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February 1, 2007

Station: Julie Mellini grabbed the cash drawer

Julie Ann Mellini, identified in witness statements as a shot girl and bartender, was behind the bar when the fire started.

She told investigators stage manager Paul Vanner ran by her and told her: "Julie, get the hell out. Get the hell out now. The place is goin' up."

She said she then grabbed the register drawer and the tip jar and told the people around her to follow her out the kitchen door. She said about 20 people followed her.

Then she went around the front of the burning club. She said she ran into "my boss,'' Jeff Derderian, who took the cash drawer.

When she turned back to the front door: "I just seen piles of people trying to get over each other."

Posted by Peter Phipps  at 9:07 AM | Permalink

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