SANDWICH, Mass. — October 23, 2014 — Joe's Lobster Mart has less than two weeks to sell off the lobster, fish and other stock before closing the doors.
Suffolk Superior Court Judge Thomas Connors denied owner Joseph Vaudo's request for a preliminary injunction against the state Department of Public Health, which revoked Vaudo's licenses to sell fish and shellfish at the Cape Cod Canal warehouse.
Connors gave Vaudo 14 days to sell off the seafood market's inventory before he must close, according to the ruling. The ruling was issued Monday.
In his decision, Connors found that Vaudo and his attorney failed to demonstrate a likelihood they would be successful in appealing the state's ruling to revoke the licenses.
The state Department of Public Health issued a notice of intent to revoke Vaudo's licenses April 15, just a couple of weeks after he pleaded guilty in Barnstable District Court to charges of receiving stolen oysters and failing to keep proper shellfish records.
Vaudo, 63, also admitted sufficient facts to a charge of misleading a police officer. He was ordered to pay a $6,250 fine.
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