Former bar owner drops lawsuit against the city

YOUNGSTOWN

Sam Moffie, former owner of the Coconut Grove, has dropped a federal lawsuit against the city for what he once contended was an improper police raid, his arrest and seizure of alcohol from the bar.

Moffie of Poland said he agreed to have the lawsuit, which sought at least $1 million from the city, dismissed because on Monday he discovered an August 2012 letter from the Ohio Division of Liquor Control that informed him there was no chance he’d regain the bar’s revoked liquor license. Moffie said he hadn’t seen that letter before Monday.

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