The news release did not include what the infractions were for either business. The department coordinates its inspections based on traditional food and safety guidelines along with the Department of Health s current mitigation guidelines, which include 25% occupancy for indoor dining (unless a restaurant is self-certified), on-site alcohol consumption must include a meal purchase, and an 11 p.m. curfew for alcohol sales.
Restaurant enforcement has been handled by the Department of Agriculture, the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement and local authorities. A restaurant can be cited for a violation or ordered to close. If the restaurant continues to operate without correction, the Department of Agriculture forwards that information to the Department of Health for further enforcement.
By Kevin Carroll kcarroll@timesleader.com
Damien’s on the Lake is seen in this file photo. The latest round of citations issued by the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement for the month of January lists several Luzerne County establishments alleged to have violated COVID-19 protocols including Damien’s, a Harveys Lake restaurant that planned a New Year’s Eve party in defiance of state restrictions.
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The latest round of citations issued by the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement for the month of January lists several Luzerne County establishments alleged to have violated COVID-19 protocol including a Harveys Lake restaurant that planned a New Year’s Eve party in defiance of state restrictions.
PSP trooper charged for alleged role in illegal activity at strip club
A state trooper has been arrested on charges stemming from his alleged involvement in a prostitution, gambling and money laundering scheme that ran out of a Lackawanna County strip club.
Trooper Robert E. Covington Jr., co-owner of Sinners Swing Gentlemen’s Club in Mayfield, faces eight charges, the Pennsylvania State Police announced Thursday.
The PSP and prosecutors from the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office investigated the matter after the initial tip, brought by Troop R to the PSP Bureau of Criminal Investigation, “indicated the club was being used to promote illicit activity.”
Updated: 12:07 PM EST February 11, 2021
MAYFIELD, Pa. A Pennsylvania State Police trooper is among four men arrested for alleged involvement in illegal activity at a Lackawanna County gentlemen s club, State Police announced Thursday.
Trooper Robert E. Covington Jr., 48, a 13-year veteran of the police force, was allegedly co-owner of the Sinners Swing Gentlemen s Club in Mayfield Borough, police say.
He, along with the club s other co-owner and two employees, are accused of promoting illicit activity involving prostitution, gambling, and money laundering, according to police.
Covington was assigned to the Bureau of Gaming Enforcement s Pocono Downs Wilkes-Barre Office, State Police said in a press release announcing the charges. He had been on restricted duty during the investigation of the allegations against him and is currently suspended without pay pending resolution of the charges, according to State Police.
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