NORTH COAST, Calif. – A Hidden Valley Lake woman was arrested early Wednesday for public intoxication and violations of alcohol sale laws at her Mendocino County bar.
Marcia Gail Martinez, 47, was arrested shortly after 3 a.m. at her bar, the Boonville Saloon, located on 14161 Highway 128 in Boonville, according to Lt. James Van Hagen of the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office.
Arrested for public intoxication along with Martinez was 30-year-old Boonville resident Jared Paul Titus, Van Hagen said.
At 2:15 a.m. Wednesday Mendocino County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a call for service in the Boonville area, Van Hagen said. When they drove by the Boonville Saloon, they noticed numerous cars parked out front and it appeared there were still patrons in the bar after closing hours.
When the deputies cleared the call for service they responded back to the Boonville Saloon. They parked down the street and approached the bar on foot, Van Hagen said.
He said when the deputies arrived at the bar they noticed the front door was locked from the inside. They could hear music playing and when they looked in the bar window they could see five subjects – two female and three male – drinking alcohol and dancing to the music from the jukebox, well after the 2:30 a.m. closing time.
The deputies stood outside the bar for approximately 30 minutes and watched the two females serving alcohol to the male subjects and also drinking shots themselves, Van Hagen said.
At 3 a.m. a very intoxicated male subject, identified as Titus, exited the bar and the deputies made contact with him. As deputies spoke with Titus, Van Hagen said they could see he was too intoxicated to care for his safety so they arrested him for public intoxication.
He said the deputies then entered the Boonville Saloon and contacted the remaining subjects, including Martinez, who they confronted for serving alcohol to patrons after bar hours.
Martinez was very intoxicated and unable to care for her safety, and subsequently was arrested for public intoxication. Van Hagen said deputies then contacted and identified the remaining subjects in the bar. They were later released without charges.
The bar’s liquor license was checked and it was expired, Van Hagen added.
Martinez and Titus were transported and booked into the Mendocino County Jail for public intoxication, later to be released with a court appearance date, according to Van Hagen.
He said Martinez also will have two additional charges filed against her through the Mendocino County District Attorney's Office for sales of alcohol during closing hours and consumption on premises during closing hours.
Van Hagen said the report on the arrests also will be sent to the Alcohol Beverage Control Board for further review.