Thursday, February 21, 2013
Kresofsky appeared in court Thursday morning; trial date to be set.
Ethan Kresofsky, the 24-year-old South Orange man who accused a St. James's Gate bartender of assault in January, appeared before a judge in Bloomfield Municipal Court Thursday morning to respond to the bartender's counter-claim of assault against him. Kresofsky, accompanied by his mother, Eva and his father, Robert, was advised of the charges against him, which include spitting at and biting 30-year-old bartender James Meade. Bloomfield Chief Municipal Magistrate Judge John A. Paparazzo advised Kresofsky to have his attorney -- who was not present -- send a letter to the court to enter a plea and to speak to Meade's attorney to coordinate a date for the trial. Eva Kresofsky later told Patch that her son would plead not guilty to the …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
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 …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Bartender, accused of assault in January, files a counter complaint against his accuser.
James Meade, the St. James's Gate Publick House bartender accused of assaulting a patron in an altercation at the bar in early January, has filed his own complaint against the patron. According to documents released by a public relations firm retained by the family, Meade has accused Ethan Kresofsky, a 24-year-old South Orange resident, of assault by "attempting to cause bodily injury...by spitting in (Meade's) face and then biting his right index finger after re-entering St. James Gate Publick House after 'last call.'" Robert D. Kuttner, a Millburn attorney retained by Meade, confirmed that a probable cause hearing to determine if Meade's complaint will move forward will be held in the Bloomfield Municipal Court on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 8…
Thursday, January 24, 2013
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. …
James Lawson
3:52 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
Can we please give this whole thing a break? There are much more serious things going on in this town besides someone getting drunk and acting like a fool. more ›