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Cops Called to Sports Pub after Man Becomes Violent

MANASSAS, Va. – Police were called to the Olde Town Sports Pub in Manassas on Sunday night after a guest became violent, according to police.

The man left the bar and had driven away in a car before police arrived, so officers fanned out to locate the man and were able to stop him in the area of Va. 28 and Maple Street, stated Manassas police Sgt. Lowell Nevill.

Prior to leaving the scene, police said the man was first removed by staff at the restaurant. But then the man went to his car,  grabbed a crow bar and tried to unsuccessfully pry open a door to the bar that had been locked behind him, said Nevill.

Steven Joseph Blanchette Jr., 35, of Bristow, is charged with attempted breaking and entering, DUI, refusal of a breath test, disorderly conduct, assault and battery, destruction of property and with resisting arrest.

Blanchette was held without bond in the Prince William – Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center.