{"id":270530,"date":"2026-04-16T09:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270530\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:36:12","slug":"delano-clerk-4-others-arrested-after-alleged-alcohol-sale-to-minors-in-abc-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270530\/","title":{"rendered":"Delano clerk, 4 others arrested after alleged alcohol sale to minors in ABC operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A Delano clerk and four others were arrested over the weekend after authorities said the employee sold alcohol to minors during a compliance operation and four suspects allegedly bought alcohol for minors. The operation was conducted by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) and the Delano Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>The clerk arrest stemmed from a Minor Decoy operation on Saturday, April 11, 2026, when minors working under the supervision of department agents attempted to buy alcohol from eight businesses in Delano.<\/p>\n<p>Delano PD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1405699361588631&amp;set=a.229832379175341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said on Wednesday evening that four other people were arrested for allegedly selling alcohol to minors on April 11 in a separate Shoulder Tap Operation<\/a>. No further details were provided in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said clerks who sell alcohol to minors face a minimum fine of $250 and 24 to 32 hours of community service for a first violation. Authorities also said ABC may take administrative action against the alcoholic beverage license of the business where alcohol was sold to a minor, including a fine, suspension, or permanent revocation of the license.<\/p>\n<p>Officials stated that if an adult agrees to purchase alcohol for a minor, they can be arrested and cited for furnishing alcohol to a minor. The penalty for furnishing alcohol to a minor is a minimum $1,000 fine and 24 hours of community service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConducting these operations allow us to help reduce underage drinking and increase public safety,\u201d Delano Police Chief Jerry Nicholson stated.<\/p>\n<p>Delano police said statistics have shown that young people under the age of 21 have a much higher risk of being involved in a crash than older drivers. About 25 percent of fatal crashes involve underage drinking, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the program was provided by a grant from ABC through the department\u2019s Alcohol Policing Partnership program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A Delano clerk and four others were arrested over the weekend after authorities said the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-270530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270530","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=270530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}