Commonwealth v. Sal-Mar Amusements, Inc.

BECK, Judge:

This appeal challenges the trial court’s finding that appellant/bar constituted a common nuisance. We affirm.

Vanity, a bar in the city of Harrisburg, is owned by appellant Sal-Mar Amusements, Inc.; Gary Miller is sole shareholder and president of the corporation. Beginning in the fall of 1989, Harrisburg police received numerous complaints from residents in the area surrounding Vanity about heavy traffic, boisterous conduct, drinking, littering and drug use. Police responded by conducting physical and video surveillance of the premises and, eventually, using an undercover agent to…