On Friday Sept. 18 the Carson City Sheriff’s Office conducted an “Alcohol Sale to Minors Compliance Check” during the hours of 3:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Of the 19 local businesses that were checked, three failed to fall into compliance. Those businesses were:
Shell South Gas Station, 1462 South Carson St., Rand Convenience Store and Liquor, 1800 E William No. 14 and Golden Gate Petroleum, 2651 Hwy 50 East.
The check was completed by the Sheriff’s Office Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws Team and consisted of two deputies and one underage decoy. The decoy was sent into businesses using his/her actual identification. The decoy then attempted to purchase alcohol from an employee.
EUDL routinely conducts these checks to ensure that businesses are not selling or serving alcohol to minors.
The Sheriff’s Office also conducts “server training education” in cooperation with Partnership Carson City to local businesses. We encourage our local businesses to send employees to these training sessions. To enroll in the next class contact Partnership Carson City at 841-4730.
The result of an employee selling alcohol to a minor is a citation with a fine of $642 and a requirement that they attend server training. For the business it is a $100 fine on the first violation.
A second violation carries a fine of $500 and a third violation is $1500 with the business owner being required to appear before the Carson City Liquor Board. A decision by the board could potentially lead to a loss of the businesses liquor license.
Congratulations to the following business on passing the EUDL Compliance Check:
Maverick Gas and Convenience Store
Quick Stop
7-11 College Parkway and Carson St.
AM/PM Carson and Medical Parkway
Save Mart North Carson St.
Eagle Mini Mart
CVS Pharmacy
Grocery Outlet
Chevron Carson and William
AM/PM Carson and William
AM/PM Carson and 7th
Raley’s Lane #8
AM/PM South Carson St
Terrible’s Gas and Convenience Store
Save Mart South #5
Fairview Food Mart/ Discount Liquor
Jackson’s Rand and Willam
Additional information may be obtained by contacting: Sgt. Scott McDaniel at the Carson City Sheriff’s Office, at 775-283-7893.