There was a vicious bar brawl in Punta Gorda town on Saturday night which was caught on surveillance camera.
One woman was left injured but the man who stoned her in the head with a pint will likely get away without charges, since reports say she is afraid to make a complaint, and the bar owner has reached an agreement with the instigator.
But, he won't get a compromise with the Compol who wants his liquor license suspended. Here's what the compol said. We also spoke via phone to the bar owner:
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"I just told the legal officer this morning in conference to write the Toledo Liquor License in board and seek to have the license suspended."
Voice of: Joe Bejerano, "Jr's Bar" Owner
"And that's not fair because this is our first time an incident to this extreme had happened. And I don't think that's fair for a business owner to lose his liquor license just because one-time thing, but something that we don't have control over. It would be like about four families who they will lose their breadwinners."
Bejerano also explained why he isn't bringing charges against the instigator who shelled out his bar and his employees:...
Voice of: Joe Bejerano, "Jr's Bar" Owner
"I saw that the whole place was destroyed, all my beverages were broken, and mein, it was just a disaster. He offered to compensate me with the loss, all the beverages that were broken, damage, and I consider receive the compensation because in the past, I have heard that people go to court and it's like they have to go through a lot to actually get back something."
"And I thought that with receiving something better than nothing, I could just continue right from there, I could buy back my drinks, and I could just go back to work."
Jules Vasquez
"The women working behind the bar, because they got chance up. I mean, one of them got stoned in her head with a pint."
Voice of: Joe Bejerano, "Jr's Bar" Owner
"Yes, well, I feel for her because then she got hurt, but I didn't have no control over the incident, and she understands that she got into a fight and it's not so clear who throw the bottle, so she's just at home resting and hopefully she gets better and comes back to work."
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