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10/22/22
An Iowa City bar owner faces charges that he served himself and another person while both were already intoxicated.
According to arrest records, Iowa City Police were called to Pints on South Clinton Street just before 12:15pm on October 14th after the bar’s owner, identified as 52-year-old Douglas Meek on Eversull Lane, was reportedly found passed out inside. Arriving officers say they found Meek and another subject passed out and heavily intoxicated. Security video reportedly shows Meek and the other subject consuming shots and alcoholic seltzers which Meek later allegedly admitted to serving.
Police returned to Pints for a follow-up interview at 9:30 that night. They say they encountered Meek again heavily intoxicated and drinking from a glass he allegedly admitted was vodka that he had served himself.
Meek faces two charges of Providing Alcohol to an Intoxicated Person. If convicted on both charges, he faces a maximum of 60 days in jail.