An elderly man in his eighties who has caused trouble in the St. Louis Hills neighborhood near St. Raphael has been ordered to pay $120,000 to a former renter and a neighbor.
A judge determined on Friday that Roland Clubb is responsible for attacking Paul Beffa and Carolyn Mueller—Beffa was Clubb’s tenant while Mueller lived nearby. The court also ruled that Clubb unlawfully evicted Beffa, who operates Beffa’s Bar & Restaurant in Downtown West.
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Beffa moved into a home rented from Clubb on Jamieson Avenue in June 2023. The arrangement deteriorated rapidly. Clubb constructed a wall across the middle of the property’s driveway, blocking Beffa’s access to his garage. When Beffa objected to the wall, Clubb responded that he could leave if he wanted. Clubb then told Beffa, “Get ready for a fucking whirlwind buddy,” placed a “for lease” sign in the yard, and later disconnected part of Beffa’s air conditioning unit during a sweltering 90-degree heat wave.
As Beffa was moving out, Clubb came up to him and displayed a gun. (Beffa captured a photo of Clubb with the gun in his waistband before the 82-year-old revealed it.)
Mueller, Beffa’s neighbor, reported that Clubb verbally harassed her and attempted to strike her with his truck while she was crossing Jamieson. Clubb reversed his truck and accelerated, forcing Mueller to leap out of the way.
Mueller and Beffa filed a joint lawsuit against Clubb. The case went to trial before Judge Rochelle Woodiest in January. On Friday, the judge ordered Clubb to pay Mueller $45,000 and Beffa $75,000.
These incidents occurred near St Raphael the Archangel Church. In November, Clubb admitted guilt to a misdemeanor assault charge for attempting to run over a church maintenance worker who had confronted Clubb about leaving trash in the church’s dumpsters. He received probation.
Clubb is scheduled to appear in court later this month on another assault charge related to an incident in the same Jamieson area, where he allegedly stood in the bed of his pickup truck and struck a woman walking on the sidewalk with “a piece of vinyl or aluminum.”
Editor’s note: The original version of this story misstated an allegation in the fourth paragraph as being made against Beffa. It was made against Clubb. We regret the error.
