New York State Liquor Authority<\/a> says two Western New York businesses appeared to sell alcohol to an underage agent during compliance checks conducted in Erie and Niagara counties.<\/p>\nAccording to the agency, investigators conducted the compliance checks on June 26 with the assistance of an underage agent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eight licensed businesses were visited as part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to monitor compliance with state alcohol laws.<\/p>\n
According to the State Liquor Authority, they say the following businesses allegedly appeared to sell alcoholic beverages to the underage agent:<\/p>\n
Roundabout Wine & Liquor, 3842 Harlem Road, Suite 500, CheektowagaShip Bar and Grill LLC, 5612 Tonawanda Creek Road, Lockport <\/p>\n
The SLA said the findings are only recommendations from its Enforcement Unit and do not mean the businesses will be formally charged.<\/p>\n
Six other businesses appeared to be in compliance and refused to sell alcohol to the minor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The agency said employees or licensees who sell alcohol to minors can be arrested and charged with a misdemeanor. Licensees charged by the SLA with underage sales face civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation, with first-time fines ranging from $2,500 to $4,000. Repeat offenders also could face suspension or be stripped of their liquor licenses.<\/p>\n
The SLA also noted that anyone under 21 found using a fake or someone else’s identification to purchase alcohol can be arrested and have their driver’s license suspended or revoked for at least 90 days and up to one year.<\/p>\n
The investigations were conducted by undercover decoys working under the direct supervision of SLA Beverage Control investigators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The State Liquor Authority says two of eight businesses checked in Erie and Niagara counties appeared to sell…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-234905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}