VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – The owner of the West Beach Tavern in Virginia Beach who was arrested Saturday has been granted bond.

VBPD says Shani Yourman was charged with maintaining a common nuisance, selling alcoholic beverages without a license, allowing alcohol on premises without a license, permitting drinking of alcohol without a license and maintaining a disorderly business.

Shani Yourman (Photo Courtesy: Virginia Beach City Jail)

She had been put on a no-bond status by the magistrate, according to Macie Allen, a spokeswoman with the Virginia Beach Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office.

Yourman’s attorney had asked for a bond hearing – a standard procedure – and the judge granted her a $7,500 surety bond at the hearing, she said.

Yourman has to surrender her passport and “may not sell any alcohol at the establishment in question in this case,” pending the Aug. 21 trial.

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