Update, Apr. 20: Police showed up to Irene's Pupusas III/Sky Bar at 10300 Georgia Avenue, at approximately 8:30 p.m. yesterday evening as part of an officer-initiated call. 40 units from the 3rd and 4th district responded.
According to public information officer Rebecca Innocenti, said police were responding "to a large crowd" at the location for an event, and were trying to disperse it. An officer at the scene said the police had broken up a fight. One person was arrested for disorderly contact, Innocenti said.
Ruth Melgar, the owner of Irene's, said last night's event was a "teenage party", the first time Irene's had held such an event. A "Happy Birthday" banner is still hanging from the ceiling, but Melgar said it wasn't a birthday party.
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"You know how Montgomery County police are," Melgar said, "They were wandering around Wheaton afterwards that they didn't like it."
Original story, Apr. 19, 9:30 p.m. Several police cars stacked up next to and nearby Irene's Sky Bar this evening. A police officer on the scene said MCPD had been called for a "large fight" inside the bar, and had cleared the scene by 9:40 p.m.
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Police dispatch confirmed multiple units to Irene's for "disorderly conduct".
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