Alcohol sting finds six violations

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October 3, 2011

From Staff Reports Corsicana Daily Sun The Corsicana Daily Sun Mon Oct 03, 2011, 08:44 PM CDT

Corsicana — Corsicana Police Department officers, led by Captain Nori Rhodes, along with Agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, conducted a joint investigation Friday night into the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors in Corsicana.

Undercover officers and minors entered 22 establishments in Corsicana. Out of those 22 establishments, 16 complied with the state laws and did not sell an alcoholic beverage to a minor. This is a 73 percent compliance rate, which is a lower compliance percentage than recent undercover operations. Captain Nori Rhodes stated these 16 establishments should be commended on their actions.

Six establishments had employees that sold an alcoholic beverage to a minor. Out of those six, all six establishments did check the minor’s identification, which clearly showed that they were under the age of 21. Five adults were placed into custody and transported to the NCSO Jail. One adult will be served with an arrest warrant at a later date. Selling alcohol to a minor is a Class A misdemeanor.   The six establishments may also face administrative sanctions from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.

Chief Randy Bratton advised the overtime spent to conduct the enforcement operation will be reimbursed to the City as part of an Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Block Grant that the police department received earlier this year. The grant is administered through the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Chief Bratton noted that additional enforcement operations will be conducted in the future to ensure compliance with state beverage laws and to help keep the community safe.

The employees who sold an alcoholic beverage to a minor and their establishments are:

• Tiger Tote, 1961 E. MLK, Joann Rogers 27 years of age, of Corsicana, Texas

• Super Mercado 2501 W, 7th, Monica Martinez-Chavez 25 years of age, of Corsicana

• Happy Grocery, 802 S 15th St., Summer Medrano 31 years of age, of Corsicana..

• CVS 601 W. 7th Ave., Luke Taylor Peyton 18 years of age, of Corsicana.

• MQ Food Mart 1900 N. Beaton Shakeel Chowdhr, 48 years of age, of Frankston.

• 24 Hour Mart 1420 Hardy Ave., warrant to be obtained at a later date

Stores that refused to sell alcohol to a minor were:

• Tiger Tote, 1950 E 7th Ave.

• Shell Food Mart, 2809 N Beaton St.

• Super Stop, 601 N. Beaton St.

• Friendly Store, 801 S. 7th

• Big Deli Food Mart, 1010 S 7th St.

• Mickey’s Exxon, 2900 S. Hwy 287

• Interstate Shell, 2901 S. Hwy 287

• Skinney’s, 1139 W 7th Ave.

• Shell Food Mart, 1626 W. 7th Ave.

• Corsicana Mini Mart, 2500 W. 7th Ave.

• Jiffy Mart, 2821 W. 7th Ave.

• M&W Express, 816 S 7th St.

• Kidd Jones, 941 W. 7th Ave.

• La Michoacana, 805 W. 7th Ave.

• McGriff’s, 2728 W. 7th Ave.

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