{"id":121253,"date":"2026-01-05T21:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/121253\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T21:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:08:07","slug":"clovis-police-abc-agents-arrest-2-for-furnishing-alcohol-to-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/121253\/","title":{"rendered":"Clovis Police, ABC Agents Arrest 2 for Furnishing Alcohol to Minors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clovis Police and agents from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control arrested two people on Friday for providing alcohol to minors.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests were part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.ca.gov\/enforcement\/underage-drinking\/shoulder-tap-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Shoulder Tap<\/a> operation, in which a minor under the direct supervision of law enforcement asks adults outside a liquor or convenience store to purchase alcohol, while clearly stating they are underage.<\/p>\n<p>Adults who agree to buy the alcohol can be cited for furnishing alcohol to a minor, which carries a minimum $1,000 fine and 24 hours of community service, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderage drinking harms our community. Preventing the sale of alcohol to minors will help to increase public safety and make our roads safer,\u201d said Clovis Police Corporal Russ Moring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cABC conducts these operations to keep alcohol out of the hands of our youth,\u201d said ABC Director Paul Tupy. \u201cWe can increase the quality of life in our communities and reduce DUI\u2019s by preventing underage drinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, young drivers under 21 are at a higher risk of being involved in crashes, and about<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhtsa.gov\/risky-driving\/drunk-driving#age-5056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> 25 percent of fatal crashes<\/a> involve underage drinking, the Clovis Police Department noted.<\/p>\n<p>The operation was funded by a grant from the ABC Alcohol Policing Partnership program.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clovis Police and agents from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control arrested two people on Friday for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-121253","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}