Monday, February 18, 2008
A knife fight at Jet Lag, 610 Florida St., led to the injury of three Jet Lag employees and two arrests early Friday morning. Police are still looking for two other suspects in relation to the incident.
According to witness Betsy Cutcliff, Overland Park senior, staff members were herding people out of the bar at 1:40 a.m. when she noticed four men surrounded by staff members outside the club. She said the men appeared drunk and did not want to leave.
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Someone came into the bar and started screaming that he had a knife.
— Betsy Cutcliff, Overland Park senior
When the argument escalated into a physical fight, one of the men pulled out a knife and threatened the staff members who were trying to calm the situation, according to Cutcliff.
“Someone came into the bar and started screaming that he had a knife,” Cutcliff said.
At that point, Cutcliff said, a staff member pushed people back inside the building and locked the patrons inside. Cutcliff said that while they were locked inside, someone started a rumor that a gun was involved, and the atmosphere inside the bar became chaotic.
“Some of the girls were crying because they thought they were going to die,” Cutcliff said.
She said they were locked inside the bar about eight minutes before a staff member with blood on his face carried a man into the building and took him to the back. Then, another staff member told everyone that if they didn’t work at the club, they needed to leave immediately.
Police officers arrived after the incident at 1:48 a.m. and blocked off the parking lot preventing many patrons from leaving.
Cutcliff said some of the patrons were anxious to leave because they were underage and feared the police citations.
Three staff members suffered minor injuries during the altercation, police officer Todd Polson said. He said when police officers arrived on the scene, two of the suspects had fled. Two were arrested.
According to police reports, one of the men arrested, 29-year-old Stanley Williams, had five warrants out for his arrest. He was also charged with battery, disorderly conduct and obstruction in relation to the incident. The other man arrested, 25-year-old Norman Harrison, was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer.
Police are still looking for the two men who fled. One is described as a 30- to 35-year-old black male. He is 5’10” to 5’11” and 200 to 250 pounds. He was last seen wearing a red leather jacket with a sports logo and blue jeans. The other suspect is unidentified.
Cutcliff said she was surprised the incident happened at Jet Lag because it had always been known as a safe bar. Cutcliff said so many people were freaked out because of last week’s shooting at Last Call, 729 New Hampshire St.
The manager of Jet Lag had no comment on the incident.
— Edited by Jessica Sain-Baird
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