Attorney General Jim Hood issued the following statement.
North Mississippi Bars, Businesses Found in Violation for Selling to Minors
JACKSON—Nine bars and businesses and 23 individuals were issued 34 total violations or citations in Oxford, Starkville, and Cleveland over the past week as the result of alcohol and beer compliance checks by investigators with the Mississippi Attorney General’s Alcohol & Tobacco Enforcement Division, announced Attorney General Jim Hood.
The violations include 11 violations for selling alcohol to minors, 18 citations for minor in possession (MIP), and five citations for fake ID.
The following Oxford businesses received citations when checked for compliance on selling alcohol to minors on October 12:
· City Grocery 152 Courthouse Square 2 VIOLATIONS
· The Corner Bar 1002 Jackson Avenue East VIOLATION
· Wards Short Stop 2502 Old Taylor Road VIOLATION
Minors received citations at the following Oxford business for Minor in Possession:
· Rooster’s 114 Courthouse Square 6 VIOLATIONS (3 on Oct. 12, 3 on Oct. 19)
Individuals received citations at the following Oxford business for Fake ID on October 19:
· Rooster’s 3 VIOLATIONS
The following businesses in Oxford did not receive a citation when checked for compliance on selling alcohol to minors on October 12:
· Blue Sky 101 North Thacker Loop
· Circle K #1542 485 Highway 6
· Levee of Oxford 1008 Jackson Avenue
· Three Way Store 1500 Old Highway 7 North
The following businesses in Oxford did not let anyone under the age of 21 inside on October 12:
· Funky’s
· The Round Table on the Square
· Old Venice (Burgundy Room)
Minors received citations at the following Starkville businesses on October 19 for Minor in Possession:
· Casa Bravo 7 VIOLATIONS
· Drifters 4 VIOLATIONS
· Gringo’s VIOLATION
Individuals received citations at the following Starkville business on October 19 for Fake ID:
· Drifter’s 2 VIOLATIONS
The following businesses in Starkville did not receive a citation when checked for compliance on selling alcohol to minors on October 19:
· Klaasroom
· StaggerIn
· Buffalo Wild Wings
· La Terraza
The following Cleveland businesses received citations on October 19 when checked for compliance on selling alcohol to minors:
· 61 Beer & Tobacco 420 North Davis Avenue 2 VIOLATIONS
· Andy’s Quick Stop 101 5th Avenue VIOLATION
· Cleveland Gas Mart 309 East Sunflower Road VIOLATION
· Hey Joe’s 118 East Sunflower Road VIOLATION
· Night Rider Mart 1325 Highway 8 VIOLATION
· Super Save #18 716 East Sunflower Road VIOLATION
The following businesses in Cleveland did not receive a citation when checked for compliance on selling alcohol to minors on October 19:
· Dodges Store 714 North Davis Avenue
· No Way Jose 1321 Highway 8 Suite 2
· On the Rocks 717 East Sunflower Road
· Pickle Okra 201 South Sharpe Avenue
· Z- Mart 210 North Martin Luther King Drive
Additionally, the following gas stations had their beer permits suspended Monday morning:
· Fast Jacks 203 West Monroe Avenue, Okolona
· ZZ Mart 210 North Martin Luther King Drive, Cleveland
The suspensions are effective through Monday, October 23, at 10 a.m. During this time, the suspended businesses may not sell, give away, furnish, or purchase any beer or light wine.
Businesses who are convicted for selling alcohol or beer to minors face up to six months in prison and/or up to $500 in fines, as well as having their liquor license and/or beer permit revoked. Individuals who receive a citation and are convicted for Minor in Possession and Fake ID face a fine between $200 and $500 and must complete up to 30 days of community service. A charge is merely an accusation, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
31 comments:
Selling alcohol to minors is the world's second oldest profession. Nothing to see here.....move along, move along.
This just in....water is wet
Why have a bar if you are not going to sell to your best customer?
My hyper-sensitive cultural empathy is triggered by the following establishment names:
- Casa Bravo
- Gringo's
- La Terraza
- No Way Jose
Fellow Social Justice Warriors, let's kneel at the next (in)appropriate opportunity, destroy hard working taxpayers' property, and march on these cities to expose the cultural appropriation, and ethnic and racial insensitivity that is demonstrated by use (appropriation) of these names!
Justice Now, or something!
Meth and steroids are the biggest problems in Starkville.
A drinking 20 year old is not much of a threat to society but is an easy target for government that can’t fix much else.
So....an 18 year old can vote for the most powerful person in the world but can't have a beer? Also, Uncle Sam will gladly take that same 18yo and put them on the battlefield where they put their life on the line...and they can't have a beer? WHAT A RIDICULOUS JOKE.
Hey MulletHead....your time would be better spent reviewing MS Doctors opioid/pain prescriptions and keeping a tally. They are dong much more harm to the youth than the establishments in college towns.
There must be a mistake. You can't buy alcohol if you are not 21 in Mississippi.
And it's a damned good thing the ABC doesn't show up at tailgate functions on game day. SHEEEEE-IT! Hell, half the troopers and a quarter of the politicians are already within fifty yards of these events. So, the posse is already on hand!
First thing you know these kids will be walking along major thoroughfares in Oxford, Starkville, Hattiesburg, Cleveland and Jackson, holding Red Solo Cups, on game day.
Easy for the government swat teams etc to play big man at collect bars while doctors continue to legally prescribe narcotics to housewives creating a generation of addicts.
Yawn. Will someone wake me up when this site is interesting again
DUI death.. tell that to the next victim.
Next OD death... Don’t forget to tell that mom and dad that our AG is publicizing his “crack down” on underage drinking. Not to trivialize DUI deaths in any way but I don’t recall an Alcohol Epidemic being declared recently or any 60 Minute specials on it.
AG is doing nothing more than grandstanding and justifying his budget. Why doesn’t he go after fat cat doctors or clinics overprescribing pills and publically announce the arrests from those sweeps? Answer: the same reason those doctors overprescribe them.…money
Whole thing is a farce. Drinking age should go back to 18. We didn't have binge drinking problems when it was as we do now. Just one more example of how politicians are intimidated by the MADD lobby. Yeah, drunk driving and drunk driving deaths fell for that age group. Guess what? They will always be highest for the first few years after it is legal to drink, regardless of age.
It is my hypothesis that the infantalization of our young adults began with raising the drinking age to 21. 21 became the new 18. Then 26. Now it seems to be 30 when one is finally considered to be an adult. Go back to 18 for everything.
Jim Hood is a cartoon, and a very weak little man. It really does seem that he wants to be some kind of social worker, and not a law enforcement officer. There's so much corruption right under his nose within the Executive Branch that he's almost appearing to be complicit in its execution as the lead diversion for folks not looking into what's happening with the people's money. Pickering sounds like he wants to do something, but is merely going after small change so as not to rock the boat TOO much. Hopefully Mike Hurst will bring the wood to some really corrupt old men ruining Mississippi.
How about AG and the storm troopers hang out at Walgreens and bust all the mom's buying their little helpers and bust the docs that are creating so many adicts.
Can't blame a 20 year old for wanting a beer after reading about all of the world's ills.
Amen Kingfish. My left-wing 38 year old stepson still doesn't work. He has a trust fund and wants higher tax rates for the rest of us. He is lazy and entitled. Typical liberal.
These raid are garbage. Most of people he Tim they use kids who are already in trouble for somthing else, to walk in and attempt a purchase. Not exactly the most reliable crowd. I once had them write me a ticket for serving a minor. The ere pretty confident too, until I showed up in court with video of their minor stealing drinks from another table.... Case Dismissed!
I need a drank.
What does “he Tim” mean? I’m confrused????
Guess what Hattiesburg??? Next home game Conway Twitty will be in town checking IDs.
Prohibition still exists for 18-21 year old voting adult American citizens.
Glad Mullet wasn't AG when I was in college.
This looks racist to me. They only checks bars and such in towns with predominately white students. What about JSU, ASU, and MVSU?
I used to be the owner of one of these fine establishments. Glad to see the crowd hasn't changed. The Gestapo come in guns out, write the little rich kids a $250 ticket, daddy pays, life goes on as usual.
Wait. There is an Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement division in the AG's Office? We've doubled up on the most useless entity in State government, ABC? ABC should have been dissolved decades ago. They ceased to have a purpose right around the time the Jackson Country Club was raided. In addition to their continued useless existence, there is a redundant group in the AG's Office? Hopefully, its only one useless group, and not two. Whichever, they need to be shut down and go get real jobs and do real things. Like the Game Wardens, who protect us from those evil fishermen and hunters.
I miss drive-thru barns.
I'm confused too. So, to recap: A 19 year old student walks around campus for five hours with a cup of beer and gets it refilled every 26 minutes. Then, after the game, he wants another one and purchases it at the quick stop or at Muldoon's Tavern and gets busted for it by the same cop who was pulling guard-duty on campus earlier in the day.
All you negative Nelly’s on here...
Hint; it’s your miserable wives who get these pills which wind up in your kids mouths.
Throw the pills out of your cabinets and then come back to bitch about enforcement of laws.
Oh....and it’s you dumbasses who hate lawyers who try to hold Rx manufacturers accountable.
Forget what I said.....don’t throw the pills out....take em....all of them.
Proof positive that State, Delta State, and other Mississippi universities are always trying to copy Ole Miss, the flagship university of our great state.
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