Liquor License Police Department Recommendation - D's Jerk Hut.pdf

LIQUOR LICENSE DISAPPROVAL FORM 
Police Department Liquor License Disapproval Recommendation 
Application Information 
Business Name 
D’s Jerk Hut 
District 
3 
Business Location 
15220 N. Cave Creek Road 
Applicant Name 
Celeste Reytor 
Series Type 
12 
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The Police Department recommends disapproval of this liquor license application for 
the following reasons: 
A.R.S. 4-203.A states “A spirituous liquor license shall be issued only after satisfactory showing of 
the capability, qualification and reliability of the applicant” 
Applicant Celeste Reytor applied for this license within the City of Phoenix.  A review of the 
applicant and background revealed that she is not capable, qualified or reliable for the following 
reasons:  
Upon receiving this application for review, Detective Hurt, on July 12, 2021, called D’s Jerk Hut at 
the listed business phone number, 602-314-6817.  This call was to set up an interview with applicant 
Ms. Reytor.  A male subject answered the phone and said that Ms. Reytor was not there while stating 
“let me call her”.  Detective Hurt asked that the male give Ms. Reytor a message to call him.  A short 
while later contact was made with Ms. Reytor via telephone.  It was learned that she was not in town 
nor did she have a potential return date.  Ms. Reytor admitted during the call that her husband was in 
fact at the business but stated “he only goes in and out”.  When asked who was running the business 
Ms. Reytor stated she was but also stated she was currently on the east coast.  When questioned 
about doing an in-person interview, Ms. Reytor became defensive and asked if it was necessary.  
When told that it was, Ms. Reytor explained that she did not know when she would be back but then 
provided options for a possible one to two-week return.   During this discussion she was advised that 
due to time limitations an interview needed to take place sooner rather than later as there were items 
within the application which may need to be addressed.  Ms. Reytor was further advised that she 
could possibly get a time extension from licensing if she so requested.  Ms. Reytor was given the 
city of Phoenix’s licensing’s contact number at that time as well to assist her.   
While reviewing Ms. Reytor’s application, the application provided D’s Jerk Hut LLC as owner of 
the business while listing her as the manager/controlling person.  According to the Arizona 
Corporation Commission Ms. Reytor is the only person listed on or within this LLC.  An open 
source media search revealed, Nerron Duncan, date of birth 11/09/1982, who is listed as her husband 
on her application, as a listed member and manager for the LLC.     
Ms. Reytor requested and received a time extension from the city License Services to address any 
issues with the application.  After which Ms. Reytor called Detective Hurt to set a date for an 
interview.  Due to scheduling conflicts the date Ms. Reytor requested could not be accommodated.  
Det. Hurt explained that he would re-contact her later to set another date.  Det. Hurt later went to the 
location of the business, 15220 N. Cave Creek Road, to contact Ms. Reytor in person about an 
interview.  She was not present at the business.  Det. Hurt called the business back later that same 
day, again at the business contact number 602-314-6817.  A male subject answered the phone and 
said that she was not there.  Det Hurt asked that the male give her another message to call him.     
As Det. Hurt was never contacted by Ms. Reytor after leaving the message, later on July 27, 2021 he 
again went to the business to contact her in person.  Again, Ms. Reytor was not present.  Det.Hurt 
spoke with her husband Nerron Duncan who was clearly running the business.  Mr. Duncan called 
Ms. Reytor in Det. Hurt’s presence via his cellular phone.  Det. Hurt explained that he stopped in to 
 Amended Sept. 9, 2021

LIQUOR LICENSE DISAPPROVAL FORM 
Police Department Liquor License Disapproval Recommendation 
 
Application Information 
Business Name  
D’s Jerk Hut 
District 
3 
Business Location 
15220 N. Cave Creek Road 
Applicant Name 
Celeste Reytor 
Series Type 
12 
 
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talk with her, yet she was not there.  Ms. Reytor stated, “I just stepped out” and that she had another 
appointment and could not be there.  Det. Hurt explained that he would call again later to discuss the 
application.    
After getting off the phone with Ms. Reytor, Det. Hurt asked to take a look around the business.  Ms. 
Reytor’s husband, Nerron Duncan, walked Det. Hurt around the business. Mr. Duncan first pointed 
out what appeared to be a beer tap where he stated the alcohol would be situated or sold from.  Mr. 
Duncan opened the cabinet where the kegs would be located and they were empty, except for some 
tools which were there appearing to still be working on the item.  The business was clearly still 
being remodeled or worked on as there were additional tools in at least two other locations within 
the business.  Mr. Duncan opened the refrigerator where their food was supposedly kept, and it was 
mostly empty.  While continuing to walk through the business, Mr. Duncan showed Det. Hurt what 
was marked as the manager’s office on the business floorplan.  The office had a tool kart with tools 
on it which Mr. Duncan had to walk around to get into.  Mr. Duncan explained that the office was 
going to be the area where the liquor was secured indicating that they were planning on building or 
putting in a locker which was not yet there.   
Det. Hurt and Mr. Duncan ended the business walk through back in the main entrance area.  Mr. 
Duncan again went behind the counter where a female employee was also located and working.  Det. 
Hurt asked Mr. Duncan if he was the manager of the business as he knew all the details and plans, 
locations of everything and was obviously in charge based on his interactions with the other 
employees on site.  There was one cook, a handy-man, and the female who was in the cashier area 
behind the counter where he now stood.  Mr. Duncan quickly stated “no, she is going to be the 
manager” while pointing to the female near the register.  The female turned and looked surprised.  
Det. Hurt asked the female is she was going to be a manager, she stated “I guess so, just a minute 
ago I was just the food prepper” (laughing).  Jokingly Det. Hurt said that it better come with a pay 
raise to which she smiled and excitedly said “Oh..I hope”.  Det. Hurt then left the business.   
On August 2, Det. Hurt phoned the business at 602-314-6817, the listed business phone number. 
This was at approximately 1104 hours, after the business is said to be open, there was no answer.  
Det. Hurt again called the business at 1203 hours with no answer, this time leaving a message for 
Ms. Reytor to call him on the answering machine.  Later, at approximately 1340 hours Det. Hurt 
called Ms. Reytor on her cellular phone.  He immediately asked if she was at the business to which 
she replied “no, actually I stepped out”.   Det. Hurt asked when she would be back to the business to 
which she stated “hmmm…I wasn’t gonna come back till late tonight…because I have stuff going”.  
Ms. Reytor later contradicted this statement in the interview by saying that she would not be at the 
business until Wednesday.   
Det. Hurt asked Ms. Reytor if she had any experience in operating a business which sold or sells 
liquor.  She said that she did not.  She also stated that she did not have any liquor training while 
adding “I’ll be going to that soon”.  Det. Hurt asked how soon.  Ms. Reytor replied, “I actually have 
to make an appointment to do the course”.  Det. Hurt asked Ms. Reytor if she had another job.  She 
stated that she has several businesses, but she was “mostly there” (referring to D’s Jerk Hut).  She 
spoke about owning a cleaning business which she stated was in Florida.  Having seen Reytor 
Cleaning on the application Det. Hurt asked about it.  Ms. Reytor stated that it was in Florida not in

LIQUOR LICENSE DISAPPROVAL FORM 
Police Department Liquor License Disapproval Recommendation 
 
Application Information 
Business Name  
D’s Jerk Hut 
District 
3 
Business Location 
15220 N. Cave Creek Road 
Applicant Name 
Celeste Reytor 
Series Type 
12 
 
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Phoenix, yet she provided it on the DLLC application with the address of 2323 W. Dunlap Ave, Apt 
244, Phx, AZ 85021.  When questioned about this she said something to the fact of she must have 
missed it but reiterated that the Reytor Cleaning business was in the State of Florida and even 
provided the address of 2121 Collier Avenue #117, Fort Myers, Florida, 33901.    
Det. Hurt inquired about how far Ms. Reytor lived from the business location.  She said that it was 
about 30 minutes away and when asked how she got there she said in a car.  Det. Hurt asked about 
her driving as she put on the application that she did not have a driver’s license.  Ms. Reytor 
admitted to only having an identification but then said that she has a Florida driver’s license, 
something else omitted from the applications.   
During the interview with Ms. Reytor, Det. Hurt brought up the fact that it appeared as though her 
husband was running the business.  Ms. Reytor said no that he just helps her out when she needs 
stuff done.  Det. Hurt asked if the D in the business name was for Duncan, her husband’s last name.  
Ms. Reytor said that it was.  Ms. Reytor then stated that her name was also Duncan.  Something else 
she did not disclose or include anywhere in the DLLC or city applications.  Ms. Reytor went on to 
state that it is only listed on her marriage license that she does not use it on any identifications or for 
other things.  Det. Hurt inquired about the female subject who was at the business being a manager 
there as her husband Nerron Duncan stated.  Ms. Reytor said that the female was only a cashier and 
would not be a manager or bartender because she was not licensed for that.  Ms. Reytor stated, 
“Once I get the liquor license I will hire a bartender and make her the manager”.  Det. Hurt clarified 
this by asking if she was planning on operating the business as a bar, which she denied.   
When questioned about not being at the business Ms. Reytor stated that the last time was because 
she had an appointment and the time prior “I had to run to my other business in Florida”.  This led to 
additional questioning about her having another job.  Ms. Reytor stated she has “several businesses”, 
but she only listed the Reytor Cleaning business, which again was confirmed at a different location 
than what she listed within the application.    
In the course of this investigation, on two in-person occasions, and no less than three different calls 
to the business Ms. Reytor was neither there nor could be contacted directly.  This contradicts her 
answer to question #12 on the State’s questionnaire wherein she indicated that she would be present 
and physically operating the business. Det. Hurt found while at the business, her husband obviously 
managing and operating the restaurant.  That being the case further investigation was conducted into 
her husband Nerron Duncan.  AMENDED: Based on a criminal history check and documented 
evidence found in the investigation, he (Nerron Duncan) is neither employable or eligible to 
operate or apply for a liquor license.      
Furthermore, Ms. Reytor the applicant, omitted several items on the application which go directly 
towards her capability, credibility, and reliability.  Ms. Reytor’s driver’s license status, location of 
her other job or business, the fact that she has “several businesses” yet only listed one, and that Ms. 
Reytor has no experience in operating a liquor establishment. 
The applicant, Ms. Reytor has shown through the application review process that she lacks candor 
and attention to detail.  Whether she purposely omitted information or not, it does not undermine or

LIQUOR LICENSE DISAPPROVAL FORM 
Police Department Liquor License Disapproval Recommendation 
 
Application Information 
Business Name  
D’s Jerk Hut 
District 
3 
Business Location 
15220 N. Cave Creek Road 
Applicant Name 
Celeste Reytor 
Series Type 
12 
 
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lessen the appearance or fact that this application looks to be filed for a hidden ownership.  Based on 
the aforementioned information and the investigators experience, Det. Hurt believes Celeste Reytor 
to be uncapable, unqualified and/or unreliable to operate a liquor establishment in the best interest of 
the Black Mountain Precinct or the City of Phoenix and is therefore requesting this application be 
denied.     
 
 
 
 
This recommendation for disapproval is submitted by: Det. D. Hurt #7109 
SIGNATURES 
Administrative Licensing Investigator 
I Alonge A4289 
Liquor Enforcement Detail Supervisor 
Sgt. M. Walter 8360