Adams Morgan bar under investigation following student death

WASHINGTON - The alcohol-related death of a teenager nearly nine months ago has finally prompted an investigation of a local bar and restaurant.

Laura Treanor, 19, was last seen drinking at the Adams Mill Bar and Grill in Adams Morgan not long before she died of alcohol poisoning.

Treanor, a student at George Washington University, was found dead in her dorm room Jan. 23.

The GW Hatchet is now reporting the agency in charge of issuing liquor licenses in the District -- the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration -- has begun an investigation of the Adams Mill Bar and Grill.

The probe didn't begin until this month because the agency says it just received the police report on Treanor's death from D.C. police.

No word how long the investigation might take, or what actions might be taken.

Documents recently obtained by The Hatchet show the Adams Mill Bar and Grill was forced to close for 10 days in January because regulators caught bartenders serving alcohol to customers who were already highly intoxicated.

The bar was allowed to reopen about a week before Treanor's death.

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