By Candie Beck thecabin.net Copyright 2012 The Cabin. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Days after three law enforcement agencies were called for crowd control at a private party at a downtown Conway business, authorities are still working with the owner of the business to determine what happened to cause the incident.

According to a police report from the incident, a Conway officer was passing by Michelangelo’s when the owner of the business flagged him down and stated that “a party at his restaurant was getting out of control”. The officer noted that the owner told him that the building was at capacity and a large group of people on the sidewalk were trying to force their way in the front door. The owner asked the officer to have the people outside the building to leave because “the security that was hired was out numbered.” 

The officer immediately asked dispatch to send more officers to the business for assistance.

After the people outside the business began to disperse, the owner of the business made contact with the officer and stated that “due to his staff being injured and the inadequate security and off-duty officer staffing” he would like the party inside his building shut down. As the officer walked into the main room at the business, he saw several men in the middle of the floor fighting and advised the other officers of the disturbance. 

The officers then made their way into the room and attempted to break up the fight in progress and this is when the officers made contact with a suspect that not only proved to be combative toward fellow party-goers but to the officers as well.

After fighting the officers who were attempting to place him into handcuffs, Christopher Miller of Little Rock caused a further disturbance when the officers were placing him inside the patrol unit. 

After kicking at the officers as they removed him from the patrol vehicle to try to gain control of him, Miller struck two officers in the face and yelled obscenities as they placed him back inside the patrol unit. During that time, Miller kicked the bars on the window of the back door “hard enough to cause the top of the door to move away from the weather stripping.”

After transporting Miller to the Faulkner County Detention Center, the officer was advised by an employee that he had a footprint on his face from where Miller had kicked him. 

The report also noted that fights were breaking out inside and outside of the building during the time law enforcement officers were attempting to clear the building.

While investigators are still trying to determine how many people were in attendance at the party, the number of patrons allowed inside the building is not known because according to officials at the Conway Fire Department, the business is not displaying the occupancy certificate that businesses are required to have on display inside the business at all times.

The investigation into the incident is ongoing.

(Candie Beck is a staff writer and can be reached at 505-1238 or at candie.beck@thecabin.net)