{"id":270343,"date":"2026-08-22T20:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270343\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T20:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:44:12","slug":"da-plans-to-meet-with-owner-of-south-side-bar-prepares-petition-to-shut-it-down-after-womans-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270343\/","title":{"rendered":"DA plans to meet with owner of South Side bar, prepares petition to shut it down after woman\u2019s rape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Allegheny County District Attorney is taking the first step in trying to shut down a South Side bar where a woman says she had been drinking hours before she was raped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">One day after accusing Capo\u2019s Bar on East Carson Street of contributing to the rape of an intoxicated woman, District Attorney Stephen Zappala is preparing to take action. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/das-office-considering-action-against-south-side-bar-after-woman-was-raped\/BTFIQHW2DZDU7AB7IAITNXMWAE\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/das-office-considering-action-against-south-side-bar-after-woman-was-raped\/BTFIQHW2DZDU7AB7IAITNXMWAE\/\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; DA\u2019s office considering action against South Side bar after woman was raped<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Zappala announced Friday afternoon that he\u2019s gearing up to potentially file a petition against Capo\u2019s Bar to cease operations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">This comes after he criticized the bar for removing the intoxicated woman and not making sure she was safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The bar told us earlier this week that the woman wasn\u2019t there that night, but according to police, the woman was in the bar and later escorted out. Police say she was then taken by a man just outside the bar to a parking lot just across the street where she was raped. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cShe\u2019s visibly intoxicated. She\u2019s let out of that establishment by security. They don\u2019t take care of her. She winds up in the hands of a rapist.\u201d Zappala said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/man-accused-brazen-sexual-assault-pittsburghs-south-side\/MFWSNO5TGNEOBPY4FLKD2U3IG4\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/man-accused-brazen-sexual-assault-pittsburghs-south-side\/MFWSNO5TGNEOBPY4FLKD2U3IG4\/\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; Man accused of brazen sexual assault on Pittsburgh\u2019s South Side<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Police say it was all caught on surveillance video, and the suspect, Larry Pappy Johnson, was arrested the other day in New York City on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/PD756RBDJRFXRFWGYVGXLOGHUI.jpeg\" width=\"1440\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1htor29-0 jibCgM image-metadata\">Larry Pappy Johnson <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/man-accused-raping-woman-pittsburghs-south-side-taken-into-custody-new-york-sources-say\/NACKOMV4S5GQPMEGCWUOKVTL5E\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/man-accused-raping-woman-pittsburghs-south-side-taken-into-custody-new-york-sources-say\/NACKOMV4S5GQPMEGCWUOKVTL5E\/\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; Man accused of raping woman on Pittsburgh\u2019s South Side taken into custody in New York<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">On Friday, Zappala said the Nuisance Bar Task Force is set to meet with the bar owner next Tuesday to discuss terms of remediation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">He says if that meeting doesn\u2019t go well, he\u2019s ready to file the petition to get the bar shut down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Allegheny County District Attorney is taking the first step in trying to shut down a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6638,113506,869,2465,6093,11533,9513,26076,112917,29687,139,859,73,75,74,2639,2638,3829,26077,3823,420,860,80275],"class_list":["post-270343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-allegheny_county","tag-capo","tag-channel_11","tag-channel_11_news","tag-chief","tag-da","tag-district","tag-district_attorney","tag-larry_pappy_johnson","tag-new_york_city","tag-news","tag-ott_news","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-rick","tag-rick_earl","tag-south_side","tag-steven_zappala","tag-susan","tag-video","tag-wpxi-news","tag-zappala"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}