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Updated: 7:21 PM Jan 8, 2009
Restaurant Linked to Hit and Run Under Investigation
Harrisonburg, Va. The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is investigating a local restaurant in connection with a deadly hit-and-run in Harrisonburg. Posted: 7:27 PM Jan 7, 2009Reporter: Val Thompson/Haley Harrison Email Address: vthompson@whsv.com, hharrison@whsv.com |
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The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is investigating a local restaurant in connection with a deadly hit-and-run in Harrisonburg.
Special agents from ABC have been assigned to investigate The Pub on Deyerle Avenue to see if any employees violated state regulations.
A restaurant employee, Bethany Jones, was arrested Tuesday night in connection to a hit-and-run accident. She is accused of hitting jogger 55-year-old Sherry Anderson around 5:15 a.m. Tuesday and leaving the scene without stopping to check on Anderson. Anderson was later found dead.
Police say the suspect was working at the Pub the night before and admits to staying after her shift ended at 2 a.m. Tuesday.
Steve Jones, from the ABC Staunton Regional Office, says restaurants must meet several qualifications to serve alcohol to employees.
He says the restaurant must be closed to the public in order for employees to be allowed to drink, the employees must pay for the drinks, it must be before 2 a.m. and the employees are not allowed to get intoxicated.
In Harrisonburg Circuit Court Wednesday, police testified that while questioning Bethany, she admitted to drinking draft beers at the Pub after work early Tuesday morning. Police also say Jones left the Pub, went to another restaurant and bar called Finnigan's Cove and later returned to the Pub. They say she could not tell police how many drinks she had that night.
Steve says ABC is investigating only to determine if The Pub violated any of these rules. ABC is not involved in the criminal investigation.
This is the second time the Pub has been investigated by ABC in recent months. In August, the restaurant was given a notice for disorderly conduct.
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alison--this is what i say to you. The Pub is in no way responsible for the actions of "Bess",nor did I say they were responsbile for how much she drank. What they are responsible for, which I tried to make clear but you must have missed it, is how long they allow people, cusotmers or employees to remain after hours. I in no way think they should babysit their patrons or emplyoees, though it is their fault they have allowed everyone to "take advantage" as you say of the after hours partying they allow to go on. No matter what time the Pub claims they close, we all now better. Also, most of us are smart enough, while taking this advantage, not to drive ourselves home, though I appreciate the implication. Finnigans is not under investigation, because they did not allow her to come in after hours. There my dear is the difference you seem to misunderstand.
I do not feel sorry for Bess as they call her ,as she stated on tv that she thought she hit something and if she thought she hit a dog she would've stopped , where is your regard for human life, if thelaw hadn't found the broken lense and fit it to your vehicle , would you have turned yourself in, I think not. .I do however feel very bad for Mrs . Andersons family who lost a mom ,a wife, a coworker .My thoughts and prayers are with you all. As far as the Pub goes , a little late to fire her now isn't it Bill ? I think the Pub is partially responsible and should be shut down !
Pub Vistor and others likewise: I think its amazing that you would get on here to tell the world how you have DONE THE SAME THING! Thank God it wasnt you who hit a pedestrian on one of your drunken rides home from the Pub. How can you critize and say they should be punished for something you say you have personally taken advantage of?? It just as easily could have been you in the news today! The Pub is a bar! Its a place to socailize and place to drink! That is the purpose of a bar! As adults we have to make the right choices and take a D.D. It is not the pubs job to make you make grown up choices, nor was it thier job to babysit Bess. She drank at another establishment, she drove, I am sure if she would have asked someone to call her a cab that service would have been provided. Its terrible that she will have to live with this split second decision for the rest of her life, prayers are offered to EVERYONE involved from Grottoes tonight!
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