Sunday, July 04, 1999
Bar owner faces new charges
He might lose liquor license after UK student's death
The Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Lexington tavern owner convicted on criminal charges following the death of a University of Kentucky student who had been drinking at his bar now faces administrative charges.
James Haney Jr., owner of Haney's Tavern, and his lawyer, David Van Horn, met with local Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control officials Friday to discuss the eight charges filed by the ABC.
The charges are the same as the misdemeanor criminal charges he faced earlier this year but affect only his business.
Mr. Haney was convicted in Fayette District Court in March on charges stemming from the Nov. 6 death of Chad Clore, 20. He was found guilty of two counts of providing alcohol to minors, one of providing alcohol after hours, and was acquitted on five other misdemeanor charges.
ABC officials now are trying to decide how their charges will affect his ability to get a new liquor license, which expired Wednesday.
“They're just having a witch hunt here, is what this is,” Mr. Haney said Friday. “I think they've really got a personal vendetta.”
Lexington Detective Keith Howard, who is assigned to the vice and ABC unit, said that is not the case and that administrative charges often follow criminal charges.
“This is for any business, not just Mr. Haney,” he said.
Mr. Haney can offer only hot dogs, hamburgers and sodas at his bar because it isn't licensed to sell anything else. His wife, Helen, has applied for a license to run the tavern.
Mr. Haney's lawyer said the ABC isn't going to give Helen Haney a license because of her husband.
“They're trying to say they are going to penalize her for what he may or may not have done,” Mr. Van Horn said.
Detective Howard said no decision has been made on the request.
“Our office has not said we are not going to issue a license, the state hasn't said that, no one has said that,” he said.
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