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The police busting in on parties, upsetting jerry-rigged decorations and shooing all the protesting kiddies home? Ain’t nothing new. Police busting in on parties organized by shady characters, then having to call up reinforcements from other cities because there were an estimated 400 soused louts partying it up when the host restaurant was designed to only hold 50? Dayum, we’re peeved we weren’t invited.
Not that we would’ve wanted to go to a party that ended in fistfights and people discharging guns at each other. Did we mention that the party organizer, Eugene Cockerham, has a long and illustrious history of hosting celebrations that get people killed? The mystery man works for California State University, East Bay. In the past, his parties have been linked to the deaths of at least four people — many of them “youths”, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Oh. So it’s that kind of party.
Priya Indian Cuisine on University Avenue hosted the event about a month ago, and was fined a whooping $1,800 dollars by the city of Berkeley when the party derailed and tootled off merrily to hell. Now Berkeley’s sending out letters to 400 other restaurants in the area, warning of death and damnation if they pull anything similar. Or at least a hefty monetary penalty. Ouch.
Officials say the letters won’t namecheck Cockerham because it’d be useless to — the man employs others to do his dirty work, sometimes under false pretenses. “One of his minions will come and talk you into using your restaurant and then Cockerham shows up and starts collecting money,” one city official said. Real live minions, guys! Curious and curiouser.
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Berkeley tells restaurant owners — no wild parties [San Jose Mercury News]
Tags:cha-ching, parties gone wild, Priya Indian Cuisine, restaurants, University Avenue
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