Free Lance-Star: Otter House Charges Dropped

The Free Lance-Star first reported Friday morning that charges against The Otter House restaurant owners Stephen Cameli and Paul Stoddard were dropped Thursday.

In July, the business was raided overnight by Fredericksburg police. In a search warrant affidavit from the raid, detectives found two pills in a green plastic bag, a smoking device in an office and another smoking device in an outside alley way in a broken down small fridge and green plant-like material in the alley.

A week later, Cameli and co-owner Paul Stoddard were charged with in August the misdemeanor of keeping a public nuisance. 

For more on the trial, visit the Free Lance-Star. 

The Otter House features a restaurant on the main level and a full bar and music venue on the upper level.

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