Crime & Safety
Two People Plead No Contest to Selling Alcohol to Minors
Charges stem from an undercover investigation of 46 bars, restaurants and convenience stores.
Two people pleaded no contest Tuesday morning to selling alcohol to minors in hearings stemming from a by the .
Employees from and will be sentenced on Jan. 24 at 11 a.m. in .
The misdemeanor charge carries a maximum penalty of up to a $500 fine and/or 60 days in jail.
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A third defendant, an employee from , was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday, but the court did not have his information readily available.
The only person sentenced so far by the court, an employee from , was fined $500.
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Lakewood Police Chief Timothy Malley said two underage confidential sources with the police department’s narcotic’s division went into 46 “liquor establishments to see if they would sell any alcohol without an ID.”
According to police reports, employees of the following nine businesses were charged with sales to minors:
- at 14718 Madison Ave.
- at 15019 Madison Ave.
- at 14867 Detroit Ave.
- at 14005 Madison Ave.
- at 15607 Detroit Ave.
- at 11926 Madison Ave.
- at 13340 Madison Ave.
- 1368 Madison Ave.
- at 13437 Madison Ave.
In all, 10 people were arrested in the sweep, including a 46-year-old Lakewood man cited for open container after police spotted him drinking outside Merry Arts at around 8 p.m. Dec. 2.
More hearings are scheduled Dec. 27.
Colin McEwen contributed to this report.
