A bar locked up by prosecutors last week in Luzerne County will now stay closed for at least a year. That was the agreement made in court Tuesday. The owner now agrees it is a nuisance bar.

Friday, police and prosecutors shut down the Olde Tymers Pub in Plymouth, temporarily closing the place until a judge could hear the case. Instead of a hearing, prosecutors and the owner came to an agreement on Tuesday.

"I'm glad it's a year and I hope it's even longer," said Sharon Hindsmarsh. She lives at a senior apartment complex across the street. Residents there were supposed to testify at the hearing Tuesday about the bar's status. "I'm getting tired of getting woken up with fights and foul language and even gunshots. It's pretty scary."

"With all the trouble that was going on, all the noise and the cursing and swearing and the regurgitating and all it was really sad," said neighbor Sophie Gadomski. "So now, it's peaceful."

Neighbors didn't have to testify because the owner of the bar stipulated in court that the place was a nuisance bar.

The deal came only days after he accused police and prosecutors of being racist.

"It's ridiculous, black people deserve a place to drink too," said Neil McMahon on Friday. "I mean I have a federal right to run a business obviously."

The district attorney has a list of dozens of police complaints over the years. Most notably, a deadly shooting at the bar last year when it was called the Bull Run Tavern.

"Oh, yeah! That's what got me up 2 a.m., it was terrible," added Gadomski.

With this agreement, the bar will stay closed for a year. In the meantime, the state liquor license is set to expire. It will be up to the state if the place can reopen again.

"It has really been a nuicance and it's really frightening," said Hindsmarsh. "I just hope it's going to close for longer, I really do."