ROSWELL, Ga. — Canton Street in Roswell was buzzing Thursday night but for all of the wrong reasons.
Witnesses said a customer was out of control.
"A couple of guests said that he would touch them or grab them inappropriately,” said Pasti’s manager Carla Dent.
Dent said she witnessed the behavior that landed Anthony Pergola in jail for sexual battery, simple battery and disorderly conduct.
"...The hostess came crying because he had said something to her as well,” Dent said.
Channel 2's Carl Willis went through police reports and found that Roswell police were contacted to take complaints from several women.
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Employees, and customers alike reported being groped, grabbed, accosted and sexually propositioned by Pergola.
"...He didn't care who he spoke to. He said it to anyone who was in front of him, female, at least from what I could see,” Dent said. "And the things he said were not your average. You don't speak that way. It was pornography.”
Some alleged victims accused Pergola of offering money or drugs in exchange for sex.
An employee at Mac McGee's reported having to escape his grip. Another at Pasti's said he grabbed her around the waist and yelled at her.
Women at Brilliant Atlanta said he walked in and started making lewd advances.
Pergola denied any wrongdoing to police. But eventually an arrest was made.
Dent said there's a bigger takeaway -- Going into a weekend that's typically full of revelry and drinking.
"If you have someone in your group that's behaving inappropriately, someone grab them, stop them,” Dent said. “Pull them aside and say, ‘Hey guys, this is a little too far let's not do that.’”
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