Dream wedding shut down by cops after ‘10-minute ceremony’ over permit issue, noise complaints: ‘I just start instantly bawling’

An Arizona bride was left in tears on her wedding day when police forced the couple to shut down their reception within minutes when the venue didn’t have the proper permits to host the event and neighbors complained about the loud music.

“We had a beautiful 10-minute ceremony, and then as soon as we turned the DJ on, it was like the police were there,” Bride Holliann Tran told Arizona’s Family Wednesday.

“The police were like, ‘We have to shut it down.’ And I was like you’re joking, this can’t be real. And they said, ‘No, you rented a venue that’s not actually a venue,’ and I just start instantly bawling.”

Tran rented the Wrangler’s Roost in New River, a historic Stagecoach stop 30 miles outside of Phoenix and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, to host her special day in Nov. 2022.

The three-home property, advertised as a space for private events, was just what she and her future husband-to-be were looking for.

“It’s a gorgeous place. Just the desert scenery is really, really beautiful,” Trab told the outlet.

“I thought it would be a really place for everybody to meet in the middle and we found a venue that would allow parties.”

However, as soon as the couple officially tied the knot and were ready to celebrate, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office broke the earth-shattering news to the newlyweds.

Bodycam footage from the wedding night obtained by Arizona’s Family shows Tran, still donning her stunning dress, being told it was time to end the event.

“The issue is this is not a valid location,” an officer tells Tran. “Maricopa County zoning and ordinance have already told them to cease and desist if they country to operate.”

The bride’s father consoled her as the officer told them a nose complaint had tipped them off and that they could hear the music from 1,600 feet away. 

The owners of Wrangler’s Roost, Heidi and Reid Stewart, have received over 61 complaints about illegally hosting events on their property since July 2021 and have racked up at least $70,000 in fines in the process, according to Arizona’s Family.

“The owners of this property are running a business out of what should be their residential home because it’s not zoned for commercial,” Sgt. Joaquin Enriquez, with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, told the outlet.

Neighbor Marko Dapevic claims the “sheriff’s office recorded mid 60′s decibels inside our home” during the night over the past five years.

“The noise is remarkable,” Dapevich told the outlet. “We can play name that tune in our bedroom at 10 o’clock at night.”

The Maricopa County Noise Ordinance states that community members are prohibited from operating “radios and sound amplification devices” that produce noise that can be heard from 500 feet or more past the property it emanates from.

The Stewarts were reportedly ordered to stop advertising or hosting any commercial business on the property without the proper permit in 2021, something unbeknownst to the newlyweds.

“It looked like an actual, legal venue until the cops showed up,” Tran said, explaining that she immediately contacted the Stewarts to demand an explanation and was told to “turn the music back on.”

The couple had lost nearly $10,000 and countless memories before they were given a partial refund, but Tran was left with a sour experience. 

“It is your money, it is your hard work that you’re out for that day, and it’s also for me, the people who traveled all over the country,” she told the outlet.

“You plan your whole life for this special day, and then for somebody to take it away, it’s just really disheartening. I would never want this to happen to anybody else.”