Arizona couple’s dream wedding is SHUT DOWN after just 10 minutes by cops after furious neighbors complained about blasting music and raucous dancing at 8pm
An Arizona couple saw their dream wedding halted by authorities after neighbors complained about the loud music and dancing – and they aren’t the first.
Holliann Tran and her husband chose to celebrate their special day at Wrangler’s Roost in New River, which is advertised as a venue for private events. But their wedding was halted by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in November 2022, just 10 minutes after the reception, and is now coming to light.
Bodycam footage from the night of the incident shows Tran, in her wedding dress, standing in tears as officers arrived to put an end to the event.
“My father came to me and said, ‘You have to come forward,’” she said KPNX. “And they said, ‘We have to close it down.'”
County officials revealed the venue does not have an event permit and there have been 61 complaints since July 2021. Owners Heidi and Reid Stewart have reportedly received at least $70,000 in fines.
A couple in Arizona saw their dream wedding halted by authorities after neighbors complained about the loud music and dancing
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Holliann Tran and her husband chose to celebrate their special day at Wrangler’s Roost in New River, which is advertised as a venue for private events
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But their wedding was halted by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in November 2022, just 10 minutes after their reception
Tran was dancing at her wedding before sheriff’s deputies arrived to shut down after noise complaints. Bodycam footage of the incident shows Tran crying as they were told to pack up and leave.
She was comforted by her father and husband at the front of the property – where officers said the venue was not in a properly zoned location and officers could hear the music 500 meters away.
‘I was just so sad. I just…I actually cried all night,” Tran said. “The police were like, we have to close it down. And I thought you were joking: this can’t be real.
“And they said, no, you rented a venue that isn’t really a venue, and I immediately start crying.”
Tran quickly knew she wanted to have her wedding at the venue after visiting.
‘It’s a beautiful place. The desert landscape alone is really beautiful,” Tran said Family AZ.
‘I thought it would really be a place where everyone would meet in the middle and we found a location where parties were possible.
“I’ve seen pictures of the weddings, they’ve shown us pictures of other people getting married.”
But Sergeant Joaquin Enriquez of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said Wrangler’s Roost does not have an event permit.
![Arizona couple's dream wedding is SHUT DOWN after just 10 minutes by cops after furious neighbors complained about blasting music and raucous dancing at 8pm 6 Bodycam footage from the night of the incident shows Tran, in her wedding dress, in tears as emergency services arrived to put an end to the event](https://nybreaking.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/1707450238_160_Arizona-couples-dream-wedding-is-SHUT-DOWN-after-just-10.jpg)
Bodycam footage from the night of the incident shows Tran, in her wedding dress, in tears as emergency services arrived to put an end to the event
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“The owners of this property run a business from what is supposed to be their residential home because it is not commercially zoned,” he said.
Heidi and Reid Stewart, the owners of the facility, were reportedly ordered to stop advertising or hosting commercial activities on the property in 2021 without a special use permit.
They were fined $750, plus $75 for each day they continued to operate. According to the data, this has totaled $70,000 in fines to date.
“Since approximately July 2021, there have been 61 calls for service. You might say: is that a lot? That’s a lot of time and resources we’ve spent on this problem,” Enriquez said.
Resident Marko Dapevich moved to the area to escape the noise of the city, but claims he constantly has to deal with loud music and bright lights on weekends.
‘The sound is remarkable. We can play that tune in our bedroom at 10 o’clock at night,” he said. “The sheriff’s office measured decibels in the mid-60s in our house.”
He lives close to the Wrangler’s Roost and can see it from his property. Dapevich is frustrated by the lack of action on noise complaints and has filed a civil lawsuit seeking an injunction.
“The county hasn’t enforced it, the sheriff’s deputies haven’t enforced it, nor have they enforced the zoning code,” he said.
“So after several years I felt the only option we had to put an end to it was to file a civil suit and ask for an injunction.
“It’s a bit of a conundrum because you don’t want to ruin someone’s wedding,” Dapevich added.
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Tran was dancing at her wedding before deputies arrived to shut down after noise complaints
![Arizona couple's dream wedding is SHUT DOWN after just 10 minutes by cops after furious neighbors complained about blasting music and raucous dancing at 8pm 12 County officials revealed the venue does not have an event permit and there have been 61 complaints since July 2021. Owners Heidi and Reid Stewart have reportedly received at least $70,000 in fines](https://nybreaking.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/1707450249_754_Arizona-couples-dream-wedding-is-SHUT-DOWN-after-just-10.jpg)
County officials revealed the venue does not have an event permit and there have been 61 complaints since July 2021. Owners Heidi and Reid Stewart have reportedly received at least $70,000 in fines
“That’s a special day for them, but for us and the other hundreds of people within reach, it goes on and on.”
Tran said she just wanted to enjoy her special day. “As far as I’m concerned, cool, let’s plan the ceremony. For me, the whole point was to plan the party, to plan the dance,” she said.
“It seemed like a real, legal location until the police arrived.”
She contacted the venue’s owners, who allegedly told her to turn the music back on, but were forced to send everyone home. Text messages of the exchange were shared with local news outlets.
The couple had paid $10,000 to rent the venue for their wedding.
“It’s your money, it’s your hard work that you put in that day, and it’s for me too, the people who traveled all over the country,” Tran said.
The Stewarts paid back some of their money, but the newlyweds were left with unpleasant memories.
“You plan your whole life for this special day, and then when someone takes it away, it’s really disheartening,” Tran said. “I would never want this to happen to anyone else.”
DailyMail.com has contacted Wrangler’s Roost for comment.