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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Judge Finds Probable Cause in St. James's Gate Assault Case

Judge decides Maplewood bartender's complaint should move forward.

  A municipal court judge ruled a complaint filed by a bartender of a popular Maplewood pub accusing a South Orange resident of assault should move forward. Bloomfield Chief Municipal Magistrate Judge John A. Paparazzo found probable cause after hearing testimony Thursday morning from 30-year-old West Orange resident James Meade, a bartender at St. James's Gate Publick House, accusing 24-year-old Ethan Kresofsky of assault. At Thursday's hearing, Meade testified in connection with a Jan. 8 incident at the bar that turned violent.  Last month, Paparazzo found probable cause to move forward with a complaint Kresofsky filed against Meade, alleging he was assaulted by the bartender. On Thursday, Meade said Kresofsky was "intoxicated" and that …

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Judge: Complaint Against St. James Gate Bartender Should Move Forward and St James's Gate Bartender Files Assault Complaint (in Maplewood Patch)

Nancy Heins-Glaser

10:12 am on Friday, February 15, 2013

I believe i misstated the realtionship of the bartender to the owner. The judge's son is the one accused of the assault against the patron. Its not the bartenders son. Can someone verify this? Accuracy is what matters/even on an opinion blog.   more ›

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Judge: Complaint Against St. James Gate Bartender Should Move Forward

A judge ruled on Thursday the citizen's complaint against James Meade has probable cause.

A Bloomfield municipal court judge ruled a complaint accusing a Maplewood bartender of assaulting a patron should move forward.  Chief Municipal Magistrate Judge John A. Paparazzo found probable cause Thursday after hearing testimony from 24-year-old South Orange resident, Ethan Kresofsky, accusing St. James’s Gate Publick House's bartender, James Meade, of assault. Kresofsky testified in connection with a Jan. 8 incident in which he asked Meade for a drink at about 1:40 a.m. and Meade allegedly said no. When asked why, Kresofsky told the judge Meade made a homophobic slur aimed at him. The verbal altercation soon turned violent, Kresofsky said.  "He was noticeably intoxicated," Kresofsky said. The two began shoving and grabbing. …

Mary Ann Uschak

9:36 am on Friday, February 22, 2013

Go to Highland Place, on Highland Place around the corner. It's what Maplewood Village always was and should be......a polished, respectable town. We saw the reconstruction of Highland Place and could see how much work was done to it. We use to go there when we worked at NJTransit and it was the Winolear. I was there on Sunday, February 17, around 9 PM since it was the beginning of my vacation. …   more ›

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