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« Update: Convicted murderer sentenced to 2 life terms | Today | Another fire at the 'stump dump' in Richmond » July 6, 2007Update: Police detail ordered at site of slayingPROVIDENCE – The nightclub that was the scene Wednesday night of the city’s seventh homicide is now required to provide a three-member police detail each night it’s open, pending the results of a show-cause hearing before the city’s Board of Licenses that will begin July 11. La Rumba, at 1206 Broad St., did not have any police detail working the night that Darren Reagans, 18, was fatally stabbed outside the club. However, the nightclub wasn’t required to have police detail and had hired its own private security. City police asked the Board of Licenses today to require the police detail, prompting the vote to do so. After the hearing, Police Maj. Paul C. Fitzgerald said the police intend to ask the board to revoke the nightclub’s liquor license at the upcoming show-cause hearing. No new details about Reagans’ death are available at this time. Fitzgerald said the homicide remains under investigation. -- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson and Journal staff writer Gregory Smith The nightclub has been before the city’s Board of Licenses before, both under its current name and ownership and under its past ownership, when it was known as La Fragrancia. La Fragrancia was the site of a number of violent incidents, which led to a number of disciplinary actions. Since the club ownership and management changed in 2005, and the club became La Rumba, there has been nothing as serious as when the club was La Fragrancia. However, the city’s Board of Licenses had fined La Rumba $250 last year and ordered the club to have a mandatory police detail after some incidents, including a June 2006 incident when a man was assaulted during a disturbance that included bottles hurled at the police. The Board of Licenses canceled that mandatory police detail last October. Another violation against La Rumba came this March, when the club was caught serving alcohol after hours and was fined $500. A spokesman for the club, Mario Mancebo, said in an interview today that La Rumba runs a safe establishment and is “very sorry” about the murder. Posted by Kate Bramson CommentsPost a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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