Heirloom Arts Theatre, a downtown Danbury venue that features live independent music, was shut down Saturday night after a police raid that was prompted by allegations of illegal alcohol sales, the Danbury News-Times reported Tuesday.

City Zoning Enforcement Officer Sean Hearty said Monday that city officials had received complaints about The Heirloom operating as a cafe and selling alcohol. The club’s zoning permit does not allow that.

He said he would suspend the club’s zoning permit Tuesday, after which there will be a hearing to determine whether or not the venue can reopen.

Mayor Mark Boughton took to Twitter on Monday and Tuesday to deny accusations that his office was involved in organizing the raid, after several of his Twitter followers asked if he had initiated it.

“I don’t order raids, a parent filed a complaint with the PD,” Boughton tweeted.

However, Boughton’s claim appears to contradict an account by a DJ who performed at, and helped organize, the show, which featured graffiti art and hip hop music.

“At the time of the raid, the cops were apologizing to the staff saying it was the mayor’s orders,” Mo Niklz, of Danbury, said.

He added that the Heirloom had been selling alcohol with a caterer’s permit without any trouble from police “for years now,” and that he didn’t know why officers had chosen that particular evening to shut down the venue.

Boughton initially said on Twitter that the Heirloom had been raided because it had sold alcohol to minors, but as Hearty told the News-Times, it was a zoning issue.

In addition, The Mercurial, an online arts magazine, originally reported that the raid was a combined effort of the police and Boughton’s office, but later said Hearty told them it was a joint operation by police and the zoning department.

Boughton later Tweeted that he expected to venue to re-open.

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