The owners of the East Ridge Budgetel Inn & Suites may be nearing a resolution in a public nuisance case after the motel was shut down suddenly in November 2022.
Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp flagged the motel and filed the motion to shut it down, citing numerous incidents of drug use, overdoses and disorderly conduct.
Many renovations have already been completed at the motel. For example, new fire alarms were installed that don’t automatically call 911 when they go off, which is meant to significantly reduce the number of unnecessary emergency calls.
But other issues are continuing to be addressed, Budgetel attorney Christopher Clem said Monday in Hamilton County Criminal Court.
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