the establishment. Refer to their reports for details of their observations. Detective maintained observation of the business and surrounding area from the west parking lot. He was positioned near the business Classic Q. Refer to his report for details. I maintained observation of the business and surrounding area from the south parking lot, near the restaurant Saagar. 1 entered the common parking lot from the east and noticed numerous orange traffic cones blocking parking spaces at the business just east of Fury Lounge located at 4141 Mac Arthur Boulevard. This business normally has a few of these cones to block parking spaces, but tonight they had many more. At approximately., the parking lot was only about 114 full, there were There was one employee holding a clipboard in front of Fury Lounge standing on the ramp leading to the front door. At approximately 9:40 p.m., there, were about 25 -30 people in line to enter Fury Lounge. By 9!JW %m. the sometimes large groups are let into the lounge all at once. During this time I saw a couple security persons out front, ID's were being swiped through a handheld device, and the s At approximately ?D!�'�Th., the parking and I ill` There was a li people in front of Fury Lounge. I saw a group of 5 young, adult females walk to the front of Fury Lounge from the west parking lot. They walked directly to the front of the line and up the ramp where they stopped momentarily to talk to a security person. They were allowed to continue into the lounge without showing any identification. Date 110 Reporting W .r- �J A NEWPORT BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. 'Continuation Sheet Page No. Type of Report Booking No. DR Number 2 1 Employees Report 1 07 -11978 At approximately 10:45 p.m., a young male who looked to be about 15 years old placed a handbill on my windshield. This handbill was an advertisement for a special event at Fury Lounge featuring a "Special Guest DJ." Later in the evening, a few othe At approximately Tl.00p. J saw an adw*qwelcwearing a white T -shirt walk from Fury Lounge, go between two parked cars about 9 cars from the front of the business and . There were 3 to 5 security persons in the front of Fury Lounge. At approximately 11:46 p.m., I saw two young, adult males leave Fury Lounge. One of the males who was wearing a white jacket and a hat was staggering and slurring his words. He was obviously intoxicated. They were talking about looking for a taxicab even though they passed one that was parked in front of the lounge. They walked /staggered past this taxicab and past my location. They turned around and went back to the lounge. On their way back, the drunk male wearing the jacket and hat bumped into two parked cars as he lost his balance while trying to keep up with his friend who was ahead of him. They went back inside Fury Lounge, passing at least two security persons along the way. At approximately midnight, I saw two other young, adult males leave Fury Lounge.. They staggered past my car and were cursing /yelling at each other. Their speech was extremely slurred. golf 4-h up. Also, during this time a lot of people were walking around yelling and screaming. Many of these people got inside cars and continued to yell and scream from their cars as they left the parking lot. At approximatelyAfibUmwn., I saw a young, adult male wearing a black shirt park his yellow Hummer near the front of Fury Lounge and walk towards the front of the business. A short time later, this same subject walked back to the parking lot past his car then he walked between two other parked cars, which were about 4 cars from the front of Fury Lounge. While between these two cars, this subje� tha nar6in0 JO& During this time, I saw an adult, Caucasian male with blonde hair standing on the front patio. As watched him, he threw something I could not discern from his right hand towards Mac Arthur Boulevard. While watching the patio I noticed several taxicabs parked /staged in front of Fury Lounge. At approximately]deNkow., I saw a young, adult male wearing a black shirt and black knit cap u9matew-- between two parked cars. This subject was directly in front of me, about 10 feet away, and there were numerous other people walking in the area as well. Fqm 3.15 (Rev. ' NTJWPORT BEACH POLICE DEPARTMP"'T ' Continuation Sheet Page No. Type of Report Booking No. DR Number 3 1 Employees Report 1 1 07 -11978 At approximately 12:40 a.m., I saw an adult male and an adult female leave Fury Lounge. The male was trying to hold up the female and help her walk across the parking lot. They got about 30 feet from the lounge and the n. A security person walked over to the couple and looked at them momentarily. Some unknown words were exchanged, the male picked -up the female, and the security person quickly left. The During this time I saw a young, adult female talking on her cellular phone near where the previously mentioned female fell down. This female was yelling /slurring on her phone asking someone, "Where the fuck are you ? ", and telling them to, "Get the fuck outside, nowl" She kept repeating herself over and over. At approximately 1:00 a.m., I observed two young, adult females leave Fury Lounge. About 30 feet outside the lounge, within the parking lot, they One girl was upset at something the other girl did inside the lounge and couldn't believe they were best friends. This confrontation almost became physical. These h when they yelled. A few minutes later I saw three people leave Fury Lounge. There were two adult females and one adult male. The male and one of the females were carrying the other female away from the lounge. They carried this female past several security personnel and into the parking lot. I got out of my car and walked near these people. The group had the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from them and all three had slurred speech. , abo illef " d too mu[:h tn._r_9&l " At approximately..lA.4i , I heard someone announce "last call" from Fury Lounge. People started to filter out of the lounge, slowly. intpg4Qr IiQbU As the crowds of people made their way out of the lounge, I observed many people who were obviously intoxicated. They were slurring their speech, staggering, yelling at random people, starting fights with random people, starting fights with their friends, breaking bottles, urinating in public, being carried to their cars and once in their cars squealing their tires as they left. Atone point I ID No. NBPD FM $.15 (Rev. 8-98) E 'a NEW RT BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT - Zontinuation Sheet Page No. Type of Report Booking No. DR Number 4 1 Employees Report 1 07- 11978 At approximately 1:40 a.m., Detectives Graham, Psaros, Stark and I were all in the parking lot on foot watching the unruly crowd. Numerous security persons were making weak attempts to coordinate the taxicabs, the cars, and the unruly people leaving the lounge. They were very ineffective. While watching the crowd we heard glass breaking and a couple fights erupt. Security personnel quickly ran to the problem areas and the fights were soon broken up. However, at no time did NBPD receive any calls for service from security. The only calls for assistance came from Detective Graham and myself. After the fight was quelled, one of the security persons made a comment to Detective Stark indicating he recognized him as a police officer. Only after security knew NBPD was on property did they start to aggressively move the crowds and monitor disturbances. Only after security knew NBPD was on property did they make announcements about drinking and driving. Security's demeanor changed completely once NBPD's presence was known. Officer(s) n bNBPD am F 9.15 (Rev. 3-98) A