City Bills Restaurant After Breaking Up Brawl
The Aug. 21 wedding at Monrovia’s Le Papillon restaurant was a night to remember, with its post-ceremony parking lot brawl among 150 well-dressed guests
So, Monrovia Police Chief Joseph Santoro last week mailed restaurateur Andre Hindoyan a little remembrance of his own--a $2,200.88 bill for the city’s part in ending the ruckus, which attracted 25 sheriff’s deputies and police officers from Monrovia and Arcadia. Six people were arrested.
The unusual billing is a sound move, Santoro said, noting that the brawl was not the first at the restaurant. Because of fights there, the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control in 1984 required that the restaurant hire security guards.
“I don’t think the citizens and taxpayers of Monrovia should bear the expense of (Hindoyan’s) failure to maintain order,” the chief said.
On Monday, Hindoyan said he had not received the bill and would have attorneys decide whether he should pay it. But he pointed out that the fight occurred in a city parking lot.
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