HAMMOND, La. (WVUE) - After an 18-year-old was found sleeping in the sanctuary of a church hours after being reported missing, a Downtown Hammond bar’s license has been suspended indefinitely.

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The ATC told Fox 8 that The Brown Door is closed due to its license being placed under “emergency suspension” related to citations and arrests for alleged alcohol sales being made to minors.

When police talked to 18-year-old Richard Clementi, of Slidell, after finding him asleep inside the First Christian Church on North Holly Street earlier this month, he told responding officers he had been drinking,

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