The city sheriff’s office busted another illegal weekend party early Sunday, sending more than 160 Queens revelers home as COVID rates continue to rise.

The sheriff and his deputies, performing surveillance, watched organizers bring in crates of alcohol and set up a party inside a business called Event Center on 243rd St. near Mayda Road in Rosedale early Sunday, officials said.

Two bouncers were leading guests down an alley and through a back door when deputies busted the party about 2:20 a.m., finding over 160 partiers dancing, drinking and smoking hookah at a ‘dangerously close’ distance, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Two bouncers were leading guests down an alley and through a back door when deputies busted the party about 2:20 a.m., finding over 160 partiers dancing, drinking and smoking hookah at a ‘dangerously close’ distance, the Sheriff’s Office said. (NYC Sheriff Dept.)
Two bouncers were leading guests down an alley and through a backdoor when deputies busted the party about 2:20 a.m., finding more than 160 partyers dancing, drinking and smoking hookah at a ‘dangerously close’ distance, the sheriff’s office said.

Deputies arrested the two bouncers, Sha-Mel Lamont Jones, 21, and Jason Hicks, 35, who were unlicensed to work in security, along with the DJ and a partyer who was found with marijuana and a hatchet, officials said.

Deputies arrested the two bouncers, who were unlicensed, a DJ and a partier who was found with marijuana and a hatchet, officials said.
Deputies arrested the two bouncers, who were unlicensed, a DJ and a partier who was found with marijuana and a hatchet, officials said. (NYC Sheriff Dept.)
The venue was slapped with what could result in $15,000 in fines for disregarding COVID guidelines, along with violations for operating an illegal bottle club. The building was also slapped for breaking fire code as it kept the main entrance, a pull-down garage door, closed to hide the party going on inside.

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The DJ, Andres Cadavid, 28, could be fined $1,000 for promoting unnecessary gatherings during the COVID pandemic, officials said.