Two women have been arrested for housing more than 200 people at an illegal ‘makeshift bar’ in New Jersey over the weekend, Newark authorities said.
The state’s public safety department said police officers responded to Libella Court 6 in Newark around 12:00 on Sunday. According to police, hundreds of customers were seen drinking, eating and gambling illegally at the warehouse party.
Anthony Ambrose, director of public safety in Newark, said 26-year-old Denisse Tinizaray and 28-year-old Katherine Tinizaray, both from Newark, were arrested after the two failed to provide a liquor license.
Both women are charged with maintaining an illegal alcohol establishment and illegal possession and sale of alcohol.
It is unclear whether the Tinizarays have lawyers.
Three others were arrested on Saturday for allegedly selling alcohol without a permit in a water pipe hall that houses more than 50 people in Paterson, 20 minutes north of Newark, NBC New York reports.
